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Jason Topp

Get Motivated To Reach Your Financial Goals – And Motivate Others!

September 7, 2010
Get Motivated To Reach Your Goals

Every once in a while it’s easy to get into a funk with our finances. We get out of our groove, we mess up our rhythm, we slack off.  What I mean is that it’s easy to slip back into bad habits like getting into debt, or seemingly forgetting how to save money or just [...]

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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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3 Reasons Not To Save Into A Roth IRA For Retirement

July 2, 2010
Roth IRA Not For Everyone?

Everyone should be saving into a Roth IRA for retirement! Have you heard those words before? I’ve seen them strewn about the web here ‘n there on various blogs or in comments on other personal finance sites. Is that true? – Should everyone be saving into a Roth IRA? Not exactly. Although Roth IRA’s have [...]

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Are You Making These 5 Retirement Planning Mistakes?

June 2, 2010
Retirement Mistakes To Watch Out For

Retirement is certainly a hot topic. Most people are concerned about how much they need for retirement, when they can retire, which discount broker to use or whether they should open up a Roth IRA or contribute to Traditional IRAs. What’s amazing, however, is that although there are many folks preparing for retirement, there are [...]

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Finding Your Retirement Sweet Spot!

May 17, 2010
Retirement Sweet Spot

Do you remember playing baseball while you were growing up? One of the best feelings in the world was finding your groove with your swing and hitting the ball with the bat’s sweet spot. The ball seemed to jump off the bat with little effort! If you’re a golfer you know that feeling too. Getting [...]

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Early Retirement: Important Rules To Remember

April 26, 2010
Early Retirement

Many people I talk to would love to take early retirement. What they typically mean is that they would love to retire early from their current occupation, live off retirement savings and find a hobby or passion to pursue and maybe make some income from in their later years! Early retirement is definitely possible, and [...]

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Should You Use A Roth IRA For College Savings?

April 20, 2010
Roth IRA For College Savings?

We are coming up on graduation season and the focus on college will be starting soon. There is a lot of confusion about which college savings plans are the best to save for college. It’s never too early to start looking at college funding for your children – even if there is one on the [...]

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Should You Convert Non-Deductible IRA Contributions To A Roth IRA?

April 13, 2010
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Oh what a great year for debate on Roth IRA’s and Roth IRA Conversions! Roth IRAs are a great tool for building up retirement savings, but some things have changed for conversions. 2010 has ushered in some new Roth IRA rules -here’s what you need to know about the 2010 Roth conversions. I recently received [...]

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What You Need to Know About Disability Insurance

March 24, 2010
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Any time I blog about insurance, I get the sense that it makes most readers’ skins crawl! It’s not a fun topic to consider because usually when you’re collecting it, something bad has happened – and most people don’t like to consider the negatives of life. But, in order to be the most prepared financially, [...]

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3 Things To Remember About Roth IRAs

March 15, 2010
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There’s been a lot of talk about Roth IRAs this year. Some folks still aren’t sold on them – and of course no one particular investment vehicle is right for everyone. But, for the right person, the Roth IRA is a great way to save some additional cash for retirement! Here’s three important things to [...]

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Ways To Make Extra Money Series: 5 More Ideas To Create Extra Income

March 4, 2010
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First, I need to say thanks to Pete for bringing me aboard Bible Money Matters! It’s a thrill to be writing for one of the very first PF Blogs that inspired me to start my own! The ironic part of this is that I’m writing about a post to create extra income and that is [...]

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