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    Monday, June 30, 2008 Will Money Market Funds Become More Risky? (2 clicks)
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June 30, 2008 at 8:19 am ET Undoubtedly, the most appealing feature of money market funds is their extremely low risk. For all intents and purposes, it’s nil. But last week the SEC proposed new rules that would allow money market managers ... (more) Monday, June 16, 2008 Can I be sued for my IRA? (3 clicks)
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June 16, 2008 at 2:05 pm ET If you’re sued and lose, can they take your IRA?
That was the question a reader posed on one of my older posts, Who Needs an Umbrella, about umbrella insurance policies. Here’s the question from J. ... (more) Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Hold onto that big SUV (4 clicks)
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June 4, 2008 at 3:19 pm ET I can’t help myself. Whenever I see a Hummer on the road, I’m compelled to look at the driver to see what kind of a douche would drive such a thing. I have done this ... (more) Thursday, May 29, 2008 It’s Not Money (5 clicks)
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May 29, 2008 at 9:32 pm ET Sometimes I get carried away on this blog. I fall into the trap of living in a narrowly defined world. I read lots of personal finance blogs and the Wall Street Journal. I think about ... (more) Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Heh! An Inflation Benefit! (7 clicks)
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May 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm ET I just discovered a great plus side to the inflation we’re all experiencing (well, the inflation regular gas and grocery-buying people are experiencing) - easy weight loss!
I’m nothing if not predictable. A couple of months ... (more) Wednesday, May 21, 2008 This Guy Nails It (8 clicks)
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May 21, 2008 at 9:41 am ET With a mortgage loan bailout package making progress through Congress, I wanted to post a letter in response to an editorial from the Wall Street Journal:
“I purchased the small house in which I currently reside ... (more) Two Court Rulings You Must Know About (3 clicks)
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May 21, 2008 at 9:01 am ET In the past two days, there have been two very important court rulings you should know about. The first involves US currency and the second involves municipal bonds.
Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals DC circuit ... (more) Friday, May 16, 2008 Inflation, Zimbabwe Style (4 clicks)
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May 16, 2008 at 8:00 am ET Here’s one from the ‘news you can’t use’ file. Zimbabwe, home of 165,000% inflation, recently issued a $500M bank note.
It’s worth about $2 US dollars. Oof.Share This ... (more) Tuesday, May 13, 2008 The Great Shrinking Emergency Fund (25 clicks)
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May 13, 2008 at 8:45 am ET There’s near unanimity in the belief that you should have a cash emergency fund. The problem with that supposedly inviolate rule is that in low interest times like we’re now in, your emergency fund gets ... (more) Friday, May 9, 2008 From Advanced Personal Finance - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 9, 2008 at 2:13 pm ET Moving to a lower cost of living location is a popularly advocated means to cut expenses and live below your means. But does moving to a cheaper area really save the kind of money most ... (more) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 From Advanced Personal Finance - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 7, 2008 at 9:42 am ET Here’s a new spin on debasing the currency. According to this story, a Congressional bill due for a vote soon would instruct the US Mint to start stamping pennies and nickels in steel instead of ... (more) Monday, May 5, 2008 From Advanced Personal Finance - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 5, 2008 at 1:55 pm ET Warren Buffett is well known for a couple of things - his love of hamburgers and Cokes, his folksy whitticisms, and being one of the world’s best investors. That last one is why, when he ... (more) Monday, April 28, 2008 130/30 Funds - Hedge Like the Big Boys? (3 clicks)
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April 28, 2008 at 7:44 am ET Your mutual funds and ETFs are flagging. The 401(k) balance is dropping almost daily. Surely there’s a way for you to align your investment strategy to counteract these trends, right? Well, once again Wall Street ... (more) Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Student Loan Relief (4 clicks)
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April 22, 2008 at 8:48 am ET As a Gen-Xer, I know well the burden of student loans. My wife and I, like millions of others our age, had to deal with a rather sizeable debt burden right off the bat when ... (more) Friday, April 18, 2008 New PF blog: Wise Money Decisions (5 clicks)
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April 18, 2008 at 7:40 am ET There’s a new kid in town. I’ve been reading a new personal finance blog for a couple of weeks now and thought some of my readers might enjoy it, too.
It’s called Wise Money Decisions.
The author, ... (more) Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Leap Before You Look - Part 2 (13 clicks)
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April 15, 2008 at 7:22 am ET [This is part two of a two-part story about how I quit first and got a job second. Here’s part one.]
When I left the story, I’d just volunteered to get fired from my job (without ... (more) Thursday, April 10, 2008 Sometimes You Have to Leap Before You Look (3 clicks)
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April 10, 2008 at 9:11 pm ET I think I can say with a good degree of certainty that people who read PF blogs are, by and large, planners. I know I am. So what I’m about to write is going to ... (more) Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Our Latest Budget Procedure (4 clicks)
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April 9, 2008 at 6:27 pm ET My wife and I have a checkered history when it comes to budgeting. We’ve run the gamut from no budget to our current ’system.’ I’d like to say we do what all the books say ... (more) Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Why I took a pension lump sum (21 clicks)
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April 8, 2008 at 9:04 pm ET Until recently, I worked for one of the few remaining companies to offer a real, old-fashioned pension. When I quit a few months ago, I did something I’d read you’re never supposed to do. I ... (more) Friday, April 4, 2008 Let’s Just Bail Everyone Out (6 clicks)
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April 4, 2008 at 8:44 am ET The Senate recently passed a bill to essentially bail out people involved in the housing crisis. Builders, buyers, local governments, future buyers, they all get a piece of the pie. This on top of the ... (more) Wednesday, April 2, 2008 From Advanced Personal Finance - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 2, 2008 at 12:57 pm ET How would you like to invest in a product that returns high single digit returns that’s as safe as cash or a money market? They’re called auction rate securities and they’ve been marketed as just ... (more) Monday, March 31, 2008 My IRA Asset Allocation Is Settled (20 clicks)
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March 31, 2008 at 2:24 pm ET How’s that for a thrilling title? Anyway, that’s what I’m going to write about.
I quit a job recently and rolled over my 401(k) into an IRA. I’d been hesitating on how to invest the money, ... (more) Thursday, March 27, 2008 From Advanced Personal Finance - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 27, 2008 at 8:47 am ET By one sensible measure, yes they did.
Adjusted for inflation, the S&P 500 is right where it started nine years ago.
Today the WSJ reported something I’ve been trying to wrap my head around for some time. ... (more) Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Medicare in Serious Trouble (9 clicks)
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March 26, 2008 at 8:10 am ET In a mostly overlooked bit of news, the US Treasury published its required ‘health of Social Security and Medicare’ reports and the results, predictably, are not good. Before you move on, thinking this doesn’t affect ... (more) Friday, March 21, 2008 Saving for college - when to stop it (5 clicks)
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March 21, 2008 at 3:08 pm ET Times are bad and getting worse. Consumer confidence is in the toilet. Inflation is rising, as is unemployment. A recession is likely either already in progress or is imminent. Home values continue to decline. Yet ... (more) Items 1 - 25 of 84
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