President Obama’s new budget proposal has been getting a lot of attention lately for a combination of tax increases and spending cuts designed to help reduce the federal budget deficit…
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The Biggest Threat To Your Biggest Asset
If I were to ask you what your most valuable financial asset is, what would you say? Your home? Your 401(k)? For most people, it would be their ability to earn a living…
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10 Things Every College Grad Needs to Know About Money
Mary Morrison, who has taught a personal finance class to Stanford University seniors for 14 years, has seen it all, like the young woman who thought “paid vacation” meant the boss would pay for all her travel and leisure activities, and the student who threatened to call the police and report the work study office because it was letting the government withhold money from her paycheck. Morrison shared with Forbes what she thinks are the most important financial tips of all for people starting out on their own…
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7 Questions To Test Your Financial Literacy
Did you know that April is Financial Literacy Month? With taxes fresh on your mind and spring cleaning in the air, it’s as good a time as any to brush up on your financial literacy…
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What A Life Insurance Calculator Can’t Tell You
With Easter approaching, it’s as good a time as any to start thinking about our mortality. According to JD Power and Associates, ownership of life insurance policies has been declining over the last couple of decades, leaving 50 million Americans without adequate life insurance coverage and 40% of adult Americans having no life insurance at all…
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10 Ways to Get Cash When Life Happens
You’ve probably heard a lot about the importance of putting money into emergency savings, 401(k) plans, IRAs, and education savings accounts, but what about taking money out of these accounts?
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Are You Wasting Money Like Congress? 7 Questions To Ask Yourself
Last week, I wrote about how you can use your own “sequester” strategy to better manage your money by forcing you to live within your means. However, we’re now hearing stories of White House tours shutting down and harmful or unwise spending cuts caused by the federal budget sequester…
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The Best Places For A Working Retirement In 2013
A retirement lifestyle increasingly can include part-time work to supplement pensions, Social Security, 401(k)’s, and other resources, or just to stay mentally engaged. Here’s our list (arranged alphabetically) of the 25 best U.S. cities–actually, metropolitan areas or divisions–for a working retirement. We examined job growth trends and unemployment rates along with cost of living issues, taxes and other factors like crime rates, doctors per capita, and air quality…
How to Take Control of Your Finances
For the past five years, I’ve shared the following road map, adding one new tip every January. Many GRS readers have used this info to plot a course to financial freedom. Maybe this year it’s your turn.Here then are eleven simple but effective steps to build a better financial future…
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