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16 Best IRA Accounts of December 2023

Savings Corner

If you’re a do-it-yourself investor who plans to open an IRA at a broker, make sure you pick a broker with no trading commissions (or a high number of commission-free ETFs and no-transaction-fee mutual funds) and low transfer and other fees. How do I open an IRA? What is the IRA contribution limit?

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Things I’ve Learned During 30 + Years of Home Ownership

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After all, both Mom and Dad had been do-it-yourselfers and had trained me up to work right alongside them. Know what you are getting into with home ownership – it may not be cheaper than renting! I thought I knew all about keeping a house. Old is sometimes better than new. Homes need more maintenance than you think.

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Getting Ready For College & A Discount

For the Mommas

This is so much nicer than the individual pamphlets that are overflowing in my Sharpied-marked “College Folder” The rankings of each college, website, admissions and financial aid information are listed. You may miss out on all the details and tips if you try to do it yourself.

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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. There may be a few ways to do that… Retirement. There are so many complex and obscure parts it’s hard to discern what’s going on.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. A passive strategy will do better in the long run. Jason presents Car Loans Are Now Americans’ No.

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