Archive for the 'Reader Questions' Category

The Cost of Being Green

I love the Om Money column in the Yoga Journal magazine. It’s the first thing I read in every issue. The column features a question from a reader answered by two money experts. A previous column prompted me to write Unsure About Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) last year. Here’s another good question in the September [...]

Buy Now Or Buy Gradually Over Time?

A reader asked a question in the comments to my previous post Bought REITs Again. I’m answering it in a new post because the question is quite common.

“If you were to set up a new IRA and pour some cash into it (200K), would you go ahead and dive right in or wait and time? [...]

Unsure About Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)

I read this question in a recent issue of the Yoga Journal magazine:
“I don’t want to support tobacco companies or environmental polluters, but my broker claims that socially responsible investing will cost me. How can I persuade my broker to make investments that align with my values?”

The official answer from the magazine pointed out how [...]

Personal Finance Quiz, September 2007

Here are some of the questions from visitors to this blog who looked for the answers using a search engine. Without searching, which ones can you answer? Regular readers should be able to answer most of them. Oh, may be not the last one. Let’s see who can answer them all.

Q. Are FHLB bonds taxable?
Q. Is Fidelity TIPS fund [...]