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No More Excuses: Start Investing in Your Future

  • Posted on November 22, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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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I Want to Start Investing. What Are the Next Best Steps?

  • Posted on October 18, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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…

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The Wheres and Whats of Investing

  • Posted on May 1, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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.…

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passive management

  • Posted on April 26, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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…

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target date fund

  • Posted on April 26, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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…

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robo-advisor

  • Posted on April 26, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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…

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investment goals

  • Posted on April 26, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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…

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risk capacity

  • Posted on April 26, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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…

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risk tolerance

  • Posted on April 26, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

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…

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portfolio

  • Posted on April 26, 2019July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

Your Portfolio is the combination of all of your investments, across all of your investment accounts. It is everything in your brokerage accounts, 401(k) account(s), IRA, etc. considered as one.

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