Archive for July, 2006
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Maxing out my 401K in a whole new way…
Around May of last year, the small company I work for finally started offering a 401k plan. That left me about half a year to save the 14K limit. To get there I ended up putting 75% of about 6 weeks of paycheck. Of course those 6 weeks were just around the [...]
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Food Costs Compared
As I’m new to the personal financial blogging world, I figured it would benefit me to read the “back issues” of other popular bloggers. It may help my writing, but more importantly I might learn some new ways to save or make money. It seems one of the top and most mentioned is [...]
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Are you wealthy and/or a good saver?
All Things Financial breaks down a rule of thumb in the popular book, The Millionaire Next Door. I haven’t read the book, and I know I should, but the rule of thumb just doesn’t seem to work for me. I’m a huge fan of statistics and formulas (one of the reasons I like [...]
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Late Prosper Borrower Makes Good
I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, being a lender, but when a borrower was late, I panicked a bit. If 1/10th of my loans don’t come through, I’m going to have a problem.
Happily the payment came through after being more than 15 days late, something that I didn’t expect. Thus far [...]Popularity: 1% [?]
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Free Comic Books for Saving Money
After reading a comment at Boston Gal’s Open Wallet, I was reminded of the free comics at the Federal Reserve Bank covering a variety of financial topics. I happen to have a friend who works at the Fed Bank, so I have to see if he can grab a few of these.
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