Money Lessons I Taught My 5 Year Old

July 29, 2010
Money Lessons For Kids

This post was written by Mike from Green Panda Treehouse. He is a financial planner and runs several finance blogs within his online company including The Financial Blogger and The Dividend Guy Blog. My son just turned 5 years old in July. He is a tall for his age, loves soccer and can’t wait for [...]

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Winner Of Our $25 Visa Gift Card Giveaway

July 28, 2010
We Have A Winner

Last week we launched a contest on this site sponsored by Snubbr.com to give away a $25 Visa gift card. All you had to do to win was leave a comment with your favorite money saving tip – and the good folks at Snubbr would choose a winner. After considering all our entries they have [...]

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Family Finance: Top Mistakes Young Families Make

July 27, 2010
Family Finances

Singles finance and family finance differ quite a bit. I’ve learned that well over the past 5 1/2 years (our oldest child is now 5 1/2). My personal experience has shown there are more spending pressures and overall expenses when you have a young family. Examples include birthday parties, swim lessons, dance lessons, clothes, toys, [...]

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A Small Business Wonder: Review Of OutRight.com

July 26, 2010
Outright.com Review

If you have a small business, the last thing you want to do is focus on accounting. Instead, you probably would rather focus on your work – what you love to do for a living! Accounting has been one of those business tasks that usually gets put on the back-burner. For those of us who [...]

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Devotional: Godliness With Contentment Is Great Wealth

July 25, 2010
True Wealth In Him

For many of us living in America, we strive to live a full life and we search for something we call the “American Dream”. I was reading a post on another site today that made me think a little harder about just what we’re striving for – and what the “American Dream” is. The definition [...]

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No Estate Tax In 2010 Means George Steinbrenner’s Family And Others Will Save Millions In Taxes

July 23, 2010
Estate Tax Expired

There are two things that are sure in life – death and taxes.  And when you die, those two things could intersect.  If your estate is worth $1 million dollars or more -  your estate could be taxed up to 55% starting in 2011.  Many people like to call it the “death tax”. This year [...]

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Saving For Retirement Til It Hurts!

July 22, 2010
Saving For Retirement

Ah, retirement. Could there be a bigger financial goal out there than this? We all talk about it, think about it, read about it and plan for it. But how many of us do what it really takes to get ourselves into position to retire how we want, when we want? How many of us [...]

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How To Pick A Credit Counselor

July 21, 2010
Choosing A Credit Counselor

It seems the big talk around town these days is how to save more and get out of debt. Personally, I love that people are paying closer attention to their finances. People who do so and work to manage money better are in a better position to give to greater purposes. And that’s an important [...]

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Online Retirement Calculators: More Harm Than Help?

July 20, 2010
Retirement Calculators Make Assumptions

People often ask me to point them to a decent online retirement planning calculator. I never do. You see, I don’t trust such calculators. It’s not that their math is wrong. (At least, not usually.) The problem is that their calculations are often based on shoddy assumptions and unknowable variables. You Know What They Say [...]

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3 Things You Can Do To Simplify Your Life In 24 Hours

July 19, 2010
3 Ways To Simplify

One of our most serious enemies is Complexity. It saps your time by overwhelming you to the point of atrophy, and can lead us to believe there is nothing we can do about our chaotic lives. Whether you are struggling with your finances or simply needing to breathe easier, here are three things you can do [...]

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Roth IRA Withdrawal Rules

July 16, 2010
Roth IRA Wirthdrawal Rules

The Roth IRA is a wonderful investment option that many people take advantage of every year mainly because of it’s tax free growth and because it allows you to diversify your tax situation at retirement if you also invest in some pre-tax investment types like a 401k or IRA. While the ideal situation is to [...]

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Will The 2001 Bush Tax Cuts Be Extended, Made Permanent Or Allowed To Expire?

July 15, 2010
Will Bush Tax Cuts Expire?

A month or so back we talked briefly about how the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts are expiring at the end of this year.  Since then there has been a lot of additional talk about whether or not the Obama administration will be renewing the tax cuts before the end of the year.  The [...]

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Tax Changes: Credits, Deductions And Laws To Keep In Mind

July 14, 2010
Tax Changes To Be Aware Of

The following is a guest post by Back Taxes Help, LLC a company that helps taxpayers resolve major IRS tax problems. To keep up to date on tips, guidance, and news subscribe to their tax blog today. With 2010 half way over, it is not too soon to start preparing your tax return for next [...]

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Tell Us Your Money Saving Tip And Win A $25 Visa Gift Card

July 14, 2010
Visa Gift Card Giveaway

It’s been a while since we did a giveaway of any kind on the site. I love giving stuff away, so this weekend when a giveaway opportunity was presented to me by the folks over at Snubbr.com, I jumped at it! Snubbr.com is a site that offers buying advice for pretty much anything you might [...]

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