http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/08/portfolio-rebalancing-tool-calculator/ A personal finance blog dedicated to achieving financial freedom for those drones slaving away in jobs they hate. Mon, 24 May 2010 01:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/08/portfolio-rebalancing-tool-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 Andrew Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:18:07 +0000 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/08/portfolio-rebalancing-tool-calculator/#comment-1150 Here is another calculator: http://www.bowgett.com/Rebalance.aspx Here is another calculator: http://www.bowgett.com/Rebalance.aspx

]]> http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/08/portfolio-rebalancing-tool-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-25 BloodhoundBlog - The weblog of BloodhoundRealty.com, an exceptional-service residential real estate brokerage in Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:34:16 +0000 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/08/portfolio-rebalancing-tool-calculator/#comment-25 [...] Today, Free The Drones points to CNN’s Asset Allocator calculator, which — to no one’s surprise — puts the minimum time frame to cash out in the 3 - 5 year range. I suspect/hope that Ms. CarefulWithNumbers is truly careful enough with her own numbers, when planning for her own future, that she already knew this answer, and tossed me the hypothesis only to bait me. But, this is an important point: If you are buying real estate as an investment, look at this calculator and realize that real estate, like most investments, is a long-term investment. If you’re buying a home to live in, however, the investment factor, while a very real and important one, usually takes a back seat to picturing yourself and your loved ones in your very own castle, be it ever so humble. No place like it. [...] [...] Today, Free The Drones points to CNN’s Asset Allocator calculator, which — to no one’s surprise — puts the minimum time frame to cash out in the 3 – 5 year range. I suspect/hope that Ms. CarefulWithNumbers is truly careful enough with her own numbers, when planning for her own future, that she already knew this answer, and tossed me the hypothesis only to bait me. But, this is an important point: If you are buying real estate as an investment, look at this calculator and realize that real estate, like most investments, is a long-term investment. If you’re buying a home to live in, however, the investment factor, while a very real and important one, usually takes a back seat to picturing yourself and your loved ones in your very own castle, be it ever so humble. No place like it. [...]

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