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Community Banks Still Providing Top Interest Rates

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1240 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: checking accounts savings
Community banks are providing interest rates for online checking accounts that beat the name brands. read more »
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Your Post-Christmas to-do List

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1240 days ago, popular 1239 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: taxes
A list of things to do in the post-Christmas lull to improve your financial life. read more »
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Year-End Financial and Tax Planning Checklist

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1241 days ago, popular 1240 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: retirement planning tax planning
A concise summary of year-end tax, financial, and retirement planning steps. read more »
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Building a Better Mood About Your Money

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1241 days ago, popular 1241 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: gratitude optimism psychology
Brief feelings of gratitude can improve your mood, including your money mood. It's science. read more »
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Simplifying a Financial Life

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1241 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: finances simplification
For baby boomers and others looking to simplify their financial lives, this article provides ideas and suggestions. read more »
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The Tough Money Love “Can I Afford it?” Quiz

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1242 days ago, popular 1241 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit spending
The real questions to ask yourself before you make that discretionary purchase. read more »
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Bush to Taxpayers: I Don't Need No Stinking Law to Spend Your Money

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1242 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout car companies tarp
Bush and Paulson use TARP funds for car companies without legal authority. read more »
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What if Your Employer Stops Matching 401(k) Contributions

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1242 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: 401(k) matching contributions
This article describes possible strategic responses by employees if their employer stops matching 401(k) contributions. read more »
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New Rules for Capital Gains Taxation of Second Homes

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1242 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: capital gains taxes vacation homes
Beginning in 2009, the IRS will apply different rules for taxation of capital gains from second homes, vacation homes, and rental homes. This artic[...] read more »
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Building a Retirement Emergency Fund

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1243 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: emergency fund retirement
An emergency fund in retirement is needed to protect your investments more than your cash flow. This article describes one way to build that retirem[...] read more »
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Tools to Analyze our Retirement Portfolio

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1243 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: asset allocation portfolio analysis
There are online tools that help you evaluate whether your investments will outlive your retirement or vice-versa. This article discusses some of th[...] read more »
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Making Year End Adjustments to Your Investment Portfolio

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1243 days ago, popular 1242 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: asset allocation rebalancing
Moves to make at year end to improve your investment selections. read more »
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Alternatives to Layoffs in a Recession - Why aren't they Used?

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1243 days ago, popular 1242 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: recession unemployment
Asking the question of why employers do not find other ways to reduce labor costs short of mass firings. read more »
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Can the Deflation Equation Produce Good News for the U.S. Economy?

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1255 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: deflation inflation unemployment
Deflated consumer prices, increased purchasing power, and increased business credit can combine to re-start a depressed economy. read more »
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Trying to Shine Light into our National Money Hole

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1255 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailouts tarp
Government bureaucrats refuse to disclose beneficiaries of, and collateral for, bailout funds. read more »
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