One of the features of retirements accounts is that you have the ability to borrow against them. And, increasingly, Americans are turning to their 401k retirement accounts for money. Emergencies like job loss, unexpected medical problems and other economic troubles are causing Americans to consider taking money from their retirement accounts in order to smooth […]
As the new school year approaches, many people turn their thoughts toward school costs. And this includes college costs.
Here is a question I received from a reader about college costs:
My oldest daughter will be starting college in three years. What can we do now to prepare for saving money on college costs?
First of all, kudos […]
Frank Caliendo of Frank TV offers this parody of Donald Trump offering a financial seminar. Great stuff.
Happy Friday!
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On Monday, Mrs. Micah issued this personal finance challenge:
Find one step you can take to make your financial system better or more organized.
Everyone has a personal finance system — even if you don’t think you have. Think about how you handle your income and your expenses, how you pay your bills, how you keep […]
While it is nice to get an occasional free credit report or free credit score, getting all three credit reports from the major bureaus at once, complete with credit scores, can get a little pricey. If you are interested in getting all three credit reports and scores in one fell swoop, you can get Credit […]
This is a guest post by Heather Johnson.
The recent economic downturn has come about due to many different factors. Instead of pointing fingers at the different causes, it’s time to get serious about your savings. It really does seem that as each day goes by and the gas prices continue to […]
Today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke went before Congress and testified that economic risks remain. Indeed, departing from his usual, “the economy is on the road to recovery” line, Bernanke made it clear that he is uncertain about a great deal in the economy. He also pointed out that inflation is a very real concern. […]
Yesterday, what with the news that the weekend had yielded plans to keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from complete insolvency and that IndyMac was open again — run by the FDIC — after the government shut it down, people are starting to wonder how safe their money is in a bank.
The good news is […]
A few days ago, I wrote about 5 things you should avoid telling the car salesman. The prompted me to start thinking about my car, and considering how much its costs. Sure, it’s paid off right now, but we had to buy the thing AND pay finance charges. Besides, here are some of the ways […]
While the FICO score is still used by many mortgage lenders to determine how “credit worthy” you are, many other companies, banks and creditors are coming up with increasingly complex methods of determining a score (although not *the* score) that indicates your credit worthiness. And often, these scoring methods are proprietary.
One of the most alarming […]
Taking finances personally
Written by Miranda Marquit [email] for b5media.
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