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Roth IRA Conversions...Know What You Are Doing!

It seems the air is filled with buzz on Roth IRAs again. Interest in Roth IRA conversions has heated up with the recently liberalized rules. Millions of taxpayers who were previously ineligible to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth are now able to do so. You can convert your regular IRA to a Ro...

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TAGS: , IRA, Roth, Retirement, Taxes

More Than 50 Million U.S. Households Own Mutual Funds

The Investment Company Institute –ICI statistics revealed that more than 50 million U.S. households owned mutual funds in 2009. Mutual funds are the most commonly held type of fund 3.0 million households reported owning exchange-traded funds (ETFs) 1.8 million households re...

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TAGS: Investments, Mutual Funds

Investor Education Resources

What do you get the person who has everything? How about the ability to spot and avoid investment fraud? Tricks of the Trade is an award-winning documentary produced by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. Hear from victims and con criminals. Take a peek inside the con's playbook to see the...

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TAGS: Women, Bond Investing, Stock Market Game, Money Personality, Investment Fraud

The 21st Century...Minorities Still Underserved at Banks

As it was it the 20th century…it holds true in the 21st century. Access to a basic bank account and to financial services is a starting point for economic opportunity. (Martin J. Gruenberg, FDIC Vice Chairman in the 2009 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation survey). Millions of Americans lac...

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TAGS: Unbanked, Minorities, Prepaid Cards, Underserved, Underbanked

The Nightmare of the American Dream

As Members of Congress consider whether to retain federal death taxes, they should ponder the principal reasons why they should join prior Congresses and repeal this tax, says William W. Beach, Director of the Center for Data Analysis at the Heritage Foundation. Death taxes discourage savings and i...

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TAGS: Estate Taxes, Death and Taxes, Federal death taxes

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