http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=John+Ruppel Finances John Ruppel Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=126992&ca=Finances Do you look at the mutual fund rankings that magazines publish every year? The performances can often be eyepopping. Have your ever seen a year that the best performing mutual funds had a loss? Of course not, there's always funds that have a good year, even in the bear market years. It might be ene... Finances John Ruppel Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=118543&ca=Finances Today we take a look at mutual funds that are not structured like typical mutual funds, that is, funds that don't invest exclusively in stocks and bonds. These can be powerful additions to the risk management of our investment portfolio. As the SEC has loosened the rules on mutual funds shorting sto... Finances John Ruppel Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=118173&ca=Finances How much do you need to save to fund your retirement? If you've ever looked what kind of nest-egg you are going to need to retire, you've undoubtedly come across the standard rule of thumb only allows withdrawing 4% a year if you want to have your savings last at least 30 years. So if you wanted to... Finances John Ruppel Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182710&ca=Finances One bit of conventional investing wisdom is that stock mutual funds have much more risk than bond funds. In this article we take a look at how stocks and bonds will have differing risks. We will also look at how much we should invest in stock funds vs bond funds. Stock represent a partial ownershi...