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We've all heard that money doesn't buy happiness. So why is it that we spend most of our lives trying to make it? My answer has always been that while money doesn't guarantee happiness, it makes happiness easier to achieve. After all if you don't have to worry about the basics like food and shelter, you can worry about everything else.
This section won't attempt to solve the greater mystery of what makes a person happy, but it will cover things like how to make the most of the money you've earned. The emphasis here is on the stock market in general and exchange traded funds in particular. In addition, if you're interested in planning for your retirement, there's some information on that too especially around figuring the various types of accounts like 401K, IRA, Roth IRA, and Roth 401K.
In closing, please feel free to pose a question about anything we've written. There's so much to cover and we can't always be sure we haven't missed something. Good luck!
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What You Should Know About Leveraged and Inverse ETFs
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ETrade Review
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Complete Guide to ETFs for Newbies
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Yale ETF Portfolio: If It's Good Enough For Yale…
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Online Investing vs. Traditional Financial Planners
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401K Guide And Some History to Boot
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Global Warming and Investing: True or False You Can Make A Buck
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A Quick Look At Canada's Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
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Investing with Stocks: A Beginner's Guide
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TradeKing Review
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1500+ Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
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Russia ETF: Live There? Nope. Invest? Maybe.
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10 Overly Niche ETFs: They'll Happily Take Your Money
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Roth IRA Conversion Q&A: Why Is Everything So Complicated?
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Retirement Income Funds (RIF): Forced Withdrawals To Trigger Income Tax
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Market Timing Investing Strategy: Very Few Succeed
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Value Investing Strategy: If You Can Wait Long Enough You Can Win
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Currency ETF: Can You Win At This Zero-Sum Game?
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Investment Advisors Don't Care About You
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Mutual Fund Investing Strategy: Taking Advantage Of the Skills Of Others
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All About Mutual Funds: 5,500 Words Should About Do It
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Investment Strategies: Pick One and Stick With It
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ShareBuilder Review
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High-Yield Bond ETF: Take On Risk for Better Returns
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Investing in Debt vs. Investing in Stocks
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The Super 401(k): Worth A Look For Passive Investors
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Energy ETF: Does Continued Growth Around The World Make These a Sure Bet?
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Best Places to Retire in the World
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Bond ETF: Safety With Liquidity and Flexibility?
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Retiring in El Valle de Anton, Panamana
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ETF Exit Strategy Considerations: When Do You Get Out?
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Getting Around the Wash Sale Rule with ETFs
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ScottTrade Review
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Two Brain ETF Portfolio: Rational Investing With Some Fun Mixed In
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Retail Investors are Idiots And the Pros Bank On It
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Technical ETF: If You Believe In the Approach But Want Pros to Execute
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The Great Shrinking Emergency Fund
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Couch Potato ETF Portfolio: Probably Better Than Constant Tinkering
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Equal Weight ETFs: Favoring Smaller Cap Holdings Could Be Key
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New Lessons of the Stock Market (Humor)
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Short Selling a House: Last Resort for An Underwater Mortgage Holder
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Index Roll Investing Strategy: A Complicated Approach
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Day Trading and Technical Analysis: Is History Destined To Repeat?
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REIT ETF: Own Real Estate Without Having To Mow the Lawn
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Oil ETF: Will Increasing Consumption Lift These Funds?
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Barclays' International REIT ETF: Own Property (Sort Of) Around the World
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Coffeehouse ETF Portfolio: Boring, But Simple
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Gold ETF: Not Much Intrinsic Value, People Sure Do Like It
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Commodities ETF: They're Not Interesting, But Key To Everyday Living
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Compound Interest: A Key Investment Principle
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Why Active Traders Fail: Really, They Mostly Do
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We're All Surrounded By Bad Investing Advice
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Average Return Calculation: Folks Foolishly Fool Themselves
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Platinum ETF: A Rare Metal Worth Your Investment Dollars?
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Microcap ETF: A Tough Segment To Invest In Now Made Easier
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8 Reasons Why The US Economy Sucks
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Green ETF: Investing in Feel-Good, Eco-Friendly Companies
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Fidelity Review
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Free Stock Quote Tracker
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International Living Magazine Review: More Hype Than Substance?
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The 10 Basic Principles of Investing
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Natural Gas ETF: Add A Little Variety To Your Energy Holdings
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Dollar Cost Averaging with ETFs: Taking Emotion Out of the Buying Equation
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Silver ETF: Investing In a Metal With Actual Uses
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How to Deal With a 401(k) Plan That Sucks
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Schwab Review
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Steel ETF: Growth Means Building and Buildings Require Steel
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Technology ETF: On-Going Fund Gains From the Never-Ending Tech Cycle?
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When the Stock Market Tanks (And You Know It Will)
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How Does ETF Pricing Work?
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Do You REALLY Need A Large Emergency Cash Fund?
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Mortgage ETF: Hoping That People Pay Off Their Loans
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Companies Are Hoarding $1,000,000,000: Atlas Shrugged Anyone?
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High-Risk Investment Techniques: Only If You Can Sleep At Night
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Developing An Investment Plan To Reach Your Goals
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ETF Rebalancing: Keep Your Allocations In Alignment
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Canada ETF: Invest In This Commodity Heavy Country?
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Small Cap ETF: Small Companies Are More Likely To Grow In Multiples
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ETFs vs. CEFs: Confusion Remains
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Momentum Investing Strategy: Do You Have The Discipline
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BRIC ETF: Emerging Markets Are Riskier, But Growing Faster
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Alpha, Beta, and R-Squared: Investing Definitions Worth Knowing
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Income Investing Strategy: Looking for Safety With Regular Payouts
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Fixed Income ETF: Tap Into the Bond Market
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Health Care ETF: Does An Aging Population Guarantee a Win?
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SoGoTrade Review
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Zecco Review
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International ETF: Still Some Diversification Benefits
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Vanguard Review
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Morningstar Review
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More Commodity ETFs: They'll Keep Coming As Long We Keep Buying
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Nano Tech ETF: Betting Big On Really Small Things
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The Case Against Commodity ETFs
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20 Easy Ways to Save Money Without Sacrificing Your Happiness
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An Index of All Things: Does Investing In Everything Make Sense?
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Managing Investment Expenses: They'll Add Up If You're Not Careful
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Investors, Don't Panic, Everything's Going To Be Okay
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International REIT ETF: Finally Foreign REIT ETFs for Individual Investors
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Does Stock Market Diversification Still Work?
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Treasury ETFs: Are They Really the Safest Exchange Traded Funds?
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The "Buying a House is Always a Good Investment" Myth Persists
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ETF Checklist: Don't Get Suckered and Make a Bad Buy
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Dividend Yield Vs. Dividend Growth
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Can I Be Sued for My IRA?
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OptionsXpress Review
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The Big List of Barclays iShares ETFs
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Another Commodity ETF: They Keeping Coming
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Leveraged ETFs: Bigger Wins, But Also Bigger Losses
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A Better Dividend ETF?
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A Page From Running Money: A Peek Behind the Scenes of the Industry
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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Does It Hold Together?
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Emerging Market ETF: Where the Growth Is
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Dividend ETF: Diversity With a Focus on Income
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Definition of ETF: Just What Is An ETF?
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The 0% Interest Balance Transfer Game
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Best ETF Articles: Well They Were At One Point
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Biotech ETF: What Could Be Better Than Medicine and Tech Combined?
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How Fed Rate Cuts Affect the US Dollar
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Why Own The Stock Of A Large Company?
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IRA, Roth IRA, Roth 401K Guide: How Are They Different?
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The Art of the Credit Card App-O-Rama
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Merrill Lynch Direct Review
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Spin-Off ETF: Banking On The Implied Value of a Spin-Off
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ETF Dollar Cost Averaging
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Alternative Energy ETFs: Eventually We Will Run Out of Oil and Gas
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Inverse ETF: A Contrarian Exchange Traded Fund
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Investing for College: A Chapter Review from The Boglehead's Guide To Investing
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Flaws With the S&P 1500 ETF And Why I'm Not Buying
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Useful Resources for Retiring and Living in Ecuador
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Buy and Hold Forever Is Bad Advice
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Growth Investing Strategy: Research Plus Risk Can Mean Big Rewards
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Clever ETF Stock Symbols
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Water ETF: A Precious Commodity Despite Its Abundancy
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Fundamental Analysis vs. Technical Analysis
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Airline Rewards Cards for the Taking
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Euro ETF: A Struggling Region May Still Be Worth Your Investment
