Comments on: Squeezing More Return Out of Your Retirement Account

By: Fin Engr

Fin Engr — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:50:37 +0000

@ Jenna:

Sure! Glad you enjoyed the explanation & breakdown. Good luck.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:20:58 +0000

Thanks for sharing your math breakdown. Very useful information and explanation.

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By: Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey

Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:43:11 +0000

Might have been! I know Siegel went through analyses of pretty much every possible aspect that could affect investing. One of my personal favorites was that he analyzed the performance of stocks during President’s tenures! I need to break out that book again soon.

By: Fin Engr

Fin Engr — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:46:24 +0000

@ Jacob:

Ha. Well glad you agree and throw the same type of financial New Years party I do! Actually, I can’t recall exactly but that may have been the study I was referencing. I think there’s more out there on the subject – something international too, from Denmark? Netherlands?

By: Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey

Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:46:23 +0000

I agree with front-loading being the way to go. You sound a lot like me: one of the best things about the New Year’s time is being able to open up contributions to my Roth IRA again!

Also – in reading Stocks for the Long Run by Jeremy Siegel, he (probably meaning his graduate student slaves haha) did a study and found out that it’s actually better to invest a lump sum all at once instead of spreading it out over time.

And PS – engineers probably do make the best money advisors…