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On the Radio with Roger Wohlner

Posted on January 24, 2012 by petillo — No Comments ↓

Helping us sort through the complexity of investing, we are joined on Financial Impact Factor Radio with Paul Petillo, Dave Kittredge and Dave Ng by Roger Wohlner of US News and World Report and CFP to discuss among other things, target date funds, what kind of an investment they are and who is best suited to use them.

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Posted in 401k, financial impact factor radio, financial planning, index funds, Mutual Fund Investing, Paul Petillo, personal finance, Profitable Investments, Repercussions: A Retirement Review, Retirement Planning Target 2025, target date funds

On the Radio with Larry Swedroe: 01.16.12

Posted on January 16, 2012 by petillo — No Comments ↓

Today we have author, Larry Swedroe joining us. Larry’s latest book Investment Mistakes Even Smart Investors Make and How to Avoid Them takes the thoughts of investors, the mistakes if you will, and allows us to look at ourselves, sort of a mirror image of the way we act. Larry has been on the show before and provided a wealth of information on our “Quest for Alpha. His new book, co-authored by RC Balaban outlines more specifically the ways in which investors err in that pursuit. Larry writes “Wise Investing: for CBS MoneyWatch and is the principal and director for the Buckingham Family of Financial Services.

Tagged with: Dave Kittredge, Dave Ng, Financial Impact Factor Radio, index funds, investing, Larry Swedroe, mutual funds, Paul Petillo, personal finance, retirement planning
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Your Financial Future: Our Annual Attempt at Predicting the Future in 2012

Posted on December 18, 2011 by petillo — No Comments ↓

You begin the process of wondering about 2012 even before it actually is here. My approach has been to first see if I was right about 2011 and then to build on those predictions for 2012. When it comes to how you approach personal finance, retirement planning and investing, the mistakes you make are what you seek to correct and the triumphs you experience are what you want to replicate. Yet, time is more of a factor that it ever was. So we begin by looking back, then looking forward and finally, what to do.

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