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24th February 2008

Planning For Every Expense

Making a budget for a home business start-up is more of an art than it is a science. No matter how exactly you think youve pinned down all your expenses, its guaranteed that more will appear that you either didnt think of or just couldnt have predicted. Thats why you need to make sure that you always plan for every possible expense.
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16th February 2008

Balance Transfer - This card is not like the other

How to use a credit card balance transfer to suits some of your needs and save some money.
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28th January 2008

Give Yourself a Raise in 2006

How would you like to earn more in 2006? Up to $4000 more? The answer is not by earning more, although that can help, its by cutting back on your daily expense.
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26th January 2008

Checks And Balances

Checks are basically written for the transfer of funds from the account of a check holder in a bank or any other depository institution. The purpose of checks is similar to that of money, easing transactions.
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12th January 2008

Credit Counseling — Why It Doesn’t Work For Most Debtors

Discusses why credit counseling has come under attack by consumer groups for failing to do the job it’s advertised to do. Explains the main reasons for credit counseling’s failure to provide debt relief for most enrollees.
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10th January 2008

A New Wall Street Line Dance: Performance

Every December, with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads, investors begin to scrutinize their performance, formulate couldas and shouldas, and determine what to try next year. Its an annual, masochistic, right of passage.
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3rd January 2008

Managing the Income Portfolio

You dont have to be a professional Investment Manager to professionally manage your investment portfolio, but you do need to have a long term plan and know something about Asset Allocation. a portfolio organization tool that is often misunderstood and almost always improperly used within the financial community. Remember, your unhappiness is Wall Streets most coveted asset. Dont humor them.
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29th December 2007

Vesting and Your 401(k)

Do you have a 401(k) retirement account? Are you vested yet? Before you move on to your next job, it is critical for you to find out if you are fully vested in your retirement account before you make the move. If you are not, you could lose hundreds if not thousands of dollars in employer contributions.
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14th December 2007

Learning The Value Of Money

This article describes how my father taught me the value of money and at the same time also showed me how to reach and attain the goals I had in my life.
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12th December 2007

Saving For Post Secondary Education

Post secondary education is very expensive in North America and unless you are fairly wealthy will be a worry for most parents. Obviously, not all kids go onto University or College but if they do and you havent planned for it you could find yourself with a large financial burden. This would probably happen just when most families are looking at finally having some financial security
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