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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 can’t believe it’s been that long. Our first stop was Facebook, of course.

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The Best Investments For the Over 40s to Start Now

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Basic Investment Strategies Here are some of the basic investment strategies that people use: Use the growth strategy where you buy stocks in a company that has great potential for growth. If you keep some investments, you can use the earnings for day-today spending, while keeping your principle intact to continue to work for you.

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

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This is very important and something that I learned while researching for this post. Keep the quarterly statements for your 401k or other IRA accounts until you receive the annual statement. I use a small accordion file with 12 monthly files for credit card receipts. Check for any discrepancies.

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Saving Tips & Free Crediting Monitoring

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Have more money automatically withdrawn from your paycheck and put in your 401k. that gym you no longer use.) However, according the Journal of Marketing Research, consumers often go about paying their debt down the wrong way – and it can cost them in the long run. Create a budget. Bring your lunch to work more frequently.

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

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” Jason presents Why We Didn’t Sell Our Car on Craigslist posted at Work Save Live , saying, “Last week I detailed why we considered buying a car through CarMax, and I wanted to do a follow-up on a service of theirs that we actually used. Income MMD presents What Did You Learn From Working as a Teenager?

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

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” CCS presents Savvy Credit Card Use: Track Your Spending posted at Credit Card Smarts , saying, “A big key to using your credit card wisely is tracking your credit card spending. Thanks to NCR, using your smartphone to make withdrawals at an ATM is on the horizon. Se how you can do this any why you need to.

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