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Using the Online Social Security Retirement Benefit Estimator

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1269 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: retirement social security
The new online SS benefit estimator is almost as helpful as your annual printed statement. read more »
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Living Within Your Means and the Marital Allowance

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1269 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: allowance marriage spending
Living within your means with $100k in credit card debt requires more sacrifice in the marital allowance. read more »
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How I Review my Annual Social Security Statement

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1270 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: baby boomers social security
When economic times are bad, knowing what Social Security may have in store for you can be reassuring. read more »
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Taking on the Lighter Side of Economic Bad News

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1270 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bad news economy jokes
Even bad economic news provide fodder for amusement. read more »
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Striving for a Mortgage-Free Life

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1271 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: baby boomers debt free no mortgage
A paid-for home and debt free life can provide tax-free shelter services, lower taxes, and other benefits. read more »
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I'm Still Counting on Social Security - How About You?

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1271 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: aarp baby boomers social security
With investments down, baby boomers and younger generations need to include Social Security in their retirement planning. read more »
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How and Why I Bought Long Term Care Insurance

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1271 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: insurance long term care
To minimize financial risk and protect retirement assets, long term care insurance is an important strategy. read more »
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The Benefits of a Pre-Retirement Vacation Home

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1271 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: lake homes retirement vacation homes
There are tangible and intangible benefits of acquiring a vacation honme during the pre-retirement years. read more »
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Dispensing Money Advice (or not) to "Help Resistant" Family and Friends

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1271 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: family financial advice friends
Try the love, leave, or lead techniques when responding to money complaints from family and friends. read more »
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Personal Finance Education: What's Wrong with this Picture?

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1271 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit cards finance education youth
Even organizations promoting finance education of our youth use credit cards in the promotion. read more »
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Media Types Struggle to Get on the Same Economic Page

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1273 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Business | Tags: economy hoarding cash
Liberals and conservatives cannot seem to find an economic philosophy that fits their style. read more »
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Beware the Cash Out Re-Fi

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1275 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: interest rates mortgage refinance
With mortgage interest rates dropping, there is an increase in refinance activity. Will homeowners bleed more equity out to spend? read more »
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Spenders Jumping on the "Shopping is Patriotic" Bandwagon

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1275 days ago, popular 1274 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: comsumerism spending
Comments from shoppers on Black Friday show that at least some are spending to support our economy. read more »
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Paulson Has a Christmas Gift for Credit Addicts

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1279 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: consumer credit credit cards
Treasury Secretary Paulson, dissatisfied with commercial lending activity, now wants to restart the consumer credit cycle. read more »
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More Pigs Approach the Bailout Trough

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 1281 days ago, popular 1280 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout homebuilders
This time its the home builders coming the Congress with their hands out for tax credits and interest rate buy downs. read more »
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