Sound Investing for November 6, 2009
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THIS WEEK:

  • Investors nervous about emerging markets, should you be? (1:03)
  • Myth or Reality? Retirement is a very costly proposition (39:20)
  • The cruel math of big losses (29:22)
  • Paul's Outrage:  The few, the proud, who actually understand target date funds (47:10)
  • Our guest this week is Russel Kinnel, director of mutual fund research at Morningstar (4:40)

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What goes up can, and will, go down.  And that has many investors worried about emerging market mutual funds.  These funds, which own stocks in economies like India and China, have rebounded sharply from last year.  Is it time to bail out of emerging market mutual funds?  Get our answer.

Is it a Myth or Reality?  You will need 80 percent of your pre-retirement income to survive after you quit working.

If your investment goes down 50 percent, you need to make 100 percent to break even.  That kind of cruel math is becoming clear to many of you as you deal with last year's market meltdown.  What else can you do to get whole again?  Here's our take.

Plus, Paul's Outrage: Very, very few investors understand target date mutual funds.

Our guest is Russel Kinnel, director of mutual fund research at Morningstar.

 

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