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Financial Goals Help You Stay Motivated

Even if you are financially fit, you might be missing a key component of staying that way. The big motivator for me is having goals. This is true whether you are talking about exercise, eating healthy, or getting your finances in order.

Written by: Jed Pittman on July 11th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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Financial Aid: Estimated Family Contribution

For families with students who are currently in college now, or have students who are preparing to go, the FAFSA form is going to be one of the key parts of getting financing for college. One thing that I still struggle with understanding is the reason that the system is designed the way it is.

Written by: Jed Pittman on July 9th, 2007 with no comments.
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Vipers Have Bite. (VTI) Packs Serious Punch.

According to Google finance’s entry about (VTI), “Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (the Fund), formerly known as Vanguard Total Stock Market VIPERs, seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market.”

Written by: Jed Pittman on June 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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Notes From a Leader: What I learned From John Bogle’s Common Sense On Mutual Funds

John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, has written a number of books on investing and has some key points that he shares his book: Common Sense On Mutual Funds. It turns out that it is an oldie but a goodie when it comes to investment advice.

Written by: Jed Pittman on June 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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Practical Gift Giving: Receiving Great Gifts

Idea: Make sure that the gifts you give are wanted by the people that you give them to.

Written by: Jed Pittman on June 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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A Retirement Misconception

It is absolutely amazing to me when I talk to people I know about retirement. There is a vast constellation of ideas regarding retirement earnings when I talk to my own friends and family, but in this short article, I’d like to address one of them. Managing retirement into retirement.

Written by: Jed Pittman on June 14th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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Understanding Business Models

How does a business make money and continue to operate? That is what a business model is.

Written by: Jed Pittman on June 11th, 2007 with no comments.
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The Economics of Attention

In the current multimedia world of television, ipods, and internet, we are in a new economy. It is an economy of attention where there are multiple forms of electronic media, in addition to the forms of traditional media like magazines, newspapers, and billboards. Now that there is a significant amount of places where people are putting their attention throughout the day, it becomes even more important to be able to get a higher percentage of your potential “consumers” to actually read, hear, or click your advertising and then act on it.

Written by: Jed Pittman on June 5th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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Earn Extra Money Online

If you have ever wanted to make an extra $50, $100 or even $1000 dollars a month, the internet is the place to do it.

I wanted to let you know about a new blog I have recently started which talks about earning extra money online.

Written by: Tim Schroeder on May 29th, 2007 with no comments.
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Picking A College: Evaluating Financial Aid - Questions To Ask

Of course, one of the biggest decisions that anyone who is getting ready to graduate and go away to college can make is the what college they want to go to. Of course, there are many many factors to consider when making this decision, but one that certainly shouldn’t be missed or forgotten about is cost.

Written by: Jed Pittman on May 29th, 2007 with no comments.
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