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Friday Franklin Money Quote August 22, 2008

by Glen Craig

Today’s quote is quite inspiring: An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin Being in the know can get you ahead.  Education doesn’t have to be in school or towards a degree to pay off for you.  It can be doing research on ways to save on a hotel, or finding the best [...]

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A CD Ladder Plan For Beginning Savers

by Glen Craig

Are you just starting off building up your savings? I’ve mentioned before that a great way to save is by putting money in a high yield savings account such as ING Direct.  A way to make a little more interest is to open a Certificate of Deposit, or CD for short. What is a CD? [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #15

by Glen Craig

School is out for the summer! My daughter is done,  my wife has a day or so left, and my son completed his first year of day care.  I, on the other hand, still have to wake up and go to work.  I look forward to phone conversations that go some thing like this: Wife: [...]

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15 Things To Do With Your Economic Stimulus Check

by Glen Craig

The government Stimulus checks started going out on April 28th. If you are expecting one you should start looking for it in May (here’s a post listing the dates). So what are you going to do with the extra money? Here are a list of ideas for using your stimulus check: Pay off credit cards [...]

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Best And Worst College 529 Plans From Morningstar

by Glen Craig

Morningstar has released their picks for the top five and worst five 529 college-savings plans. To make their choices, Morningstar “focused on diversification, fees, flexibility, and the underlying funds.” Here are the top five: – Illinois Bright Start College Savings Program – Maryland College Investment Plan – Virginia Education Savings Trust -Virginia CollegeAmerica 529 Savings [...]

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Saving Money For College When Your Children Are Older

by Glen Craig

I got an interesting question recently – How would you save for a kids college fund for kids who are 15 and 12 years old? A 529 plan or a Roth IRA? I think, without a doubt, a 529 is the better of the two. By saving there you immediately get a tax benefit. Keep [...]

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Stimulus Check and the Fed Rates – I Think I See the Connection

by Glen Craig

The Federal Economic Stimulus checks should be going out soon. My understanding of the purpose for the checks is to “prime the pump” and give middle and low income households money they can go spend. The spending will create demand for products which will in turn create demand for jobs. The idea here is the [...]

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Gates No Longer Richest and Why You Can’t Keep All Your Eggs in One Basket

by Glen Craig

Forbes reported earlier in the month that Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. That honor now goes to Warren Buffett. That’s right Bill, you’re no longer #1!! In your face! Haha…can you see me catching up to you?!? Are you scared? Somehow I don’t think he is. The article goes [...]

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If I Could Turn Back Time – Money Mistakes I’ve Made

by Glen Craig

Thinking back over my years I can think of a number of different money mistakes I’ve made. Some of them were foolishness. Some were ignorance. If only I knew then what I knew now…well I might not have listened to myself but maybe it would have helped some. Here are some big ones that come [...]

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My 401(k) Is Killing Me – Fund Follow Up

by Glen Craig

Hank over at My Investing Blog asked what funds my 401(k) was invested in. Here you go along with the percentages my contributions invest in: Vanguard 500 Index Fund Signal (VIFSX) 15% Fidelity Contrafund (FCNTX) 20% Artisan Mid Cap Inv CL (ARTMX) 10% Hotchkis and Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund Class I (HWMIX) 10% American Beacon [...]

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