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TIAA-CREF Funded My SEP IRA!

by Flexo

TIAA-CREF has finally come through! You may have been following the saga. If not, here’s the short version: In order to reduce my tax liability from self-employment income, I wanted to open a SEP IRA. The SEP IRA lets you contribute tax-free beyond the Traditional/Roth IRA limit, but only as an employer. I employ myself ... Continue reading this article…

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Congress Raises Student Loan Interest Rates

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When congress cut federal funding from student loan programs, they raised interest rates for Stafford loans from 4.7 percent to 6.8 percent and PLUS loans from 6.1 percent to 8.5 percent. These rates will go into effect on July 1, 2006. A student with a balance of $10,000 upon graduation, taking a full ten years to pay off the ... Continue reading this article…

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Possible Changes to Retirement Plans

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The House and Senate are looking at bills whose purpose is to change the attitudes companies have towards funding retirement for their employees. There is a fair amount of negotiating to do, but it’s likely something will be decided before the tax deadline on April 15. Here are some of the provisions from the bills, ... Continue reading this article…

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Carnival of Personal Finance #8

by Flexo

Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance (basic introduction, schedule) and welcome to Consumerism Commentary (about, best of) to any new readers! This is the eighth installment of the Carnival. In this issue: Designer Pets. Free Money Finance discovers the latest craze for dog owners, crossing poodles with other breeds, giving us wonderful breednames ... Continue reading this article…

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More Changes

by Flexo

As I’m getting ready to post my financial reports for April, I’m making some changes to my accounting methods. I would like to get this information out in the open in case anyone has any questions or suggestions ahead of time. This would allow me to make changes if necessary, but I think everything’s going ... Continue reading this article…

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Friendly IRA Reminder

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The deadline for funding IRAs for 2004 is coming up at the end of the week. If you haven’t maxed out your 2004 Roth IRA at $3,000 ($3,500 for anyone over 50 years old) then you have less than 72 hours to do so. At the same time, think about fully funding your 2005 Roth ... Continue reading this article…

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Emigrant Direct Account Opening

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As you may know, I am in the process of opening a savings account with Emigrant Direct, an on-line bank currently offering an interest rate yielding 3.25 percent. On March 15 I posted about my experience with a customer service representative at the aforementioned bank. That was three days after I began the process of ... Continue reading this article…

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Suze Orman: Young, Fabulous and Decidedly Not Broke

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Suze Orman is appearing on PBS right now on her fifth special, Young, Fabulous, and Broke. I’ll live-blog the first hour of the program. You can catch her on WNET 13 New York or possibly your local PBS station. Show them your support. Read on and reload throughout the hour! Keep in mind my server ... Continue reading this article…

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