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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

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The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Paul Vachon presents Frugal Living Made Easy posted at The Frugal Toad , saying, “Frugal living is all about making informed and deliberate choices in how to spend money. Learn how you can amend regular over spending habit and stick to the budget. Well, not to worry.

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

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While in some cases this is true, FruGal has a point here. In fact, my husband and I just revamped our budget so that we can donate to charities even more each month. Ramsay presents Borrowing From Your 401k. A post about breaking down your insurance costs and how you can budget for them. Save Money this Spring: #2.

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Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance

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In October 2003, I left a career as a department store buyer with a nice paycheck, paid vacation days, 401k match, profit sharing, and health benefits, to pursue a life of self employment with my husband where all of those things are up to us. I should have known at that point that the writing was on the wall for our insurance carrier.

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

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Ever since we stumbled past the Fiscal Cliff and the budget crisis, the stock market has been rising like a hot air balloon in an updraft (at least as of the time this post was written at the end of March 2013). My Predicament. I retired in 2010 (yeah!). I moved my retirement savings from two company plans into an IRA.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money. This doesn’t mean you will always live with a cash budget, although you certainly could. Yes I know summer just arrived but he has a point. Being prepared financially is a must for a healthy budget. Have you ever derailed your goals?