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Teaching Your Teens About Credit

Two strategies to help teach your teens about credit. And to be wary of it, even as they use it responsibly. read more »
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How to be prepared for a storm emergency

Are you prepared for an emergency? Here are 9 things to consider. read more »
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Financial Mentoring - Why it's Important

Why is having a financial mentor so important? read more »
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Is Personal Responsibility Dead?

Matt takes a long hard look at the role that our personal failings have played in producing the disaster that is our economy. read more »
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Off the Grid and Into the Future

Thoughts on downshifting to a simpler, more self-reliant lifestyle. read more »
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PAR Rates, Mortgage Points, and PMI

A look at how the rate on your mortgage is determined, what mortgage points are for,and why you may be subject to paying PMI read more »
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Should college students be issued credit cards?

Having a credit card in college can be a great way to begin to establish good credit, and it also can be a way to build huge amounts of debt. Should[...] read more »
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Five Popular Reasons for Selling Mutual Funds, and Why You Can Ignore Them

The faulty underlying premise of fund investing—that you should diligently search for the "best" funds, and once purchased, hold them for a long ti[...] read more »
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Eight Key Factors that Determine Your Long-Term Investing Results

An overview of basic investing principles. How you handle these determines the success of your investments. read more »
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Suze Orman Vs. Dave Ramsey: Should Your Financial Guru Be Changing His/Her Advice?

Is it more desirable to follow a system that is immune to the ups and downs of the economy or a system which embraces changing based on new informati[...] read more »
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Prepare for Your 2009 Tax Return Today

Did you get a big tax refund this year or owe a lot of money to the government? You're too far down the tax return spectrum.
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Four Major Financial Decisions that Affect Eternity

A Christian's look at how financial decisions (bigger house, new car, lifestyle, investment) can have a potential impact on eternity. read more »
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Are you a good steward of God’s money?

An examination of our stewardship responsibilities as Christians. Just because we give, does that make us good stewards? read more »
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Larry Burkett's Earthquake - Seeds of Destruction

“when the bottom falls out it is the lenders who will be protected, not the borrowers”
Who’s getting the bailout…THE LENDERS!! I’m almost speechless[...] read more »
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