Managing Your Personal Finance Just Got Easier!
February 26, 2010 | Simone Travis | Savings | No Comments
Children should definitely save money but unfortunately most parents don’t show their children how to do it. The whole concept of kids saving money has been largely ignored in the American family. That is why most people in this country have very little or zero savings when they get older. And the
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February 25, 2010 | Simone Travis | Investing | No Comments
If ever there was a New Year's resolution you would want for next year, it would have to be to do what it takes to not be staring at a devalued portfolio, as you did in 2009. So let's look at a few ideas on where you should probably see your investments headed this year, considering how 2010 seems b
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February 22, 2010 | Simone Travis | Credit Card, Financial Tips, Tools & Views | No Comments
Credit cards can be a great thing. They offer you the way to buy something with an installed repayment plan. However, they are not as simple as they seem. For some people, a good interest rate is part of the package because they have great credit. For others, however, the interest rate is not what i
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When you have been working for years and can remember dreaming about the freedom to spend Monday mornings sunning yourself out front in your bathrobe, the chance to pick up your Social Security about ten minutes after you become eligible can be hard to resist. People figure that it is a pretty sharp
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I was laid off from my job almost two years ago, and didn't have much luck finding anything else in my field until recently. Before this, I had to take on low-paying retail work just to have some cash flowing in, but those paychecks were never enough to cover all my bills even though I scaled back o
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When guys get together anywhere, there is forever some sport to talk about, but then there is always time to run through what investment escapades one or the other has been through recently. No one is really kind to their money managers in these conversations either; but what are those poor managers
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