Personal Finance

So, How Are You Doing So Far This Year?

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Believe it or not, we're nearly 25% done with 2010 — a quarter of the year has come and just about gone. It's crazy how time flies. It's also about that time when you realize that, if you're going to succeed in your financial goals this year, you need to keep yourself on the right [...]

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Why Bank of America Fired Me

A powerful video about doing the right thing — and the state of our financial system today. Watch it and then share your thoughts in a comment below.

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Can Any Personal Finance Pundit Be Trusted?

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The recent look inside Robert Kiyosaki's wealth seminars generated an interesting discussion in the comments about personal finance pundits and whether they ever have your best interests at heart. It's a great question, since most pundits made their money telling people how to get rich — reason enough to raise an eyebrow and wonder if [...]

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Inside Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Seminars

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I'm starting to feel like there's something fishy going on with Robert Kiyosaki. After his "new rule" of money said that savers are losers, I wanted to find out a bit more about the rest of the personal finance advice he shells out. And I stumbled on the motherload. Turns out, Kiyosaki runs (or lends [...]

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When Will You Have Enough?

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The other day, I saw a short description of the latest book by John Bogle, founder of Vanguard and inventor of the first index fund, that struck me. The book's title, Enough, comes from a conversation had by two of America's most famous authors, Joseph Heller (of Catch-22 fame) and Kurt Vonnegut (who wrote Slaughterhouse-Five). [...]

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How to Follow the Entire Personal Finance Blogosphere

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Long time readers will no doubt remember 10 Personal Finance Blogs You're Missing Out On, the post where I named some of my favorite lesser-known bloggers (no Get Rich Slowly's or The Simple Dollar's there). But the great thing about the personal finance blogosphere is that there are a ton of voices — not just [...]

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Why 2010 Doesn't Matter to Your Finances

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It's December, so it's time for all of those lists of what you should do with your money in 2010. Do me a favor: ignore all of that advice. It doesn't apply to you. The writers "advising" you in these lists don't know your financial situation. They don't know how badly you're in debt. They [...]

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