Archive for April, 2006

Resource for withdrawal strategies

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

The following link is a good resource for withdrawal strategies and considerations. As Taylor puts it, it is a wonderful resource for anyone faced with the problem
“How much can I spend without running out of money?”

Coin inflation

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

The price of commodities have risen sharply over the past few years. As we know, coins circulated through the ages have been made from various base metals such as copper, zinc and nickel. Cheaper metals are used to mint new coins as the intrinsic value of the old coins start to exceed their nominal values.
The [...]

Prepay mortgage or invest the money

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Many investors juggle with mortgage payments as well as making regular contributions to their investment accounts. The question that sometimes come up is whether does it makes sense to prepay (i.e. make additional payments) the mortgage or invest the money.
Larry posted (49553) a paper that discusses the advantages and disadvantages of prepaying mortgage payments [...]