Doug Flynn
Doug Flynn
Robert Douglas Flynn, Jr.is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He was one of the players sent to the New York Mets in exchange for Tom Seaver...
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Focus debt payments on the credit card, then the car, and then the student loans -- always pay your loans in interest rate order, not in order of balance size.
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If you're more than five or 10 years away from retirement, this is a buying opportunity.
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People do feel better about investing. But they are still very skeptical about the recovery and their expectations are way down.
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Stay away from short-term or long-term bond funds. These will do poorly in a rising interest-rate environment.
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Some of the biggest companies have some of the worst 401(k) plans I've ever seen. But Joe's Plumbing might have a great 401(k).
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