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Start Saving Early for Retirement: Tips for Young People Just Starting Out

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

.” - “I don’t earn enough to be able to put anything away for retirement.” - “With the rising cost of living, I am having trouble making ends met, let alone putting anything aside for the future.” - “My boss doesn’t have a 401K for me to join.” If you have no retirement fund, your quality of life could well be affected.

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Much of the information in it is basic personal finance guidance (with a biblical twist). When I retired, I used this method to re-invest the proceeds from my company 401K (that I had rolled into an IRA). Instead, they had to be sold within the 401K and the proceeds reinvested in the IRA. My copy has a copyright date of 2008.

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

Family Balance Sheet

If the information matches, you can shred your pay stubs. If the information doesn't match, head to your human resource department for correction. Keep the quarterly statements for your 401k or other IRA accounts until you receive the annual statement. Pay Stubs - Keep for the year until you get your annual W-2.

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401(k) Calculator: Calculate Your Match & Future Balance

Savings Corner

In the Basic fields, you can adjust your contribution amount (based on a percentage of your income), as well as employer contributions, your planned retirement age and your expected rate of return. More information about 401(k)s A 401(k) is a retirement plan offered by some employers. Many 401(k) plans use mutual funds.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

History repeats and informs in market technologies. It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. Well break down some of the ways to keep your data safe, and tell you what your liability is if your identity is stolen. ” Managing Debt.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money. These days, there is an ever-growing concern about the safety of our personal information when it is shared over the World Wide Web. By signing up with LinkedIn you can instantly connect with thousands of industries as well as industry professionals.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For typical individual investors, without special access to information, it offers what is likely the best financial advice they will ever get: It is hard to consistently beat the market, especially after fees. Without giving too much information, I foresee an engagement in the coming months. Norton and now in its ninth edition.

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