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American Express Bank Savings Review: High Yield Savings Account

American Express has been around for 160+ years, has one of the most recognizable brands in the world and now savings accounts as well!

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Can You Stop A Money Train Wreck?

March 17, 2008

I found an interesting article today over at MSN titled, “Can you stop a money train wreck?“. The article talks about what to do when you see a loved one’s financial disaster coming and he or she doesn’t. I have seen several friends who are not good with money, they seem to continue getting in [...]

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5-Minute Guide To Budgeting

March 17, 2008

Over at MSNMoney.com they have a helpful article entitled, “Your 5-minute guide to budgeting“. It gives some useful tips to get you started on the road to setting up your own budget. The article starts out with a gem of a quote: Budgeting isn’t a punishment for not being born wealthy. That quote really struck [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: A Slack Hand

March 17, 2008

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps [...]

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Carnival of Personal Finance – St. Patrick’s Day Edition is up!

March 17, 2008

Over at beingfrugal.net the Carnival of Personal Finance – St. Patty’s Day edition is up! As always there are a ton of great articles listed, you could spend all day reading them all. My article, “Is it OK for Christians to invest in Vice Stocks?” , was picked by Lynnae as an Editor’s Pick of [...]

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Bible Verse Of The Day

March 16, 2008

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:22-23 God has promised us salvation through his son [...]

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3 Weeks With Geezeo.com

March 15, 2008

Geezeo.com is another one of a myriad of new personal finance sites that have popped up over the last year or two, along with competitors like Mint.com and Geezeo.com. We’ve already reviewed those other two services – now its time to take a look at Geezeo. As part of keeping track of my family’s finances, [...]

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Bible Verse Of The Day

March 15, 2008

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”Deuteronomy 31:6

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Bible Verse Of The Day: Protection

March 14, 2008

Fear not; for I am with you. Be not dismayed; for I am your God. I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness. Isaiah 41:10

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The Christian Carnival Is Up!

March 13, 2008

Over at Fish and Cans the Christian Carnival for this week is now up! Lots of good articles, including a couple of my favorites:Diary of One presents “my testimony“.Rodney Olsen brings us “Is Faith a crutch for the weak?““Ripples” is the post from Angelawd.Got Bible shows up with “Inspired Scripture“.Check out the rest HERE

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Bible Verse of the Day: Rejoice

March 13, 2008

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. [...]

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My Dumbest Purchase Ever

March 12, 2008

Over at Debt Kid he’s running a contest right now with a grand prize of his almost new DS-Lite! What do you have to do to win? Just write a blog post about your dumbest purchase ever, and trackback to his blog. I thought I’d give it a shot. I recently wrote about my 5 [...]

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The Money Hacker’s Carnival is up at My Dollar Plan!

March 12, 2008

Over at My Dollar Plan, the 3rd weekly Money Hackers Carnival is live! Lots of great articles included again. Here are a few of my faves: Mike presents Is Prepaying Your Mortgage a Mistake? posted at Richer by the Day.PT presents 3 Ways To File Your Taxes For FREE posted at Prime Time Money.Marc and [...]

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Is It Ok For A Christian To Invest In "Vice Stocks"? Part 3

March 12, 2008

Is it ok for a Christian to invest in “Vice Stocks”? Part 1 Is it ok for a Christian to invest in “Vice Stocks”? Part 2 In part 2 our series we continued the discussion of this question: “Is it ok for a Christian to invest in so called ‘vice stocks’”? An article in Kiplinger [...]

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To Roth Or Not To Roth 401(k)

March 12, 2008

Here’s an interesting article talking about the pros and cons of a Roth 401(k) from Walter Updegrave of Money Magazine. Some of the highlights: Let’s start with one basic but often misunderstood fact. Although they’re effectively mirror images of each other -with a regular 401(k) you invest pre-tax dollars and pay taxes at withdrawal, while [...]

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