Investment

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What’s in your 401(k)?

If you work for a company that offers a 401(k) program, you very likely have had to decide on how your contributions are to be invested. In addition to deciding how to diversify your contributions, you have had to decide how much of your pre-tax dollars to contribute to the program. Hopefully, you have spent [...]

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Expecting the unexpected

The hardest part of financial planning is planning for the things that you have no control over. Things like the downturn in the economy, housing prices falling and natural disasters (think Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil spill). Although you can’t account for 100% of the bad things that happen, you can prepare yourself to [...]

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Just say “no” again!

Earlier this week, I posted an article on the necessity of saying “no” to certain things that are detrimental to your goals. Joe, over at Personal Finance by the Book, has a similar article discussing how saying “no” will impact your life and your finances. With the up and down ride the stock market has [...]

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The Sound Mind Investing Handbook

One of the most talked about topics in the Bible is money and possessions. Depending on what information you read, there are almost 1000 scriptures in the Bible that deal with this topic. Even if you are not a Christian or read the Bible, a lot of the financial information found in the Bible makes [...]

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How to avoid investment fraud

The words “Dave Ramsey” usually invokes some pretty strong emotions when discussing financial principles. Let me say up front that I am a certified Dave Ramsey counselor, and I am debt free (except for our mortgage). We follow Dave’s Baby Steps and are very comfortable with what he teaches. Not every word is gospel, but [...]

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Time for your Retirement Account annual checkup

Your doctor wants to see you at least once a year just to make sure everything is in order and nothing has gotten out of balance. He (or she) will want to run some tests, analyze the results and then determine if there are any changes you need to make to your routine. If everything [...]

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