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Tax season is here of course, so I’m going to be keeping my eye out for good tax planning/preparation content.
Personal finance blog WiseBread has a post up about a new phenomenon I hadn’t heard of before.
It’s called a Refund Anticipation Loan (RAL). The idea is, you go to a tax preparer like H&R Block, and […]

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I know this is a bit off our topic, but this is too good not to pass along.
Tax season is coming up- er… here already. And anyone anytime could use some decent advice about financial and retirement planning. Need to re-organize your 401k? Or start one?
I got a great today only resource. Via GetRichSlowly, […]

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I saw this over the holidays and thought it should have been a bigger news story than it was. I offer this up without comment except to say that the trend continues: they’re happy to give you benefits when you don’t need them or won’t use them; but as soon as you need them, they […]

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I know… sounds like the title of a dry academic research paper…
Over at the Simple Dollar, they’ve crunched the numbers on something I’ve always suspected myself. How much is a stay-at-home parent actually worth, in every day economic terms?
In other words, if you give up your job for a while and stay home to take […]

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I can hear some people out there already:
“What? I would never ask for a year end bonus! How presumptuous! How rude!”
Well, the fact is, people negotiate for their year end bonuses all the time. I can’t know if it’s appropriate for your situation (or even if you’re in an industry where year-end bonuses are customary) […]

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Wow.
If you want to know why we’re looking down the barrel of a nasty recession, then click this link.
Not only does this make it all clear, but it shows what the web can do to make complex concepts strikingly clear.
What Is A CDO? (Portfolio.com)

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It’s getting to be that time of year again.
Well, yes, Hanukkah starts tonight. But I was actually speaking of taxes. It’s time to start worrying about taxes. If you’re one of those people who depends on your tax refund to pay off your Holiday spending, I’ve got good news for you.
This handy little tool from […]

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How many times have you wanted to convince your boss that this, the fifth meeting on the same subject, with the same people going over the same material and resulting in the same outcome - yes, this very meeting you’re almost sleeping through today - is a colossal waste of both time and money?
Well, now […]

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Did you hear the one about the in-house Masseuse at Google who is now cashing out her stock options and claiming a multi-million dollar windfall? Ahhh… reminds me of the late 90s all over again.
My favorite part is how she now has her own masseuse to give her weekly massages. Oh, and a 3,000 square […]

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Another day, another article about how Gen Xers can’t save money to save their lives. The headline from this particular MSNBC article is choice: “For Gen X, it’s time to grow up and get a broker” Seems almost 50% of Gen Xers have less than $5,000 in savings to their name. As many as 40 […]

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