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    Why get an IRA if you have a (401)k?

    @mitchrad Very little usefulness if you have access to a 401k. Also if your income is low enough to make a deductible contribution to a tIRA you’re probably better off contributing to a Roth than a tIRA.
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    About 30 percent of us will die before age 65. Do you have a plan B for your investments, in case you're unlucky?

    @johnchristianforum I was doing some portfolio calculations with mortality probabilities once. It was really depressing seeing just how often death well before the mean life expectancy occurs. I just stopped the entire exercise and decided to plan for the mean. If I die, everything will go to...
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    Do the annualized yields provided for funds/etfs (e.g. TTM and 30-day SEC) account for the funds' expense ratio?

    @petricia Money market funds are essentially very short term, very high credit end of the spectrum. Essentially cash savings account safety.
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    Do the annualized yields provided for funds/etfs (e.g. TTM and 30-day SEC) account for the funds' expense ratio?

    @petricia No. Those are distribution yields. Expenses are taken out of the price every day.
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