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In The Event Of An Emergency

by Flexo

CNN offers good advice when it comes to determining what to do when disaster strikes: * Get yourself safe, then busy. Water, food and shelter first, and accept any offers of short-term help in the form of cash. * Get to a bank. In a pinch, any bank. Without identification, they’ll work doubly hard to ... Continue reading this article…

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Balance Sheet, July, 2005

by Flexo

I apologize for the lack of updates today. I’ve been completely swamped at work, as things tend to be at the beginning and the end of the month. There’s a new supervisor in my department, and I’ve been showing him the ropes. The table that follows is my latest personal balance sheet, as of July ... Continue reading this article…

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Monday’s Articles of Interest – Easy Loans

by Flexo

I’ll update this list of articles throughout the day with added commentary as I find time. Easy loans mean a hard landing later. There’s some talk in the article about the real estate bubble, but more importantly, the way banks are giving loans out to people is likely to create some problems when rates eventually ... Continue reading this article…

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Hands Off The 401(k)

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Hewitt Associates, the same company that processes my company’s accounts payable, has performed a survey regarding 401(k)s. They discovered that almost half of workers leaving their jobs convert their 401(k)s to cash. This is despite the fact that in addition to income tax, there is a steep penalty (10 percent) for cashing out the tax-deferred retirement ... Continue reading this article…

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Time to Consolidate

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I spent the last 45 minutes or so consolidating my student loans. I’m a graduate student, working on my Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix Online. Even though I have these loans, they get paid off as soon as I receive my reimbursement check from my company. However, when I first ... Continue reading this article…

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Account Balances, May 2005

by Flexo

Below are my account balances for the end of May, 2005. The balances are displayed next to the two previous months as well as May, 2004 for comparison. I’m slowly making my way, despite May’s net worth being a little lower than April’s. Some notes: * There is a value listed for my 2004 Honda ... Continue reading this article…

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Today’s News Items

by Flexo

Here is a round-up of some of the stories in the news today. I’ll add more as I find them. * Interest-only loans caused a wave of foreclosures in the Great Depression, and today’s are even riskier. * There are more millionaires now than there have ever been. It’s not such the exclusive club it ... Continue reading this article…

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Today’s Interesting Items

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The Federal Reserve Bank raised rates to 3.0 percent. Will ING Direct, Emigrant Direct, and other high-yield internet savings banks follow? Seven rules for negotiation. Here is some good advice for negotiating anything, such as raises, car prices, and hostages. I wish I had read this when I first accepted my current position at this company. ... Continue reading this article…

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