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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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Book Review: Upside Living in a Downside Economy

As the economy continues to struggle we hear many ‘experts’ with their own ideas on why we are where we are and what we need to do to make it through these tough times. About a month ago, I received a review copy of a book written by Mike Slaughter, pastor of Ginghamsburg United Methodist [...]

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Five for Friday – January 16

Here are a few, five to be exact, articles/posts that I came across this week. With all of the Personal Finance blogs out there, narrowing it down to just five isn’t an easy task. There are some blogs that have been around for a while, and there are some like me just getting started. Each [...]

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Financial Goals for 2009 (part 6)

We are looking at financial goals for the New Year. MSN Money lists 6 financial milestones to reach before age 30. If you are already over 30, these milestones are still worth looking into, but the real question is whether or not these milestones are good goals. We will be looking at one milestone each [...]

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Feeling Poor?

Dave Ramsey says that being poor is a state of mind. I understand his reasoning, but most people feel that being poor is a function of your economic state and not necessarily your mental state. However you define being poor, the one thing that everyone should be able to agree on is the way to [...]

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Singing in the rain?

We all know that we should be saving for a “rainy day”, but with most people, finding a little extra money to save is easier said than done. However, not having an emergency fund is a really quick way to big problems. There are lots of ways to find some extra money to put into [...]

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