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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Sustainable Life Blog: September Monthly Review His review of finances in September. Do you review your finances monthly? Stock Market Basics: How Does 401k work Understanding 401k is a must to help you save money for retirement purposes plus it also helps you save taxes and get more cash in your hands.

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Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance

Family Balance Sheet

Instead I’m writing about my family’s experience with traditional health insurance and how it has affected OUR finances. But I went back to Facebook to ask local friends for recommendations and found a participating family practice for all four of us. We are a fairly healthy family who rarely sees a doctor for illnesses.

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

Family Balance Sheet

If you are not printing it, you should still review it closely for any discrepancies and unnecessary or incorrect fees. Keep the quarterly statements for your 401k or other IRA accounts until you receive the annual statement. Medical records should be filed by family member. Read more about receipts below.

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

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Len Penzo reviews where he has spent his money the last 12 years. We personally use Quicken and we find it works great for reviewing our finances. Personal Finance by the Book askes if we should borrow from our 401K? Passive Family Income shares with us the tricks to making money off Squidoo. If you ask me, no.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

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Next I collected and reviewed the past two years worth of expenditures to see exactly what our actuals were. Then I collected and reviewed the past five years of income from non-job related sources to see what our income averages were. I counted only on getting the lowest years incomes.

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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? Bob presents 401k Hardship Distributions: What you need to know posted at ChristianPF , saying, “Hopefully you don’t know what hardship distributions and hopefully you will never need to know.

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

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Wayne presents Unexpected Costs of Pet Ownership posted at Young Family Finance , saying, “Pet ownership can be quite expensive. ” Liana presents Review: Bank of America’s New Travel Rewards Credit Cards posted at Card Hub , saying, “Bank of America just made travel a whole lot sweeter for their customers.

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