ASTUTE INVESTORS – EVERYONE DREAMS OF BECOMING ONE

Filed Under (Finance Help) by Admin on 23-07-2009

Buy low sell high a stock market adage easier said than done. In pursuit of putting this proverb into practice, sometimes an investor buying stocks at a low price ends up selling at much lower levels when the share price continues to slide and he must take steps to preserve his capital. Buy low sell high turns out to be buy low sell lower. Worse, if the price of that same stock moves higher

Naming Beneficiaries? Check these Five Important Points

Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 23-07-2009

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]

Naming Beneficiaries? Check these Five Important PointsMost of us have a will in place. Well that is not the be all and end all of estate planning. Now a days most financial accounts come with the options of naming beneficiaries. If you plan to name beneficiaries or want to update out of date beneficiaries on your financial accounts then be aware of the following:
  • Know the Limits of your Will’s Jurisdiction - Financial accounts like IRAs, 401(k)s, insurance policies and annuities aren’t governed by your will. If you leave your beneficiary forms blank, then the assets in your accounts will go to probate court for distribution.

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