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The Economics of Selecting Vacation Days

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Use them to your advantage. For example, want to plan a get-away but can’t find the time? To piggy-back off of the prior example, it’s extremely important to get out of the office for 5 consecutive days. These are just a few ideas to think about while selection your vacation days during the 2012 year. Monday, January 2*.

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Enjoy Life, Save Money – Use your Work Job Perks!

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You can often take advantage of these to save money away from work or grab some gusto during work. The February 2012 issue of Entrepreneur magazine quoted a Harvard Business Review study done in 2010 which found that at Best Buy, a 0.1 What are examples of visible not so visible company perks? How do you take advantage of them

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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We take advantage of anything we can get if it is free or cheap, but do we need to? When you can’t fit all your investments into tax advantaged accounts, which investments should be given priority: stocks or bonds?” Danielle from Saving Without A Budget shares 5 Smart Investing Tips for 2012.

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Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance

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For example, at that time, maternity was not included in any individual plan. We did take advantage of one benefit of a high deductible health plan: a Health Savings Account. Enter 2012: We had no idea how we were going to be affected when the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2012.

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

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– A down to earth outline to what I see as the advantages and disadvantages of a cooperative education, and to argue that one doesn’t need take a cooperative education to be successful. He discusses income beneficiaries, remainder beneficiaries and provides and example of the use of a dynasty trust.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Welcome to the April 6, 2012 Edition #231 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. Darwin presents Pairs Trade: Real Examples and Profit Potential posted at Darwin’s Money , saying, “Here’s a way to invest and profit with zero dollars out of pocket! The Skilled Investor , Editor. Budgeting and Economics.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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The College Investor: Start Automatic Investing in 2012 – How you can automate your investing in 2012 the easy way. – Not only is it possible to retire on real estate, there are many benefits that you need to take advantage of. At the start of 2012 our net worth is $246,756.54! Read away my friends.