It is not unusual to start thinking seriously about retirement when you reach age 55. It used to be a fairly straight forward process. If you had a 401(k) through your employer, you simply began to shave off contributions from your paycheck, selected the stocks or mutual fund you wanted to hold in your portfolio and watched as the value shot up. Then the Great Recession hit us like a tsunami. Just as the invading waters come from nowhere, tear everything away and pour it out to sea, so the value in our 401(k) was sent adrift. Those once-full reservoirs…
November 2013
With over 4,000 dedicated employees and an increasingly substantial 600 million dollars per year made in net income, the online stock brokerage hub E*Trade is certainly sitting pretty as the go-to of its market. Furthermore, in most cases, if you were to ask a friend, co-worker, financial advisor, or the like, which website they use to handle all of their investment needs, E*Trade would undoubtedly be high on their list, if not at the very top. While E*Trade Australia is a branch off of the E*Trade tree, it loses absolutely nothing by being an extension; the website comes with all…
When it comes time to change your vehicle, buying brand new is not always an option. But it may not always be the smartest option either. Here we’ve listed some outstanding cars that you can buy second-hand for a fraction of the price. Volkswagen Touareg 4.2 TDI The second generation VW Touareg was a more understated and sophisticated take on it’s popular predecessor. The 4.2 version with the smooth yet strong 4.2-litre diesel engine, is an impressive fusion of performance and efficiency. The Touareg was developed alongside the Porsche Cayenne so it’s also surprisingly agile for such a large car. Add…
