What is the meaning of IRA and FRA ?
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The IRA (Irish Republican Army) is a name used to describe several paramilitary movements in Ireland in the 20th and 21st centuries, though the first known use of the term occurred in the Fenian raids on Canada in the 1860s.\n\n(FRA) or fixed-wireless access \n\n@\n\nfinance, a forward rate agreement (FRA) is a forward contract in which one party pays a fixed interest rate, and receives a floating interest rate equal to a reference rate (the underlying rate). The payments are calculated over a notional amount over a certain period, and netted, i.e. only the differential is paid. It is paid on the termination date. The reference rate is fixed one or two days before the termination date, dependent on the market convention for the particular currency. FRAs are over-the counter derivatives. A swap is a combination of FRAs.
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It can mean many different things.\nI guess it means\nBenefits Purchase Options.\nThis is sort of a retirement plan offered to current employess according to which they can buy shares, share options etc at discounted rates.
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No.  IRA's may not hold certain classes of assets and closely held corporations are one of them.  Likewise, if you happened to be the Chairman of IBM, you couldn't invest in that either.
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1.  401(k) is like a scooter.  You're company that you work for provides you this savings plan. The company selects who administrates the savings account (where you park your car) which investments you can have (which road you can drive your scooter on), and they can match your contributions (like mom & dad giving you gas money).  If you want to get that money (selling your car), you need to work with the "Fund Administrator", and sometimes your "Human Resources/Supervisors" to get that money.  Sometimes, you'll only get the money if you promise to pay it back.  ( yep, mom & dad want you to be responsable )\n\n2.  IRA is like a standard car. You can select who administrates the account (or where you park your car), what investment to buy (what roads to drive on).  Unfortunantly, there is no one available to give you a match on your contribution (no gas money from mom & dad); but you can deduct your contribution from your taxes.  You can also withdrawl the money at anytime (selling your car). . . BEWARE. . . there are financial concequences to this. . .research before you choose to withdrawl (its like sales tax from selling your car. . .if you sell at the wrong time, you'll get jipped on the sale proceeds).\n\n3.  A Roth IRA is like a hybrid car.  You get to pick who administers the account (parking the car) which investments (which roads to drive), but there is no matching and you can't deduct your yearly contributions from you taxes.  Instead, you can get your money without tax conseques (selling your car) when you need it. . .BEWARE. . . to get your money without tax problems, there are still rules.  Research before you withdrawl funds (sell that car). Providing you withdrawl (sell that car) under the guidlines, you don't have to pay sales tax on the withdrawl ( no sales tax from selling the car).
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Joe got it right in his second paragraph.  You can think of risk versus # of assets (assuming they're different from a risk-reward standpoint, exhibit uncorrelated returns, etc) and that as you diversify, you're travelling along an asymptotic curve that approaches systematic risk that cannot be diversified away regardless of the # of assets.\n\nUnsystematic risk refers to risk that can be diversified away.
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id you mean systematic?  If so, it is putting away money on a regular and consistant basis into a tax deferred vehicle such as a 401k or an IRA.  The money you put away plus any interest it earns and any growth is tax deffered until it's withdrawel at retirement.
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Different measures of money have different technical definitions. The most common measures are named M0, M1, M2, and M3 (from narrow to broadly defined). In the United States, these are defined as follows:\n\n    * M0: The total of all coins and paper cash in circulation.\n    * M1: M0 + the amount in checking or demand deposit accounts\n    * M2: M1 + other various savings account types, money market accounts, and certificate of deposit accounts (CDs) of under $100,000.\n    * M3: M2 + all other CDs, deposits of eurodollars and repurchase agreements.\n\nAs of about the year 2000 in the US, the M1 money supply was about 1.3 trillion dollars, the M2 was $5.4 trillion, and the M3 was $7.8 trillion. If you split all of the money equally per person in the United States, each person would end up with roughly $26,000 ($7,800,000M/300M).\n\nThe amount of actual physical cash M0 was $688 billion in 2004. Slightly more than the $474 billion of deposits at Citigroup at the end of 2003
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A pension is a retirement fund that the employee pays into all during his or her career. A gratuity is a tip, like what you give a waitress or taxi driver.
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Your question is not clear.  If you are referring to a roll-over of a 401K or IRA, then the rules are the same regardless of the State, because these are Federal laws.
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Ages always mean from date of birth.\n\nWith a traditional IRA, once you reach age 59½, the threat of the 10% penalty disappears. You can withdraw as much from your regular IRAs as you want, penalty-free. Cash coming out of the account is taxable in your top tax bracket, except to the extent that it represents a return of nondeductible contributions
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dis rykjaard ca ira plus vite non?
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set up the diffeq:\n\ndM/dt=1.05*M+alpha //money accrued at rate of 5.5% per year plus some amount alpha that is placed into the accout per year\ndm/dt=1.05*m -45000 //rate spent per year after retirement (assuming interest continues to accrue)..\nM(0)=162000; //intial ammount in retirement fund\nM(15)=m(0) //retirement fund begins expenditure with intial value of total saved + interest, or M(15)...\n\n// Note: 12 is measured from date of retirement...\nm(12)=0; //money only lasts 12 years, assume total amount expended...\nsolve dm/dt and plug in m(12)=0 to figure out what the total saved, m(0), must be present at the beginning of retirement in order to completely expend the money in the 12 yr period\n\nfinally, solve for M(t) and use the known values at M(0) and M(15) to compute the value of alpha.
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You should talk to a representative at your financial institution where you have your IRA. They will be more than happy to give you individualized suggestions.
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Yup, you can have both.  Many people do.  If you have a Traditional IRA you can open a Roth IRA, or vice versa, but Carlos R is right, "the funding limits apply to both together" per year.  So since you can only put in $4000 for this year (2006) if your under 50, and say you already put in $4000 in a Traditional IRA, you can't put anymore in a Roth for this year...  and probably, "if you have a choice, put it into a Roth IRA."  See this to be sure: http://finance.yahoo.com/education/retirement/article/101060/which_ira_is_right_for_you\n\nDisregard it saying the annual contributions limit is $2000.  That was in the past.\n\nHere's another link if you really want it: http://www.finance.cch.com/sohoApplets/RothvsRegular.asp
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Ирa for Ira and full name is \n\nИрина for Irina
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It a retirement plan. Instead of paying the government right away, you get to keep it for interest, you give it back later when you take your money out. E-mail me if you want to know more. I can elaborate if needed.
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On your 1099R the taxable amount is the amount you withdrew from your 401k or your IRA.