Making Sure You Have The Correct Home Insurance

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

While people have many prized assets, there is hardly any asset more prized than the home. Unfortunately, a lot of things can go wrong in the home, leading to damages, which is why home insurance is important. Many people purchase their insurance policies when they buy or build their homes and then largely forget about [...]

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Using Technology to Track Your Money

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

When you are in school, it is easy to get stressed out about managing your finances. Financial strain is one of the top stressors and concerns for students, as well as your average adult, and can really cause a lot of anxiety when things start to get tight. Fortunately there are some great tools that [...]

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Never too Early to Save Yourself Some Money

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

It’s autumn already! Which means we can count on a few things in the coming months: Lots of football Drop in temperatures Bonfires Holiday season Tax season Wait a minute… Looking at this list, I think, “which one of these things is not like the other?” At first glance, lumping tax season in with all [...]

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Manage Your Finances To Regain Control of Your Life

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

By Timothy Arends There is no shortcut to effective personal finance. Success requires discipline, thrift, hard work. The only ones who get rich quick are those who have duped others out of their money, have inherited a fortune from a relative or have won the lottery. Perhaps the most important question to ask is “why [...]

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4 Credit Cards for Better Personal Finance

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

People with low credit scores find that they pay more for everything including their car insurance. One way to lower the rates they pay for their car insurance is to obtain a credit card and begin to create a better history than they have had in the past. They will have to make sure that [...]

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Paying Down Debt – Highest Interest First vs. the Snowball Method

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

For the past 50 years, debt has become a very common part of the American household. As one of the most aggressively marketed products on the planet, many people just accept debt as a fact of life and assume they will carry payments to the grave. The recent downturn in the economy has forced families [...]

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