22 Jul
links for 2007-07-22
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Marc and Angel presents A House or A Car… Which Should I Buy First? posted at Marc and Angel, saying, “You graduated from college, landed a good job, and have been diligently saving money for awhile now. Your car is getting old and pretty soon you are
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Welcome and thanks for visiting! If you’re new to Advanced Personal Finance
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As a means of tracking my progress towards my 2007 goals, I am going to be running this as an on-going series of posts. As a bit of background, here are the opening posts in the series
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Financial Freedom is freedom to focus on what is truly important to you and your family without having to trade time for a wage. It is enabled by a portfolio of income producing assets, managed by you, which generates sufficient income to cover your yearl
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The following is a list of the top 5 foreign banks sorted by dividend yield. This will give you a great place to go hunting for solid dividend paying stocks to add to your portfolio.
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# Formal budgeting involves allocating expenses beforehand, tracking items with some degree of care, and making adjustments on overages and underages # Budgeting using The Force is more organic in that saving is taken out up front (usually automatically),
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I currently use ShareBuilder and Vanguard for my investments. Over the coming year I am planning on transitioning entirely to Zecco if it meets my approval. The end goal is to have my portfolio entirely in ETFs for simplicity, low expenses, and tax effici
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I’d like to expound upon the idea put forth in yesterday’s money quote, living in the moment. How does it work to your career advantage to take your mind out of yesterday or tomorrow and place yourself solidly in the moment? Let’s begin with a discu
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With a CD Ladder Strategy, you don?t just purchase a single CD for a set amount of time. Instead, you ?ladder? your money over different maturities. By purchasing shorter- and longer-term CDs, you spread out any interest rate risk. You don?t earn
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This relates to your career because it is just the same as a major in many ways. Chances are that you will change companies or careers more than three times in your adult life.
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I saw an interesting post over on MOGBlog entitled, Wanted: Two Million Dollars. It’s an interesting post about what it would take to make a small project, and the conclusion is that you could do it fairly inexpensively. If you could fit the project into
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Only for the successful people Force money to work for you
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Why I Hate Pre-Bankruptcy Credit Counseling at Bankruptcy Law Network - Real Lawyers, Real SolutionsDoes BAPCPA Create Additional Hurdles For Debtors With Health Problems When They File For Bankruptcy?
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Another good example is financial planning for education costs. I’ve read that post-secondary tuition has gone up about 5% per year over the last decade. If you are doing projections for your education fund then using the CPI will understate the actual