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Ask someone how much it costs them each month to drive their car and they will likely quote their monthly loan payment. Most of us forget other expenses incurred such as maintenance, fuel and one of the biggest expenses, car insurance. Saving money on car insurance is a relatively quick way to lower the cost [...]Post by Frugal Dad
It seems like every time I travel, I come home committed to win my war on Stuff. This time was no different. I lived out of a single carry-on bag while vacationing in Belize last week, and even that felt luxurious. Now I’ve returned to a house packed with doodads and gewgaws, knick-knacks and baubles.The more I purge Stuff from my life, the more I travel, and the more I see (and read) about
CNN Money reported last week that 43% of Americans have less than $10,000 in retirement savings, which is a statistic provided by the Employee Benefit Research Institute in their Retirement Confidence Survey (2010 results). If that figure isn’t scary enough, it appears that 27% of workers have less than $1,000. Both figures are increases from [...]Working Americans Have Almost No Retirement
Our snow finally melted and we got our first glimpse of spring this week. It always feels good to open the windows and doors and get some fresh air in the house and do some spring cleaning. It’s also a good time to do some spring cleaning in your financial house. Here’s a few financial spring cleaning tips I’m working on today:Throw away bills, receipts, and papers you don’
According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center Report for 2008, the vast majority of cases reported to the agency that were fraudulent in nature involved a total dollar loss of $264.6 million with a median dollar loss of $931.00 per complaint. This was up from $239.1 million in total reported losses in 2007.Step back for [...]
Depending solely on other people for your investment decisions can mean dying a slow death.Over the last few decades, the switch from employer-managed pension plans to self-managed retirement accounts (i.e., IRAs and 401k’s) has turned each person into his or her own pension fund manager.Financial advisors often compare this switch to a scenario in which [...]
This is a guest post from Robert Brokamp of The Motley Fool. Robert is a Certified Financial Planner and the advisor for The Motley Fool’s Rule Your Retirement service. He contributes one new article to Get Rich Slowly every two weeks.I find predictions, and the people who make them, fascinating for a few reasons. First, I — like everyone — would love to get a hint of what’s coming up
One of the unintended, though predictable, consequences of the unprecedented rescue of the United States financial system is that there will be higher than average inflation figures for years to come. While it’s been popular to dispute the reported Consumer Price Index (CPI), the reality is that the marketplace doesn’t really listen to the reported [...]How to Protect Yourself From In
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