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The next U.S. President will make many decisions with major consequences to your pocket book. From taxes to health care, social security to immigration, and education to retirement, Your Money’s Guide to the 2008 Presidential Elections will describe each candidate’s position on these issues, with ample links to further reading. The focus of [...]
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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 [...]
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I have saved thousands of dollars in interest charges using 0% credit card balance transfers. In fact, I have over $100,000 in available credit on our credit cards from taking advantage of 0% balance transfer offers (by the way, here are some excellent 0% balance transfer credit cards, some with 0% for 15 months!). [...]
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Photo Credit: Wolfgang StaudtWelcome to the Best of January and February 2008. Here you’ll find the best articles, posts, tools, resources and news about money, finance and investing from the past two months.
News and Analysis
Are payday loans actually good for us? An Experimental Analysis of the Demand for [...]
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A terrific group of personal finance bloggers got together to write about the current real estate and mortgage crisis. The result was a collection of great articles that I’ve linked to below. And if you were ever curious where the phrase–things that go bump in the night–came from, make sure you read to [...]
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Recently a reader e-mailed me with the following question:
I definitely do want to open a Roth IRA as soon as possible because I hear it’s typically better than the Traditional IRA. However, I’m not certain whether one should be putting money way in one’s 401K or Roth. As you can tell, I’m not [...]
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This is a guest post from a good friend and former colleague named Peter. If you’d like to write for TDR, please drop me a line.
Photo Credit: woodleywonderworksRemember when “junk bond” was a dirty word? People and companies bought these newfangled high-interest rate bonds without fully appreciating that the interest rates were high [...]
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Saturday Night at the Movies uses great films to explore some aspect of personal finance. Published Saturdays at 7 PM, get your front row seat by subscribing to The Dough Roller.
Sir William Wallace was born in the 1270s (the exact date is disputed). Barely reaching the age of 30 before his [...]
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Welcome to the 123rd Carnival of Personal Finance (The Boo! edition). October is a scary month. Not only is it home to All Hallows’ Eve, it is also home to some of the scariest stock market crashes in our history. For this edition of the CoPF, I’ll trace the history of some [...]
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