March 2010

Certificate of Deposit (CD) – What is it?

by Glen Craig
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In today’s difficult economy, it is more important than ever to pay attention to the little details of personal finances.  Money kept in a typical savings accounts will earn very little interest, with many banks today paying as little as one tenth of one percent.  A certificate of deposit (CD) is one alternative that pays [...]

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How to File Taxes For Less or Free

by Glen Craig
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It’s that time of year again when people must prepare and file their tax return. For many the task can be daunting and the thought of paying costly fees to file can be worrisome. E-filing your tax return this year however, does not have to cost you a lot of money.  In fact, many people [...]

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Exchange Traded Funds – Pros and Cons

by Glen Craig
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Exchange Traded Funds are created to gain broad market exposure, like mutual funds, that individual investors could not have achieved on their own.  But built upon mutual funds, exchange traded funds actually combine different features of different types of mutual funds to make them available all in one single ETF, namely the valuation feature of [...]

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Links 03-21-10

by Glen Craig
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Its finally starting to feel like Spring! It wasn’t long ago we were getting battered by snow storms here in the north east.  I’m loving blue skies and daylight until 7!  Ahhh.  Let’s get to some great links so I can take in the nice weather!

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Tax Help For Your Tax Questions

by Glen Craig
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Rather than try to answer some interesting tax questions on my own, what I’d like to do is direct you to some great tax articles from around the web:

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Need Your Vote! Free Money Finance March Madness Contest – Sweet 16

by Glen Craig

Thanks to the efforts of the awesome readers and supporters of Free From Broke we have made it to the Sweet 16 Round of Free Money Finance’s annual March Madness contest. For those who don’t know, FMF has been hosting this contest to help show off some of the better articles around the personal finance [...]

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New Credit Card Act In Action

by Glen Craig
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I received my American Express Blue bill recently.  When I opened it up the bill looked a little different.  To my surprise there was specific information that now appeared as a result of the new credit card rules from the Credit Card Act that took effect in February.

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Links 03-07-10

by Glen Craig

I started off the week the week with a nice surprise, getting linked to from Lifehacker: Should You Pay Off A High Balance or High Interest Rate Credit Card First? – Credit Cards – Lifehacker.  First, let me say I LOVE Lifehacker and read it everyday so I am humbled.  Second, it was my birthday [...]

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