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• Life, Death and Monthly Income

  By Scott Burns Q: I'm wondering about taking my retirement pension as a lump sum. My financial planner recommends taking the lump sum instead of a monthly pension payment. I know he will benefit from investing the lump sum, but I'm more concerned... Posted Oct 01 2008, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: ScottQA

• Market Timing Is Market Timing

  By Scott Burns Q. Tired of high fees and disappointing returns, I fired my broker in 2003. I am 41 and have a taxable account at Vanguard (in addition to a 401K with my employer). I adopted a "buy and hold" strategy with the following allocation... Posted Sep 24 2008, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: ScottQA

• For Retirement, Make High Probability Bets

  By Scott Burns Q. A co-worker is 65. He is going to start taking Social Security even though he is still working full-time as an engineer, making good money. I am close to being the same, but one year older. I am wondering if I should do the same thing... Posted Aug 13 2008, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Retirement, ScottQA