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Would you or better yet, should you buy a pre-paid car maintenance plan?

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Sep 23, 2011

When you buy a new car, the finance manager might try to sell you a pre-paid maintenance plan. On the spur of the moment, this might sound like a...

Posted In: budget, Edmunds, Personal Finance, Phil Reed, pre-paid car maintenance

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The wealth gap

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Sep 21, 2011

Here's more financial damage from the Great Recession. The largest economic gap between blacks and whites isn't income, but wealth. Sad to say--but...

Posted In: Economics, Savings

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Target date funds are popular

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Sep 20, 2011

One part of the investing universe is growing rapidly: target date funds....

Posted In: Investing, retirement savings

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A post from Rural America

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Sep 16, 2011

Mass layoffs like those at Bank of America are traumatic. Some 25 million Americans are unemployed or involuntarily underemployed, struggling to...

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Retirement Heist

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Sep 16, 2011

You wouldn't think defined contribution pension plans, 401(k)s, health care plans, and executive deferred compensation plans would make for a great...

Posted In: retirement savings

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Do You Have Financial PTSD?

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Dr. Mark Goulston

Sep 9, 2011

You have been traumatized by a financial disaster from which you are convinced you cannot recover or come back, nor believe that you can find a job...

Posted In: Dr. Mark Goulston, financial disaster, Personal Finance, PTSD

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Paying off a credit card debt

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Sep 9, 2011

Question: I have a credit card with an outstanding balance of $1,646. I try to make monthly payments around $100, but I often forget and do it a...

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Family budgets slashed by health care costs

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Sep 8, 2011

We know healthcare is increasingly expensive. Still, I always find the numbers stunning. For instance, from 1999 through 2009 U.S. spending on...

Posted In: Economics, insurance

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Stimulating jobs in a climate of political gridlock

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Sep 2, 2011

Dismal. Glum. Miserable. Terrible. These are among the words journalists have used to describe the finding of statisticians at the Bureau of Labor...

Posted In: Economics

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Treasuries: Risk free or not?

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Sep 1, 2011

One of the most important issues in personal finance is whether U.S. Treasuries are still risk-free securities....

Posted In: Investing, Personal Finance

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