tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10993984.post113989018058449720..comments2023-10-31T04:14:51.466-06:00Comments on Clutter2Cash: My Financial BloopersCaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07099173870125319819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10993984.post-1140123356934305392006-02-16T13:55:00.000-07:002006-02-16T13:55:00.000-07:00It's so easy to lose track of your 401k's. My wif...It's so easy to lose track of your 401k's. My wife and I just had the hardest time trying to track down information from a 403b (same as a 401k, but for teachers) from 8 years ago. Rollover it over was cake, though - we used <A HREF="http://www.rollovermarket.com" REL="nofollow">RolloverMarket</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10993984.post-1140042108994565842006-02-15T15:21:00.000-07:002006-02-15T15:21:00.000-07:00Your home-buying experience must have been incredi...Your home-buying experience must have been incredibly stressful, wow. <BR/>I also did the "ignore the old 401ks" thing but in my case I don't think it really did too much damage as they were pretty well balanced and just sort of rode along and had increased in value by the time I finally got around to rolling them over. But I don't know, I might have been able to do better with that money if I had paid any attention to it.Madame Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536189690094235926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10993984.post-1139971747159536262006-02-14T19:49:00.000-07:002006-02-14T19:49:00.000-07:00Ah the bloopers - those that produce a sad sort of...Ah the bloopers - those that produce a sad sort of regretful laugh. Yes, we all have them and if someone says they don't - watch out - that person just hasn't woken up to financial reality yet.<BR/><BR/>Iomega - I feel that just knowing about that stock so dates me as a late 90's web-head. I even know what a Bernouli drive is...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10993984.post-1139946300510419892006-02-14T12:45:00.000-07:002006-02-14T12:45:00.000-07:00I think it's great that you've been able to take a...I think it's great that you've been able to take away these lessons, rather than wallow in the "badness" of it all...that shows great resilience, intelligence and positive attitude- that's fantastic! I'm sure you'll be successful, just following that sort of approach. I remember as a young (right out of college) investor, I was talked into making a terrible investment by an unscrupulous broker (money-losing tax shelter type of thing when I was making all of $11,000 a year). To this day I thank that guy, because it taught me an invaluable lesson about investing - always rely on your own information, and there's no substitute for doing one's homeowork, before making the investment and once you hold the asset. If you follow this and become adept at it, at some point, your invesmtent earnings can easily exceed your salary. I haven't used a broker since I was 25 and I think I'm miles ahead because of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com