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10 Personal Finance Blogs You’re Missing Out On

The personal finance blogosphere is exploding. What used to be a small niche topic has turned into a place where regular, normal people are documenting their journeys getting out of debt, saving money and growing their net worth. But there are undoubtedly a few leaders in the arena. If you have any interest in reading [...]

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Microsoft Money Discontinued, Thanks Online Banking

Microsoft Money is headed for the grave. The personal finance software, one of the big two desktop programs (along with Quicken), is being discontinued for sale at the end of this month. The reason? Banks and other online services are doing the job, according to a posting on Microsoft’s Money site. With banks, brokerage firms [...]

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Paying for College Might Be Getting Easier

Financing a college education may be getting easier. It’s much needed, as the benefits of Federal Student Aid, especially the Federal Student Loan program, reached new lows by 2007. The amount of Pell grants to need-based students was frozen at $4,050 from 2003-2007, even though there were no controls on tuition. Congress increased that to [...]

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3 Tips for Easy Short-term Savings

When you’re saving for short-term goals, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with putting money aside. But it doesn’t have to be. Here are 3 tips for saving for short-term goals: Save for One Goal at a Time – It’s much easier to attack one goal with as much force as possible then to spread yourself [...]

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Ask the Readers: How Often Do You Check In?

When it comes to automating your finances, the point is to avoid worrying about the day-to-day budgeting/tracking and let online tools do it for you. But, depending on where you are in your financial journey, you may need to adapt the system and check in more often on your day-to-day behaviors. Often, when you’re starting [...]

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E-Filing Your Taxes: The Last Minute Option

If you’re one of the many people who has waited until the last day to file their taxes (that’s today, procrastinators!), you may be better off e-filing. The IRS has a decent guide to e-filing your taxes, available here. If you are looking to e-file, follow these three steps from the IRS. Step 1 – [...]

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You Don’t Know Nearly as Much About Personal Finance as You Should

It astounds me how little we are taught about personal finance in school. In my twelve years of public education, I never once took a class related to money. And I know I’m not alone. Turns out, the lack of knowledge about personal finance spreads across the country. According to a recent survey from the [...]

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