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Best Checking Accounts for Military Members (And What to Look For)

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Are you a military member? If so, perhaps you want a checking account that’s designed for you. Here are some of the best checking accounts!

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Comparing Prices Of TurboTax, H&R Block, and TaxAct 2019

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Why Your 2020 Early Tax Return Will Be Delayed

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Common IRS Where’s My Refund Questions and Errors

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IRS Refund Schedule 2019 2020

When To Expect My Tax Refund? The IRS Tax Refund Calendar 2019-2020

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Beach Bum or Shark Suit Tester?

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This is a guest post from The Money For College Project as part of the Yakezie blog swap. The Money for College Project was started with one goal in mind: to help people find ways to pay for college. At MfCP you can find easy to understand explanations of financial aid awards, creative ways to […]

Best Defensive Stock Sectors

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With the markets in turmoil once again, and seven straight days seeing over 100 point moves in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, you may be worried that another crisis is going to take the wind out of the markets.  Well, it could very easily happen – Europe, Greece, US Debt, all are playing deeply on […]

How To Maximize Your Credit Card Rewards

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Getting the most from your credit card rewards is a tough thing to do!  Credit cards, by their nature, are in the business to make money – and each reward they pay to you costs them.  As a result, credit card companies have a genuine incentive to make it challenging to get awards, hard to […]

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Easiest Money Saving Phone Calls

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Some tasks to save money take a lot of time and effort, and as such, they end up on your to-do list for a very long time.  Well, here a some of the easiest things you can do to save money, and all it takes is a short phone call.  And when I say short, […]

The Wedding is Important, but the Future is Vital

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One’s wedding is one of those pivotal and key moments in a persons life.  For many women, a wedding is dreamed of from childhood.  For many men, no expense should be spared while pledging his life to the woman that he loves.  With celebrities gracing the covers of glossy magazines, touting weddings that cost millions […]

Are Your Savings Bonds Still Paying You Interest?

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As investors seek alternative plans to grow their money in light of the volatile stock market, savings bonds have become one of many popular choices for long-term savings growth.  Savings bonds increase the initial investment with an interest rate that is guaranteed by the federal government.  However, given that they are an investment plan that […]

The Best 401k Moves You Can Make

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In recent years, various aspects of Social Security have dominated newscasts, and the reports aren’t good.  Social Security is in serious trouble and it’s not likely to last long enough to benefit today’s workers.  Fortunately, there are other options.  The 401k plan has been a favorite choice for among workers and employers and provides a […]

Review and Giveaway: The Wealth Cure by Hill Harper

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I was recently given the opportunity to read through Hill Harper’s new book, The Wealth Cure, and I found it to be quite enjoyable. Read my review, and enter the contest below to win a free copy! The Wealth Cure conveys the need to not only build solid financial foundations, but to make sure that […]

Using a Dividend Reinvestment Plan to Reinvest Dividends

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Having the right information and a well thought through investment strategy are of the utmost importance, especially when trying to invest in our unstable and unpredictable economy. There are many different financial tools and vehicles for investment, but many wonder what the best, and most importantly safest, ones are.  Dividend stocks are some of the […]

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Should I Refinance My Home? Here’s What To Consider To Save Money

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You might have heard people asking, “Should I refinance my home now?”  You might wonder if you should actually think about the same thing yourself. With interest rates still being at near historic lows, and home prices back near all time highs, it can make a lot of sense for some people to refinance their […]

You Can Get Deals Like Buffett

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All over the news, there has been talk of Warren Buffett buying preferred shares of Bank of America and getting a great deal that individual investors simply couldn’t get.  And you’re right about one thing – Bank of America isn’t going to be calling up small investors any time soon and offering them preferred shares.  […]

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Freshman Year Tips

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Today’s post is from Squirrelers, a personal finance blog about squirreling your money away!  This post is part of the Yakezie Blog Swap, and you can read my post about Working is Essential for College Freshmen at Squirrelers.  Freshman year of college is a huge step in the lives of many young people.  Aside from […]

Reasons To Not Invest

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A couple weeks ago, I posted a question: why are you hesitant to invest? At the time, the market was in turmoil, with huge volatile swings daily in the market.  I got quite a few interesting responses,and wanted to share the reason about why you, the reader, don’t invest or are hesitant to. I was […]

How To Lose Gen Y Investors and Alienate People

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Today I’m hosting a post with an interesting perspective from Liz Kofman.  Liz Kofman is the co-founder of The Lattice Group, a non-profit that conducts research on work-life issues from a Gen Y perspective, and a PhD candidate in Sociology at UCLA.   This post looks at how many of the largest companies in the United […]

5 Biggest Career Mistakes

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Whether you are several years into your career or just starting your first job search, there are a number of potential mistakes which can be made along the way.  Making and learning from these mistakes is an important part of workplace development, however some can be more damaging than others. Being aware of these pitfalls […]

The Biggest Credit Card Mistakes Young People Make and How You Can Avoid Them

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This guest article comes from Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of Card Hub, a leading marketplace for credit card offers and discounted gift cards. While the Card Act—the new credit card law that took effect in February 2010—has had an altogether positive impact on the credit card industry, increasing issuer transparency and adding to consumer rights, it’s […]

Volatility Strikes – 3 Tips to Take Your Mind Off The Chaos

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With the market in as much turmoil as it is in, it is important to keep a calm, level head. This is not the time to make investment decisions out of fear. If you are a long-term investor (which you should be in most of your accounts), you should hang in there! But it can […]

Where To Find Higher Yields For Your Cash

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I’ve been on a search lately to find a higher yield for my cash. These are my emergency funds, so they need to be accessible, liquid, and safe. It has been so depressing earning about 0.15% in my traditional bank savings account. Here are so options that I have found that can yield more:   […]

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5 Easy Steps To Get The Cheapest Vacation

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  With most people taking summer vacations, or starting plan something for the fall, here are some fail-proof ways to ensure that you are getting the best prices available for where ever you are traveling. I can’t guarantee that where you want to go is cheap (say, the Seychelles), but where ever it is, following […]

Are Young People Careless With Finances?

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John Border is a banker and a finance blogger who writes about on his stock market basics blog. Young people tend to be careless with finances and it is something I can easily relate to myself. I was young and did that and I know of all my friends who in their 20’s did that. […]

Staying Sane When You Move Back In With Your Folks

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Guest poster Harri from TotallyMoney shares her tips for moving back in with the folks after graduation. It was October 2009. I’d graduated a year previously from one of the top schools in the UK, brimming with arrogance, confident that waltzing into the workplace would be a cinch. A year on and I was wavering […]

Roth 401k Guide

The Ultimate Roth 401(k) Guide

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More and more companies are now starting to offer Roth 401(k)s to their employees, which is great. If you have the option to invest in a Roth 401(k), I highly recommend it. However, there are important things you should know about this account, just like every other tax deferred account. What is a Roth 401(k) […]