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Ask the Readers: Are You in Debt?

Like I’ve mentioned before, now that we’ve purchased our house, our next big saving goal is to eliminate our debt. Thankfully, we don’t owe that much: only a student loan and a couple of private loans. No credit card debt, and no car payments. But I’d like to wipe out what we have, preferably as […]

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Ask the Readers: What are You Saving For?

Now that we’ve purchased our house, we’re done saving for one of our biggest goals ever. But the short-term saving isn’t over — not by a long-shot. Since we have an emergency fund in place, our next big goal is to pay off all of my student loan debt. (You can tell I’ve been listening […]

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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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Ask the Readers: Do You Mobile Bank?

As the Internet continues to change the way people manage their money, accessibility moves beyond the keyboard and onto the phone. There’s no shortage of iPhone applications about money and nearly all of the big banks of mobile Web sites for people surfing on their phones. But that doesn’t always mean people are using them. […]

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Ask the Readers: Does Going Green Affect Your Financial Choices?

This is a little late for Earth Day, but one of the arguments always made for banking online and going paperless is that it’s environmentally-friendly. The fewer checks you write, the fewer paper statements you get, the more you use a debit card instead of cash, the fewer trees get cut down. For me, it’s […]

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Ask the Readers: Where Do You Bank Online?

Let’s start off the week with a poll: where do you bank online? For so many of us, we have a ton of different accounts for different reasons: central checking, credit cards, savings, investments, and more. That’s why account aggregators like Yodlee are so crucial to find where your money is going. Let us know […]

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