Archive for the ‘Saving’ Category
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
I think most people are competitive, and to some degree we want to know if we're doing better or worse than our neighbors. I used to subscribe to Money magazine, and my favorite feature article each year was the one that listed various age ranges and key metrics from similar ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
A lot of books these days can help you figure out how much you need to retire. One is even called The Number! I’ve been reading a lot of Larry Burkett’s books lately though, and he has an interesting idea that I think is worth sharing.
Larry recommends that you set ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Yesterday several of my fellow bloggers had some interesting comments on Emergency funds, including Advanced Personal Finance and Frugal Dad. Please take a look at both of these posts, as they show two completely different but equally valid views on emergency funds.
From my perspective I think and emergency fund should ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
As a last minute addition to my series on calculating your retirement number I'd like to throw INGYourNumber calculator into the mix. Chris Thilk from ING was kind enough to leave me a post regarding this calculator.
I'm a big fan of ING when it comes to savings and checking accounts. ...
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