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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Wayne presents Purpose of Budgeting posted at Young Family Finance , saying, “Are you left wondering why you should budget? David presents Wired Capital Markets posted at Wall Street History , saying, ” Looking into the workings of modern securities markets is like looking under the hood of a Prius hybrid car.

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

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The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Shawanda Greene from You Have More Than You Think presents Why’s It Got To Be All or Nothing? Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money. Nathan Richardson from ComplexSearch.com presents What’s a Good Credit Score? Jen from Master the Art of Saving presents Credit Card Happy!

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Seniors – Keep Your Allocations

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Vanguard’s Personal Financial Planner thought I should change invest all my retirement money in bonds when I moved it from my 401K to an IRA. In the years since that recommendation was given, the stock has consistently paid a dividend and the stock price has tripled in value. The bond market was at a high at the time.

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

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Keep the quarterly statements for your 401k or other IRA accounts until you receive the annual statement. Keep records permanently for nondeductible contributions to an IRA to prove that you already paid taxes on this money when it is time to withdrawal. Check for any discrepancies. How long have you held on to your tax returns?

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. We have more than doubled our growth since we started and this is something we are all very proud of.

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

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Little House presents Not Enough Saved For Retirement? Justin Weinger presents 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn?t FruGal presents Why you SHOULD sweat the small stuff when it comes to money – FruGal. Jeffrey presents 4 Easy Ways to Raise More Cash For Charity. Dr. Dean presents Happiness, Osama, Spending, and You?