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Best of Personal Finance Investing Blog Posts #6

Here is my roundup of what I judge to be the best investing posts: read more »
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Expensive Bonds, Event Risk, and Rising Correlations Make Cash King

Expensive bonds, event risk, and increasing correlation are important reasons to allocate a significant portion of your portfolio to cash. read more »
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Valuation of a Dividend Stock Using the Gordon Growth Discount Model

The dividend discount model calculation can be a valuable thinking exercise and add to you insight and understanding of stock valuations. read more »
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Five Benefits of Always Reinvesting Dividends

Dividend reinvestment enhances the benefits of dividend investing. Here are 6 benefits of reinvesting dividends: read more »
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Is Investment Asset Allocation By Age Rule of Thumb Valid?

Asset Allocation By Age is now being questioned by many financial analysts because of changing market conditions and a growing debate on valuation in[...] read more »
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Self-Directed Investing For Retirement Carnival – Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees Issue

Investing is hard work and without a constant learning porcess it is easy to fall behind. One thing for sure is "Money doesn't grow on trees". read more »
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What Kind Of Tipper Are You?

Tipping is a huge part of the underground economy, but not all tippers participate equally. Here is a playbook of who’s in the tipping game and what [...] read more »
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How Personal Finance Is Like Potty Training

Personal finance shares a lot of similarities with activities like potty training that require patience, consistency and discipline. read more »
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10 Steps On The Road To Financial Stability

When trying to get your financial life in control, there are some proactive steps you need to take along the way that will make the process that much[...] read more »
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What If I Miss The Tax Deadline? Extensions, Penalties And Fees

Sometimes through no fault of your own you're stuck in a situation where you have a big tax bill, but no way to pay it. What are you options if you [...] read more »
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Handy List Of Common Tax Deductions

It's getting to that time of year again - tax time. IF you haven't yet filed, here's a handy list of common tax deductions! read more »
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Lending Club Update: Returns Increasing Above 10% As Higher Risk Loans Stay Current

My Lending Club returns have continued to improve since I started adding higher risk loans for people with lower credit scores, but good jobs and inc[...] read more »
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5 Sneaky Ways the Super Rich Avoid Taxes

Some of the richest people in the country pay the least, relatively speaking, in taxes. How is this possible? read more »
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Save money, save energy in your hot tub 

Seven tips to reduce the quite high energy costs (and a few other costs) of running a hot tub. Luxury has a price, but these tips will reduce that p[...] read more »
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Carnival of Personal Finance: 2011 New Year's Resolution Edition

The New Year is upon us, and with this turn of the calendar comes a chance for a fresh start, a cleaning of the slate. Reading the New Year’s Resolut[...] read more »
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