It’s Friday, so it’s time for this week’s reader-submitted Q & A. If you’d like to submit a question, click here for more information or simply email a question.
I saw something on the news yesterday about a credit for saving for retirement. I thought you could only get a deduction for an IRA [...]
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A few months ago, I worked with Intuit’s Quicken team to develop some podcasts. The material is timeless. Given that I just got off the red-eye, I feel pretty timeless myself. Seemed to make sense to post these links today. Hey, it’s another way to get some solid personal financial education — without reading!
Here [...]
It’s all relative. I now sit here 34,000 feet above upstate New York, having left an hour late out of Boston . . .
You: You have an Internet connection up there? Fancy!
No, I don’t have an Internet connection on the plane. My private jet is in the shop. Next to my time [...]
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This week’s carnival of personal finance is hosted by Canadian Dream: Free at 45. Featuring the best of recent personal finance postings in the blogosphere, the carnival featured my recent post My Car is Driving Me Nuts. If you haven’t checked that one out, go ahead. It’s decent for a good laugh [...]
It’s Friday, so it’s time for this week’s reader-submitted Q & A. If you’d like to submit a question, click here for more information or simply email a question.
Say I invested 10% of 50k for 4 years (20k) and had 8% returns, but now things are tanking. How does a person decide [...]
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This week’s carnival of personal finance features dozens of interesting personal finance articles including my post discussing Six Ways to Get a Ton of Money & the Attitudes That Go With Them
Since I know you’re busy, my tradition remains to NOT list five articles (or even 10 or 20) that could be valuable to [...]
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I have a car. Its name is $aturn. I bought it new in 2001. I’m not sure I’d buy new today, but I’ve been a fan of buying a car and then driving it until it drops. I think it’s the most economical way to go. Once I’ve finished paying it off, I enjoy years [...]
I’m heading out of town next week and will be delivering retirement planning seminars at the ING DIRECT cafes in New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington (DE), and Los Angeles. These events are free and are open to customers and non-customers of ING DIRECT alike. Audience members receive a copy of Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck and the [...]
During my time as a personal financial planner for the extremely wealthy, I learned that rich people also put their pants on one leg at a time.
You: What kind of planning, exactly, were you doing?
I was speaking metaphorically.
You: Yeah, sure you were.
There were some really great clients and some that were, let’s just say, [...]
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Money Under 30 hosted this week’s carnival of personal finance.
You: Money Under 30?
Yes.
You: Is that some sort of joke?
No.
You: Oxymoron?
For some people. But, probably not for many of those here who actually implement the key steps required. that’s the hope anyway, to help readers achieve what might otherwise seem most difficult.
You: Or oxymoronic.
Is [...]
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