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Sustainable energy: If Uncle Sam went to a financial planner...

Posted by helen 1059 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Green | Tags: solar power sustainable energy
If Uncle Sam went to a financial planner, what would his plan look like?... read more »
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Is title insurance worth buying?

Posted by helen 1065 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: consumer protection title insurance
Title insurance is one of those things you never think about until two days before closing, and then you have to make a big decision... read more »
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Creative Personal Economic Stimulus: Boston’s Bounty Bucks

Posted by helen 1067 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: food vouchers farmers\' markets
The city of Boston is offering coupons that turn $10 of food vouchers into $20 to spend at the local farmers’ market. What a great idea to support l[...] read more »
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You get what you measure

Posted by helen 1070 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: financial advisors advisor fees
Financial advisors are often paid by a percentage of assets under management, but that's only part of your financial picture. Are we measuring the [...] read more »
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If Barack Obama was gay…

Posted by helen 1075 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: barack obama same-sex partner benefits
If Barack Obama was gay, he would have just signed an executive order giving himself, a federal employee, some additional benefits. Let’s see how th[...] read more »
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The end of Money

Posted by helen 1076 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: quicken microsoft money
Quicken is offering some deep discounts to lure soon-to-be-former Microsoft Money users. read more »
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Solution for the marriage penalty

Posted by helen 1076 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: marriage penalty solution taxes
Two working people often pay more in taxes if they file as a married couple than as two singles. Terry Neese has a simple idea to level the playing [...] read more »
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Monte Carlo estimator for retirement planning

Posted by helen 1084 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: monte carlo retirement. calculator
Monte Carlo does not mean you take your life’s savings to Monaco and let it ride on roulette red. A Monte Carlo simulation is used to model systems [...] read more »
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Hey buddy, can you spare a renminbi?

Posted by helen 1089 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: china savings rate
Ever wonder how China has managed to buy up $770 billion of US treasuries? China is now the leading foreign holder of US debt (and has been for the [...] read more »
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“…Where all of the children are above average̶

Posted by helen 1096 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: risk freerisk
Instead of leaving it to the bond raters, Freerisk.org will develop open source algorithms to evaluate companies' riskiness. read more »
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Four things you need to know about Roth 401(k)’s

Posted by helen 1097 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: 401(k) roth 401(k)
My company just added Roth 401(k)'s as an option for our retirement planning. How are they different than 401(k)'s and IRA's? read more »
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Ally (formerly GMAC Bank) offers no-penalty CD

Posted by helen 1106 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: cd gmac ally
Ally Bank offers a CD that has no penalty for early withdrawal. A perfect place to stash your Emergency Fund cash... read more »
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Should I fund my 401(k), Roth, or traditional IRA?

Posted by helen 1112 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: 401k ira retirement roth
Having money in both pre-tax and post-tax accounts provides a hedge against tax increases. An IRA gives you more investment choices, but a 401(k) ma[...] read more »
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Big refund? Wooohoo! Hey, maybe not so good…

Posted by helen 1124 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: tax refund w-4 withholding
Getting a big tax refund feels great until you realize that you just gave Uncle Sam an interest-free loan all year. Reduce your withholding with a W[...] read more »
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Paying estimated taxes: 1Q2009

Posted by helen 1128 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: estimated taxes small business taxes
If you pay estimated taxes, remember that the 1Q 2009 bill was due 15 April 2009. With everyone focusing on finishing 2008 taxes, it’s easy to overlo[...] read more »
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