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What Can Go Wrong – Naming a Beneficiary

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Being the smart person you are, you you sign up for a 401K with company matching and do the right thing by starting to pump as much into it as possible. In 5 years – you’ve married and had a baby, but your 401k still goes to Mom and Dad when you die. You make your estate your beneficiary. What can go wrong after you die.

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What Makes a Saver?

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A smile or a word from a parent or teacher, seeing someone enjoying their savings, a chance combination of a happy conversation, a sun shiny day and an increased amount in the piggy bank – all may result in one child’s brain being wired towards the pleasure of saving. As teenagers, we may be madly saving up for a car.

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Money and Life in Your Forties

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I loved being home with my birth family as a kid, going to elementary and high school, finding new found freedom at college in my teens and early twenties, striking out on my own in my twenties, having and raising my babies in my twenties and thirties. I lost my stay at home baby weight and emerged a slim confident young career woman.

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

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Today along with the great tips from my fellow personal finance bloggers, I am going to share with you six ways you can clean up your finances this season. Ramsay presents Borrowing From Your 401k. Among the many benefits afforded to many 401k participants is the ability to borrow funds from the account for personal purposes.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Sean presents 5 Tips to Help You Become Debt Free posted at Free Snatcher , saying, “Eliminating your debt is the first step to becoming Financially free. If you are in college and wondering how to put money aside, saving money may not even be a question because of the massive amounts of college debt that you are facing.

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