(mortgage, rent, car payment, food expense, etc) This emergency fund should be put in something that has no risk to it such as a savings account, money market account or extremely short term CD’s. … I would recommend index mutual funds as the investment within the Roth IRA. If you have accomplished all the things that I’ve outlined and you still have money left, I would recommend splitting up the funds in a well diversified portfolio of mutual funds with index funds as …

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admin on October 12th, 2009

While that didn’t exactly speed my recovery, their collapse had no impact on the extent of my own. While I am still limited in my work hours, I will try to weave in an important, if not bref, financial lesson from my concussion. …

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admin on October 4th, 2009

Recently I went to lunch with a friend of mine and the discussion of personal finance and health came up. We actually at the time discussed two different.

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in Personal Finance . I’m not a big fan of “rules of thumb.” These are bite-sized nuggets of wisdom masquerading as advice, designed to apply to a mass audience.

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I’ve noticed that there seems to be two different types of blogs in the personal finance blog-o-sphere. Ones that talk very generally about personal finance and give ADVICE about what to do (Think: The Simple Dollar or Enemy of Debt). …

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admin on September 12th, 2009

musings on personal finance . Saturday, September 12, 2009 … personal finance – do it yourself · how 2 make a million dollars · my thoughts on health and fitess · pfblogs. comments. search. Enter your search terms …

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When I first announced the Personal Finance Bloggers Weight Loss Challenge in late May, I was only hoping that I could stir up at least 10 other bloggers who would want to join. Over the next couple of days, I was shocked at the number …

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Dining on a dime, and a good dose of wisdom for this week in personal finance .

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In this article, I’ll break down the three components of saving, investing, and borrowing to accomplish your financial goals.

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admin on July 21st, 2009

This is an ongoing debate in the personal finance community. Dave Ramsey advocates smallest balance first so that you can taste success sooner and see how the Debt Snowball works. This might not be mathematically best because the …

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