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Does your employer offer a 401(k) retirement plan? Does your employer also offer an employer match? If you answer yes to both questions, and you aren't contributing up to the full amount your employer will match, then you're throwing away free money! [... more]
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Your Retirement Plan - Home Finance
Do you have a plan for retirement? Do you have any idea how much money you'll need when you retire? Do you even know when you'll retire? How much should you be setting aside now and how should you be investing it? According to the Employee ... [... more]
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Prenuptial Agreements - FAQs - Home Finance
Although prenuptial agreements among the ultra-rich and celebrity set garner widespread media attention, they are becoming increasingly common for a significant number of Americans from all walks of life. Quite a few financial planners and ... [... more]
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Everyday Economic Terms - Home Finance
-there are 4 stages in a business cycle: expansion, peak, contraction, and trough. Expansion is easy to understand. It refers to increasing business activity in the economy. After the economy reaches full productive capacity, and cannot expand ... [... more]
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Holiday Shopping List - Home Finance
Use this Holiday Shopping List to help keep your seasonal shopping under control. For tips on holiday spending, read Savings Tips for Holiday Spending. To use this shopping list, select the list and then print your selection. You can also copy ... [... more]
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Make your list of financial resolutions specific
Now with the holidays firmly behind us, it's time to focus on the upcoming year and start compiling our list of resolutions for 2009! Some of these are no doubt familiar; stop smoking, pursue a more healthy lifestyle, exercise more often, lose 20 ... [... more]
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Flexible Spending Account - Home Finance
A health care flexible spending account is a benefit offered through an employer which allows employees to use pretax dollars to pay for certain medical expenses that are not covered by insurance. An employee agrees to deduct a certain amount ... [... more]
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Effective Car Buying Tips for Women - Home Finance
The purchase of a new vehicle can seriously impact your financial situation. Follow these tips to help you make a sound financial decision. - Effective Car Buying Tips for Women - Home Finance is a personally written site at BellaOnline Effective ... [... more]
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What are 529 Plans?
It is no secret that the cost of college tuition is rapidly outpacing the cost of living. Therefore, it is essential for parents to map out a targeted strategy for saving and investing money for their children's higher education as early as ... [... more]
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Helping Teens Become Money Savvy - Home Finance
While the popular media all too frequently glorify teens as the "ultimate consumers", many teenagers are become increasingly attuned to the importance of personal finance. For teenagers who are in the midst of completing high school or have [... more]
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Compare Grocery Store Prices in Your Area - Home Finance
It's been a year since our guest author Rhonda Cliett introduced www.GroceryGuide.com. I decided to take another look at the service and see what's new, what's improved and what's changed. GroceryGuide.com is a service based out of Salt Lake ... [... more]
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Have an extra cup of coffee and shop at midnight.
Welcome to Part Three in our series "Are After-Thanksgiving Sales Really Worth The Hassle?" Of course they are--if you know what you're doing! In Part One we shared tips for Black Friday planning and preparation, regardless of whether you'll do [... more]
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