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Retirement Calculator — Free Calculators for 401K, Roth IRA, Savings and More

Savings Corner

These calculators will help you estimate the level of monthly savings necessary to make it to retirement and can also help you predict how your investments can boost retirement returns. Arriving at a ballpark figure for total retirement savings is easy with a retirement calculator. A 457 plan is offered to government workers.

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What Makes a Saver?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The act of saving. In its simplest form, the thing that makes a person a saver is the act of saving. One of those something’s is probably going to be finding a way to never be in that situation again – which means you will learn to start saving, some how, some time. They won’t save up for it.

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

Family Balance Sheet

Bank Statements - One nice thing (among many) about the electronic age is that banks keep statements online up to a couple of years. Our personal bank has statements online all the way back to 2006. Retirement/ Savings/Brokerage Statements -. So, I googled my question and here is what I found.

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I moved my retirement savings from two company plans into an IRA. Unfortunately, to move them, I had to cash some the investments out in the 401K, leaving me with quite a few funds to get back into the market. For the Dow to reach 38,820 by 2025, it would have to return about 8.8% annually — and that’s quite ordinary.”.

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P.E.P. for the Week of January 24-28, 2010- Adjustment Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

How to Save Money shares with us how we can keep our finances safe when buying items online. Sweating the Big Stuff tells us about 5 people that can save us money, time and stress. Live Real, Now tells us how we can save money on anything from bills to insurance. We save money and still look great. Managing Money.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Control Your Cash from Control Your Cash boldly says Your Smart Car Isn’t Saving the World. Anon from Gen Y Capitalist tells Why It’s Better to Travel NOW Rather Than Save For Later. Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money. A plan B is a must in any home. He’s right.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After all it was not the people who caused the problem so why should they suffer while the banks get off scot-free? ” Savings Martin presents [link] posted at Studenomics , saying, “Why you need to save your money in the right places. .” They do not like this austerity business one little bit.

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