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How To Find More Money for Your Retirement Account

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One of my financial goals for this year was to increase the amount of money I put into my retirement account. Some day I would like to max out as many retirement accounts as possible, but for now I’m just happy to increase my regular contributions. In this economic climate, many are seeing that it is important to set aside more in a retirement account or some other savings vehicle. However, finding extra money to set aside for retirement can be challenging. Photo by Rob and Stephanie Levy via Flickr Here are some ways that you can “find” more money… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - August 17, 2010 at 11:20 pm

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How To Change Your Life By Setting Financial Goals

So how are you getting on with your New Year’s resolutions?  Yes that’s right, all those promises that you made to yourself back in January about doing more exercise, eating healthier food and cutting back on spending. We are now more than half-way through the year and for many, those good intentions are long forgotten and mentally-shelved, only likely to be temporarily dragged back to the front of the mind next January, which is a shame because resolutions can be a powerful way of changing our lives for the better. Photo by Jean-Louis Zimmermann via Flickr The Power of Setting… Read the whole article...

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When Parental Money Lessons Backfire

As I’ve mentioned before, we give our children a small allowance each week. Our daughter, who is only two, puts all of her money into a single-slot piggy bank and is allowed to fully spend it as she chooses. Our son gets more money for his allowance (for now), but has a Money Savvy Pig, where he splits his allowance into four equal parts: money to freely spend, money to save for an item he wants, money for an annual charitable gift, and money for investing for the long term. The idea here, though, is that each of them has… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - March 2, 2010 at 2:20 am

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Five Psychological Money Tricks That Work

For being such a dollars and cents type of issue, personal finance sure has a lot of psychology involved, doesn’t it? If it weren’t for psychology, ideas like Dave Ramsey’s debt snowball method would be dead on arrival. The debt snowball works because it taps into human psychology, not mathematics. Paying off your smallest debt first isn’t mathematically optimal. It works because after you pay off the smallest debt, you get a sense of accomplishment, a boost of morale, and you are more likely to continue the project. You apply your smallest payment to the… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 25, 2010 at 8:20 am

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Savings Accounts vs. CDs: Where to Keep Your Money in 2010?

If you’re a savvy investor, you most certainly have a fair bit of cash tucked away for general spending and emergencies. The stock market is a long term investment and if 2009 taught us anything, it was to not have money you need to spend in the stock market. So where do you put the money you don’t want in the stock market? There’s 3 main options to place your cash and get it FDIC insured for up to $250,000. You can put your money in a checking account where you have fast and easy access to funds. You can… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 22, 2010 at 2:20 am

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ING Direct Black Friday Deal – $121 Account Opening Bonus (Extended)

Update: The offer has been extended but can be withdrawn at any time. I'm sure you've seen all the Black Friday "deals" out there for spending money. ING Direct is doing something a little bit different this year and having their own Black Friday deal...and this is a good one. I wish I didn't already have an Electric Orange account so I could take advantage of this! Open an Electric Orange account and get $121 account opening bonus. I'm all about free money and this is a good one. Why $121? Well according to ING, this is the average… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - November 28, 2009 at 9:20 pm

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ING Direct Black Friday Deal – $121 Account Opening Bonus

I'm sure you've seen all the Black Friday "deals" out there for spending money. ING Direct is doing something a little bit different this year and having their own Black Friday deal...and this is a good one.  Open an Electric Orange account today (Friday November 27, 2009 from 12:01am to 11:59pm ET) and get $121 account opening bonus. I'm all about free money and this is a good one. To get the $121 bonus, you need to follow 2 simple rules: Open an account today using the code "EOSAVE".  Use your debit ...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - November 27, 2009 at 7:20 pm

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Personal Finance Credit Crunch

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - July 31, 2009 at 10:20 am

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