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4 Financial Lessons Your Parents Forgot to Teach You

Saving Cents With Sense

Your parents did a great job at keeping you fed, clothed, sheltered, and teaching right from wrong. This is especially important if you get a 401K match from your employer, as that’s free money. Married with three kids, he coaches Little League and blogs for fun. Car Buying. All rights reserved.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ramsay presents Borrowing From Your 401k. Among the many benefits afforded to many 401k participants is the ability to borrow funds from the account for personal purposes. Miss Thrifty presents How to Save Money with Cloth Nappies. Related posts: Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Totally Money Blog Carnival #10.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

posted at Skilled Investor Blog , saying, ” If investment mutual fund managers were truly skilled at beating the market, then you would expect mutual fund manager performance prowess to persist over time. I love clothes, and they really are to blame for my spending problems in the first place.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Both my husband and I have worn second hand clothes and I must say, no one is the wiser. Canadian Personal Finance Blog shares with us statistics on the inflation of gas and how hybrid options are needed. Personal Finance by the Book askes if we should borrow from our 401K? How about you? Could you downsize your possessions?

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10 Reasons You’re Broke

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Instead of investing your money in education or your 401K, your money goes to clothes, gadgets, big screen TV’s or alcohol. Guest Post Author Bio: This is a guest post from Andrew Wang, who blogs about how to make money. You spend your money on the wrong stuff. You don’t keep track of your money flow. If so, why?

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