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YNAB – Online Course – Day 1

Have you ever wanted to take an online course but decided you didn’t really have time? Well, now is your chance. Jesse, over at You Need A Budget (YNAB) has put together a really good 10-day online course designed to help you understand the importance of budgeting. Throughout the course, he uses the YNAB software [...]

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Are you ready to win?

Often the hardest part of doing something is just getting started. For example, millions of Americans smoke and most people know that smoking will cause long-term health issues, yet they don’t quit. Why? The majority of people know that McDonalds is not only fast, but it can also be bad for you (and can be [...]

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Have you noticed that prices are rising?

It seems as if the media willingly reminds us at least once a day that the economy is still a mess. Today, President Obama had to shuffle around some stimulus plans to offset the increasing unemployment numbers. Tomorrow? Well, who knows. Let’s wait until then to worry about it. One thing is for sure; we [...]

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Will the US lose its AAA rating?

This is a guest post from Lee Murray a Financial Advisor for Edward Jones in Fredericksburg, VA. You can contact Lee at Lee.Murray (at) edwardjones.com. There are a lot of variables that go into determining whether or not the US will lose its AAA rating. I will try to summarize the most likely possibilities. For [...]

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The benefit of remaining calm

Earlier this week I mentioned the stock market being up 2000 points and how we were committed to our current investment plan. Yesterday, we received our May statement for our Roth IRA and received a very nice surprise. I have posted before how we have consistently contributed to our Roth IRAs and my 401k even [...]

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Where is your money going?

The stock market was down a little today but over the last few months the trend has been upward. As a matter of fact, from its low on March 9, the market is up over 2000 points (not bad for three months). I don’t want to get into the reasons why in this post, but [...]

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