If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “I’ll start investing when I’m older, I have plenty of time” or “I’ll start investing when I have more money, there’s no point in…
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So you want to invest! In what? What kind of account? What type of investment? How much risk are you willing to take? What are your goals? Yikes! There is…
When you’re ready to invest for your long term goals you’ll need to choose where to do that. We don’t mean what to invest in , that’s a different step.…
Passive management, or passive investing, is a way of investing broadly in a general market or part of the market without making specific decisions about what to buy and sell…
A target date fund is an investment option, usually a mutual fund, designed to let people choose a fund based on a single factor: a “target retirement date” near their…
A robo-advisor is a type of financial advisor that provides investment management and advice through an app or website. Instead of working with a person, the robo-advisor’s software provides a…
Your investment goals are what you intend on using the money in your investment accounts for. 401(k) investments are for the goal of retirement. 529 plans are for the goal…
Risk capacity is what your situation and needs say about your ability to take risk in your investment portfolio. The younger you are and further you are from needing to…
Risk tolerance is your personal ability to deal with risk in your investment portfolio. How do you feel about risk of loss? How do you feel about large swings in…