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

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Insurance and Risk Hank presents What Is Gap Insurance On Your Car And Why You Need It posted at Money Q&A , saying, “What is gap insurance? Gap insurance is a type of car insurance policy that is designed to cover the gap between what the value of your car actually is, and what you owe on the vehicle.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money. Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog clarifies our Understanding of Term Life Insurance. Shawanda Greene from You Have More Than You Think presents Why’s It Got To Be All or Nothing?

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

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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. Also, make sure you aren’t paying unnecessary fees for things like credit card insurance. South County Girl presents Car Insurance Changes Again, Part 2.

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What Can Go Wrong – Naming a Beneficiary

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All of your estate planning needs to head in the same direction and should be reviewed in whole to insure that the distributions you intend to make are actually clear in the documents. Being the smart person you are, you you sign up for a 401K with company matching and do the right thing by starting to pump as much into it as possible.