Paying For Retirement

personal finance advice from me to you

Super Saturday – Get Free Tax Help March 21!
Just like it says, the IRS is offering free tax help.

Fantastic Coupons!
Hustler Money Blog offers up more coupons. If you like free stuff, join this site’s RSS feed.

Report this income
Flexo goes over an article on what income is taxable. Here’s a hint – everything.

TurboTax Giveaway
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Continuing the Lower My Bills series it’s time to discuss your power bill. Electricity and gas are a big part of monthly expenses, and if you aren’t careful the costs can creep up pretty quickly. You also can’t flip a channel or read a newspaper (if you can find one) today without hearing something about [...]


American Express Pays Me Over $400
FMF got his AMEX cashback. This is the card I have and highly recommend.

FDIC Underfunded
Flexo discusses the option of removing your cash from banks (spoiler: that’s a horrible idea).

How to Navigate the College Financial Aid System
Jim swims through the waters known as paying for college.

Locking In Returns You Actually Like
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Credit Card Deliquency on the Rise

Two months in a row, credit cards have seen a rise in deliquency of payments. From CNN Money:
Fitch’s Prime Credit Card Delinquency Index measures credit card debt more than 60 days late through January, and it surged to a record 4.04% in the most recent month, trumping the 3.75% record set in the previous month.
During [...]


Win a Free Copy of Quicken Deluxe!
Free Money Finance is offering Quicken Deluxe. Just leave a comment and hope you are chosen!

80% off Restaurant.com through Ides of March
Mighty Bargain Hunter hooks us up with a huge coupon for eating out.

Engagement Ring Purchase
Help a FMF reader with buying a ring for his loved one.

Maytag Refrigerator Recall
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I Paid the Stupid Tax

Tuesday was the big drawing for the Mega Millions lottery. The total jackpot was estimated at being 212 million dollars. The cash payout would be 138 million. That’s  a little over 65% of what the original amount is. If you are the sole winner, that’s a pretty good number. Of course the Feds and State [...]


Visualize Your Savings Goals
Five Cent Nickel drops some helpful information by pimping his kid. Just kidding, but it’s a good story.

Intuit Quicken Premier 2009 & TurboTax Packs Giveaway
Bargaineering is offering up 3 copies of each for free.


I decided that personal finance education could be spread a lot easier if readers were presented the material in nice short quick bursts. I know the world is moving at a fast pace, and most of us don’t want to spend more than a minute looking at things like money or retirement. So, I’ve decided [...]


How is Your Monthly Budget?

Can you believe February is already over? Time is flying by pretty fast this year so far. So the question is, how is your budget going? Now is a great time to check in and see what’s going on. Here are a few tips to help you with the review:

Do you have a budget? If [...]


TaxCut Giveaway
Mighty Bargain Hunter is giving away a free copy of TaxCut. Leave a comment for a chance to win.

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Hustler Money Blog has a huge list of freebies, magazine giveaways, and tons of free stuff.


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