Paying For Retirement

personal finance advice from me to you

Happy Memorial Day

Personal thanks to all the men and women who have served and who may have lost their lives protecting the individual freedom and great life than many of us all to often take for granted. I thank you and salute you!
Here are some Memorial Day articles to check out:
Saluting Those Who Serve
Sgt. Joe Cox
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The Swine flu, also known as the h1n1 virus, is the latest pandemic to hit the news. Now, my $.02 view on this (and I have zero medical history besides watching Grey’s Anatomy) is that the scare, for the US, is just that – a scare. The news has scared everyone into thinking that this [...]

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Five Steps to Identity Theft Protection

I get a lot of questions about identity theft. Now that we are almost all online and our information is stored in bytes, the possibility of getting your information compromised is increased. You don’t have to look very far before you hear or see a news story or get a letter in the mail from [...]

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Financial Crisis? Get Government!

If you are feeling some of the economic pains from the current crisis, have no fear – government is here! Today they launched a special guide for getting through these “tough financial times” through the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) website.
I don’t want to make light of the situation out there, but [...]

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Save Money On Postage Stamps

It’s a foregone conclusion that the price of stamps are going to continue to rise year after year. Personally, I only mail out birthday cards to a select few and other odds and ends. I’d be shocked if I mailed out more than 20 things a year. The wife wants to send out christmas cards [...]

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Just wanted to let you know that one of my favorite posts here – Lower my bills cable edition is competing in the Free Money Finance March Madness contest. Set in the style of the NCAA tourney, blog posts from all over the personal finance world are competing against each other for the top prize [...]

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Free Financial Advice Tomorrow

Friday January 30th Kiplinger will have members of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors to answer your personal financial questions for free. Between the hours of 9am to 6pm EST you can call 888-919-2345 and speak with an advisor. This is a great opportunity to get some free advice. Kiplinger also has transcripts from [...]

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Free Online Storage Backup

A friend of mine posted on their Facebook account something to the point of “help my hard drive crashed and I don’t want to spend $2k to fix it!”  Well, I had bad news for them. When a hard drive crashes, you are pretty much screwed. Data recovery companies charge thousands (as you can tell) to [...]

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