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How to Prevent Debt Using Financial Automation

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If there's anything we can learn from this economy, it's that getting into debt isn't necessary to live the life we need. But if you're used to living a life of credit and debt, how can you ensure you won't get stuck in it again? By automating your finances, you can prevent yourself from getting [...]

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5 Mistakes that Led Me to Financial Automation

Nobody's perfect, right? I'm not, you're not — and we'd be kidding ourselves to think if we were. And when it comes to money, we tend to make decisions emotionally instead of rationally, often becoming our own worst financial enemy. But it doesn't have to be that way. You know that, and I know that. [...]

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Weekend Linkage: Bad Habits, Automatically Poor, and the Recession

While things are looking up in this economy — the Dow hits 9000, housing sales are up and companies are reporting better-than-expected results — it's still tough out there. Some are even suggesting that we're only in the first third of the recession. But just because times are difficult doesn't mean you can't do better [...]

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Weekend Linkage: Online Banking, Tools and Automation

If there was no theme to last week's Weekend Linkage, this week is the complete opposite: each story draws directly from the Automatic Finances system for money management. Saving for Serenity lays out a plan for Automating Annual Expenses like birthday/anniversary/Christmas presents, offering two options: setting up subaccounts for specific goals, or having one bigger [...]

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Weekend Linkage: Pay Your Bills, Track Your Spending and Build Wealth

Now that I'm back on track (and mostly settled into the new house), let's take a look at some of the posts that caught my eye over the past week. Budgets are Sexy says to "Look At Bill, Pay The Bill, Forget About Bill." Better managing your bill payment — especially automating them — can [...]

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How Automating My Debt Payments Saved Me Serious Money

We often talk about financial automation as a convenience. Instead of having to remember to pay your bills before their due dates, they'll get paid automatically. But for some bills, there's actually a financial incentive to automating your payments. While some service providers (like Sprint) may give you a one-time credit for automatic payments and [...]

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Weekend Linkage: Rate Chasing, Roth IRAs and Automated Savings

Each week, there are tons of great posts from across the Personal Finance blogosphere that you may not have seen. In keeping up with this site, I barely have time to read all the articles I'd want. To end off the week, I'll try and highlight some of the stories I've seen that will help [...]

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