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How to Check Your Credit Report and Dispute an Error

Posted by nickel 1132 days ago, popular 1132 days ago (http://www.fivecentnickel.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit report credit score
Nice walkthrough of how to check your credit report (for free) and what to do if you spot any errors. Includes a sample dispute letter. read more »
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Continuous Service: Dumb Moves from Smart Money

Posted by nickel 1164 days ago, popular 1164 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumerism magazine
Smart Money is making stupid moves when it comes to subscriber retention. Anything to boost that bottom line, I guess. read more »
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Velocity: The "Speed" of Money

Posted by nickel 1166 days ago (http://www.fivecentnickel.com)
Category: Business | Tags: economy monetary policy velocity
The velocity of money has dropped by a factor of two in recent months. Click through to read about what that means, and to see a scary graph. read more »
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What the Banks are Doing With Our Money…

Posted by masteryourcard 1216 days ago, popular 1216 days ago (http://masteryourcard.com)
Category: Business | Tags: banks credit debt money tarp
Mark Twain once said: ‘If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.’
How right he was.
When we, the taxpayers, picked up the starving banks and made them read more »
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Lessons in True Wealth

Posted by MoneyPenny 1225 days ago, popular 1225 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance
An inspirational story on how to live and what you can do without being too tied down to material things. read more »
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The S&P 500 "Dividend Aristocrats"

Posted by jdroth 1237 days ago (http://www.fivecentnickel.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: dividends investing stock
Here's a list of companies that have increased their dividend payouts for 25 consecutive years![...] read more »
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You Are Not Your Money

Posted by longdongsilver 1240 days ago, popular 1239 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: grs
As is always the case, there’s no real way to get rich quickly. The true path to wealth requires slow and steady effort.[...] read more »
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How Much Does the Stock Market Actually Return?

Posted by jdroth 1259 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Stocks | Tags: history investing stock market
Some claim the stock market returns 12%. Some claim 8%. What does the data say? What does the stock market actually return?[...] read more »
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On Wall Street, Eyes Turn to the Fear Index

Posted by thekritz 1316 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: stocks vix wall street
With all those stomach-churning free falls and sharp reversals in the stock market recently, traders are keeping a nervous eye on an obscure index kn[...] read more »
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Jim Cramer Retreats Along With the Dow

Posted by thekritz 1316 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: jim cramer msnbc stocks
After years of selling the stock market as a reliable path to riches, CNBC’s star stock-picker has received brutal criticism recently from viewers an[...] read more »
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How to Compute Your REAL Hourly Wage

Posted by longdongsilver 1316 days ago, popular 1316 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: career
"We don’t earn as much as we think we do, write Dominguez and Robin. You may be paid $15 an hour, but your real hourly wage is less than that..."[...] read more »
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