Money Management

Tax Rebate Deals–Supersize Your Economic Stimulus Payment

May 1, 2008

With the Treasury starting to send out tax rebate checks this week, retailers have started clamoring for your business. To entice you to spend your new found money at their stores, many retailers are offering bonuses and discounts if you spend your tax rebate check with them. Many retailers, for example, are offering a 10% [...]

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Do You ‘Steal’ Money From Your Spouse?

April 29, 2008

Managing money between a husband and wife can present some real challenges. Have you ever found yourself at the store or gas station ready to pay, only to realize that the last $20 in your purse or wallet is gone? It’s a sickening feel in the pit of your stomach when you realize you can’t [...]

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Tax Rebate–A Complete Guide to the Economic Stimulus Package

April 27, 2008

Starting tomorrow, the Treasury will begin sending a tax rebate check to more than 130 million households. These payments are being sent as part of the Economic Stimulus Package Congress passed earlier this year. To receive a tax rebate, you must have a valid Social Security number, $3,000 of income and file a 2007 federal [...]

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Warning: Your home equity line of credit may evaporate in an emergency

April 23, 2008

Your home equity line of credit can be reduced or canceled if your finances take a turn for the worse, which reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when George Costanza pushed an elderly woman, a clown and a room full of children out of his way so he could escape what he thought was a [...]

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Flood Insurance: Are you sure your home is covered?

April 14, 2008

  I’ve been talking with my insurance agent over the past few weeks about flood insurance. It may not be as exciting as Dr. Phil’s marital debacle, but then again, Dr. Phil is unlikely to destroy my home. I found a great government resource about flood insurance that I’ll share with you. But first, Here [...]

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Clinton’s Earn $109 Million as Unemployment Jumps to 5.1%

April 7, 2008

Two news stories at the end of last week really caught my attention. First, the Clintons finally released their tax returns. They show the former and possibly next Presidents earned a combined $109 million since leaving office.   Second, the U.S. economy lost 80,000 jobs in March, the biggest drop in five years, bring the [...]

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Best of March 2008

April 4, 2008

Welcome to the Best of March 2008. Here you’ll find the best articles, posts, tools, resources and news about money, finance and investing from the past month. News & Analysis New five dollar bill put into circulation The new five dollar bill entered circulation on March 13 ,2008. Opensecrets.org A guide to the money in [...]

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March 2008 in Review

April 1, 2008

March 2008 was a great month at The Dough Roller. More than 40,000 folks stopped by to read an article or two, and to add to the discussion through comments. I also added a second writer to the staff. More about the mysterious “NL” in a later post, but she has written some great posts, [...]

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Here’s the Real Deal on Dave Ramsey and Debt

March 28, 2008

As much good as he does, Dave Ramsey drives me nuts with his views on debt. Dave Ramsey, as he readily admits, did some really stupid things with debt. Leveraged to the hilt on bad real estate deals, he went bust in a way most of us could never imagine. Even as a real estate [...]

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