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Number One Tip for Personal Finance in Your Forties

I turned 40 last year and, while the milestone was a little hard to swallow, I think I’m finally finding my “40’s groove”.  It’s amazing how fast life happens.  It seems like yesterday that I was sitting in a college dorm room with only a few dollars in my checking account thinking about whether I [...]

Why Everyone Should Have a Roth IRA

There’s something cool happening across the Internet today.  A huge chunk of personal finance bloggers are participating in the Roth IRA Movement.   Basically it’s a movement started by Jeff Rose, who is a certified financial planner at Good Financial Cents.  The goal is to get the word out about how great the Roth IRA is [...]

Have You Checked Your Retirement Account Lately?

If you haven’t already done so, now would be a good time to check your retirement accounts to ensure they are balanced appropriately and that you are contributing as much as you can.  The maximum contribution amount for 2012 is $17,000 and if you’re 50 or older, you can contribute up to $22,500 to your [...]

America Saves Week

Have you seen this great website for “America Saves Week”?  It has a ton of great information about saving and I especially liked reading about people who have started saving and overcome their financial problems.

Here are some great highlights of the site:

Saver Stories:

http://www.americasavesweek.org/read-savers-stories

 

Assess Your Savings Progress:

http://www.americasavesweek.org/assess-your-savings-progress

 

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