This is a guest post from Tom Becker, a personal finance writer who specializes in detailed reviews of business bank accounts at Money Choices.
It seems that each decade brings new and innovative ways to manage your money. In the 1990s, you could use simple PC-based software to track basic income and expenses. These later evolved into reporting and analyzing powerhouses. In the 2000s, connectivity with the internet made PC-based software easy to synchronize with bank and investment websites and provided access to detailed account information right at home.
With the arrival of the 2010s, the next phase is to…
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I used to love weddings. Then I started planning my own, and all of a sudden, I wanted to cry.
A few months ago, my fiancé and I decided to tie the knot. We thought we'd somehow manage to have a wedding in Seattle, followed by a Seattle-area reception and then another reception in India, where his parents currently reside. It seemed like a good idea until we realized that we would need, and did not have, the following: money, resources, lots of spare time, and a love of planning stuff. (See also: Alternative Wedding Ideas for Big Savings)…
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A family in Long Island says workers have been putting up a giant pole, pictured at left, in their yard the whole week. Workers told them it was an extra light that the town was putting in. But when it was done, it wasn't a light. It was a cellphone tower put up by "NextG Networks," and local officials are calling it "construction by ambush."
The family told NBC NewYork that when they talked to the company, they said the FCC had given them the rights and that it was a "public necessity."
The local Superintendent of Highways has…
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Not wanting to be left out of the party, Sprint became the latest carrier to announce it's going to make it more expensive for customers to upgrade.
Currently, under the Sprint "Premier" plan, anyone with an individual plan over $ 69.99, or a family plan over $ 139.99, is eligible to upgrade at the same price as a new customer once per year. But starting April 1, Sprint is introducing "Sprint Premier Silver" and "Sprint Premier Gold."
"Gold" is the same as old "Premier" except you need a more expensive plan to qualify, an individual plan of $ 89.98+…
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Millions of football fans throughout the country are getting ready for the sports highlight of the year, Super Bowl XLV, now just days away. What exactly are their plans? That’s what we set to find out, and with recent data from the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association and the National Retail Federation, we got a pretty good idea of where people will watch the game, how much they plan to spend and what they’re going to buy. We mapped out the highlights in this infographic.
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Here's an email I recently received from a reader:
What do you suggest:
A coworker tells me that his financial planner made him over 12 percent on his money last year. I didn't have the heart to say that it wasn't anything to brag about considering the S&P 500 did 15.06. Between my two accounts my return was 21.9 percent. It made it clear that he trusts this guy and doesn't really want anything to do with managing his own money...
My motto has been that no one is more interested in management of my money than me.
I…
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If you pay for the care of a dependent, then you may be able to save several thousand dollars a year via a dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) or the Child and Dependent Care Credit. Here is a quick guide to how you can maximize your savings:
Eligible Expenses
The expenses you can claim are usually the same for dependent care FSAs and the Child and Dependent Credit: the amount you pay to someone other than your spouse for the care of a child or dependent. If you are claiming expenses for the care of a child, the…
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MSN Money says that couples fight a lot about money (FYI, they fight about money twice as much as they fight about sex) and lists six marriage-killing money issues as follows:
1. Debt 2. Personality conflicts 3. Power plays 4. Sorting out mine, yours and ours 5. Having children 6. Dealing with the in-laws
Here are some thoughts on these:
1. Yes, debt is a killer in many ways. That's why it's on my list as one of the worst financial moves anyone can make. I had a bit of debt when we got married (I don't think my…
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