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What Makes a Saver?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you don’t have enough money to put food on the table, you are going to do something about it. I also saved – maxing out 401K contributions to build up the retirement funds. As a retiree, I started out as a saver, unsure how the finances were all going to work out (especially since I retired during the last recession).

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Link Love Carnival #4

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The Link Love Carnival is an avenue I created where bloggers can work together to “ build a better world “. Suba tells us why you should not use your 401K. I have some tricks I have found for work life balance. Hello and welcome to the 4th edition of the Link Love Carnival. Each month a charity for the carnival is chosen.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Why Do You Need One and How Does it Work? 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. They knew they needed food but it was mug night! ” Here’s her reply.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

I work out 4-5 days a week. I just wanted to get away and I moved my 401K money to the advisor they referred me to. Fancy restaurant food. I’d send some to my nieces to help with their college expenses and would donate half to our local food pantry. What’s an embarrassing money mistake you’ve made?

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

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The best part is, people interested in your work will pay you for rights to your photo. ” 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.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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David presents Wired Capital Markets posted at Wall Street History , saying, ” Looking into the workings of modern securities markets is like looking under the hood of a Prius hybrid car. It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information.

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

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You worked hard to get your excellent credit. 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. Dana presents 5 Frugal Ways To Beat Food Price Inflation. Boomer presents Organic Food Gardening.