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Plan for the future and save for your vacations

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On a recent trip to South America many things stood out, but the thing that was most staggering was not the adventure itself, but rather meeting people who had cashed in their 401K’s and those who were traveling across the country on credit. I also met those who were traveling across the country with the [...]

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Top 5 Things You Shouldn’t Skimp On During Holidays

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Today we’re featuring a guest post from Ally at HowtoSaveMoney.com.au If you read personal finance blogs around the holiday season, you’d think they are more concerned about saving money and to actually enjoy the holidays. “It’s commercialization”, they said. Or, “You don’t need gifts.” Well, those are technically true but there is a line between [...]

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Why Don’t You Have An Emergency Fund Yet?

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A single mom’s car breaks down and the repair is going to cost her $500 dollars. If she doesn’t have the money in an emergency fund then what choice does she have but to borrow the $500, as she can’t get to work without her car? Maybe she has good enough credit where she can [...]

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I’m Thankful For

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Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone! I thought it’d be a nice time to publicly share the things I’m thankful for with all of you. This will probably be just a short little post, so bear with me. It’d be awesome to hear from some of you what you’re thankful for as well. I’m thankful for my new [...]

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Thank you blog for keeping me in line

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I finally called to start the process of rolling over my 401k and it’s all thanks to my blog. Well, sort of. I’m a wicked procrastinator, so last week I figured I’d write a post about how I need to roll over my old 401k and I set a goal for myself to do it [...]

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Saturday November 5th is Bank Transfer Day

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November 5th is Bank Transfer Day. Say goodbye to national banks and outrageous bank fees by switching to a local bank or credit union.

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Occupy Wall Street or Phoenix or Chicago or…

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere you’ve surely heard about the protests going on all around the United States and even other parts of the world. It started as Occupy Wall Street and has grown into protests going on in basically every major city in the U.S. Here in my hometown of Phoenix [...]

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