Photo by insta_photos / Shutterstock.com Getting started on retirement saving can be daunting when there are so many confusing options. There are thousands of stocks, not to mention other complex-sounding things to buy: bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, futures. And when you start reading about them, you’re liable to run …
Read More »6 Burning Questions About Retiring and Investing, Answered
This week, we’re looking at reader questions about investing and retirement, including 529s, Roth IRAs and more. 1. When should retirement investments be low-risk?2. Is passive investing bad?3. 529 or Roth IRA?4. How to invest for a down payment5. Books to read about investing6. Are collectibles an investment? Q1: When …
Read More »Why Andreessen Horowitz is investing in games
Andreessen Horowitz is one of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capital firms investing in both early-stage startups and established growth companies. Its investments span the gamut of software industries, and lately, it been investing in games. Founded in 2009 by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and entrepreneur Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz has …
Read More »7 Creative Passive Income Ideas That Don’t Involve Investing
Photo by David Biagini / Shutterstock.com For most people, our primary — if not only — source of income is our jobs. But some clever folks figure out ways to keep making money without constant effort. Those people have passive income streams. What is passive income? It’s a flow of …
Read More »Thinking About Investing? Start Here First
This is a question that pops up over and over again, both in reader questions to me and in questions I see on countless personal finance forums. A person has stabilized their finances and has a solid job. They’re spending a little less than they earn, don’t have a whole …
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