There’s a lot to be angry about these days. ➢ My retirement fund is gone because of the greed of others. ➢ I lost my job while my boss gets a bonus. ➢ I’ve saved all my life, lived within my means and yet the irresponsible guy in default gets bailed out! Angry yet? In the blogosphere l...

My company made Vanguard Target Retirement Funds available for our 401k accounts about two years ago.  However, I have not used them preferring to manually manage my own portfolio using tradition funds that include bond, large-cap, small-cap, international stock, and REIT funds.  However, Target R...

Now that we know Obama is the next president, we can evaluate his proposal regarding 401k plan more closely.  If you recall from my last article, I didn’t like his proposal that would allow people to early withdraw from their retirement funds — i.e., 401k and IRA — without penalty...

Dear Friends in Christ, On the weekend of June 7-8, 2008, we will begin the first special collection for the Retired Priests of the Archdiocese. We all know how much our ministry in the parishes depends upon the generosity of retired priests and, over the past ten years, I have been edified by the w...