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Debt frequently becomes a major factor in what kind of retirement you plan on having. Lots of people dream of retiring early, taking dazzling vacations to the orient, tropical island destinations, or tours of European castles. Unfortunately, many of these dreams are dashed to bits by people’s unexpected expenses.
Written by Jed Pittman on March 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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It is amazing to me that people would think this way, but not terribly shocking to others who are familiar with statistics. After some quick math this morning, I realized that making money alone was not going to be enough of a strategy for handling retirement for people in this situation.
Written by Jed Pittman on March 8th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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Recently when I was online checking the balance in my online ING Savings account, I was interested in an offer they presented. It is called “electric orange”: a high-interest-bearing checking account. The rate I noticed was 3% APY (annual percentage yield). The nice thing is that it bears a fairly high rate when you consider that many checking accounts don’t pay any kind of interest for being able to use your money.
Written by Jed Pittman on March 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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More often than not the most difficult thing for me personally when it comes to managing money and finances is the fact that there seem to be so many false starts and misgivings. If only I knew then what I know now. If I could have bought IBM or Google many years ago? This is the same old song: shoulda coulda woulda. But people that sing this tune don’t get rich, don’t achieve their dreams.
Written by Jed Pittman on February 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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According to an article by Laura Rowley on Yahoo:
“Consumer prices fell half a percent in September, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. But leaving out food, and the significant drop in energy costs, the so-called “core rate” of inflation rose 0.2 percent.
Written by Jed Pittman on December 15th, 2006 with no comments.
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That is the underlying question to me that I am asking as I start to consider some fund choices with friends who are working through the agonizing process of picking new mutual funds and changing brokerage houses. A recent column on MSN Money rated the various mutual funds and put American Funds various offerings in the list over and over and over again. This rating was simply from the standpoint of assets under management for the various fund. It did not, strictly speaking, order them for gains and returns.
Written by Jed Pittman on December 13th, 2006 with no comments.
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When it comes to 401ks, many people get caught and end up losing huge amounts of money. Here are some ideas to save money and make things easier for those who are contributing to a 401k plan at work.
Written by Jed Pittman on December 11th, 2006 with no comments.
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Until very recently, I was not very interested in money when it came to college. After all, I was already gone and graduated with my degree. So the only way that college and college money impacted me was the student loans that I now have to come up with each month. The reality is that college costs are rising and like any other cost that you need to figure out, comparison shopping is the only way to go. However, one thing that should be considered in addition to some of the other considerations like location, availability of majors, and proximity to other important resources related to one’s field of study, I would also say that it is important to consider how big the school’s endowment is.
Written by Jed Pittman on December 5th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Who hasn’t heard about the big bailouts that are going to be forthcoming for large pension funds? The PBGC (a federal agency) will guarantee these pensions if they can, when they go bankrupt. However, the fact is, they might not be able to guarantee them forever. However, these failing pensions are overshadowing the fact that there is still a significant amount of pensions and other large sums of money which are still available and being invested. For those of you who trade in stocks, you realize that these big players at large mutual fund corporations are the ones that that make the big moves in the market.
Written by Jed Pittman on December 4th, 2006 with no comments.
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For those of you who have an ING DIRECT’s Orange Savings Account, they have increased the annual percentage yield to 4.50% APY. You can read our original review of ING Direct here.
Written by Tim Schroeder on November 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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