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Russell Bailyn's Financial Planning Blog

Russell Bailyn's Financial Planning Blog

http://www.russellbailyn.com/weblog

This blog contains discussions of investment products, market commentary, hot sectors, and personal finance. Russell Bailyn is a financial planer based out of New York City.

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  • Fixing the 401k Problem

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 13:24 in retirement savings plans

    The 401k industry is in a pretty sweet spot. Corporate pensions are quickly becoming obsolete and now more than ever employees need to rely on their own ability to save money. What could be easier than an automatic payroll deduction plan such as a ...

  • The Roth IRA Conversion Opportunity in 2010

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 14:15 in general financial planning

    I’ve been fielding a lot of inquiries lately about Roth IRA tax planning for the future. Let me do my best to explain who should be doing what in terms of Roth conversions for 2010. Let me preface this by saying none of this is an exact science. ...

  • Stability of Principal vs. Stability of Income - CDs vs. Variable Annuities

    Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 13:18 in retirement savings plans

    Many conservative investors like Certificates of Deposit (CDs) because of their stability. It is true that your principal rarely fluctuates with a CD. However, the rate you get is variable, volatile and highly unpredictable as has been evidenced by...

  • My Issue with Mutual Funds

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 15:26 in stocks

    There has been much debate over the past decade about the value proposition of actively-managed mutual funds to the average investor. The potential advantage which you’re really paying for with mutual funds is the possibility of choosing a brillia...

  • Will the Bull March On?

    Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 14:08 in economic commentary

    I’ve gotta say—I was a bit surprised by the opening life of Evan Simonoff’s column in the October Financial Advisor magazine. He said “Who among us (referring to the financial advisor community) really takes this 60% rally in equity prices s...

  • Money Management Decisions for High Net-Worth Individuals

    Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 13:54 in general financial planning

    When I have new potential clients in my office, I’m always interested to see what their current financial advisor is doing for them. Needless to say, I’m frequently disappointed with the level of service standards (many differing markedly from m...

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5 stars DiamondVVV1

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