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Money is like a bar of soap

Wall Street offers a virtually unlimited smorgasbord of investment products and services. Andrew Crowell’s strategy for competing: Stick with meat and potatoes, forget the rest. Crowell heads Los Angeles-based Crowell, Weedon & Co., a brokerage that prides itself on being … Continue reading

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How a teenager can retire as a millionaire

Imagine a teenager opening an IRA at age 15 and contributing to it for only 10 years, then not adding another nickel. Kinniry started the account with the $3,000 minimum that Vanguard requires, then had the young worker contribute $2,000 … Continue reading

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