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During my 10+ years in practice as an investment adviser and attorney, I've advised everyone from "new savers" to retirees on a wide range of money questions. Less formally, I've fielded thousands of personal finance questions online on a variety of forums. It's allowed me to observe first-hand both the behaviors that lead to financial security, and those that are likely to lead to financial stress. I'm happy to share that experience here.
By: Keith Morris, February 02 2010
Darwin's Finance had an interesting post yesterday about where the author might be able to cut spending in the event of a layoff.
Having experienced the challenges of the current job market first-hand,...
By: jswesey, January 04 2010
Everybody's talking about the new "Move Your Money" campaign started by Arianna Huffington. The campaign encourages people to move their money from big banks, which it depicts as detached from the community and...
By: ditycon, January 05 2010
I'm trying to figure our whether it make sense to convert my traditional IRA to a Roth IRA given the new rules in 2010. It sounds like there are tax advantages but what other considerations should I be...
By: sirsky, December 29 2009
This is in response to the a Q&A I came across: http://www.lifetuner.org/topics/24-retirement/questions/181-roth_ira_not_qualified_but_still_opened_one_up Say I put $5K into a ROTH IRA on Jan 1st, made some gains, and...
By: Keith Morris, December 23 2009
Trent posted an article today on Nine Simple Things to Do to Get Ready for Tax Season Right Now!
I for one am dreading the tax season. I had three months of self-employment, got married, and my wife has been...
By: Keith Morris, November 30 2009
A few months ago, I received a letter from the IRS saying that I had understated the amount of money I made back in 2007.
... 2007! It sure does take a while for the IRS to sort its ducks.
Anyway, apparently...
By: jswesey, November 30 2009
I just got off the phone with one of our finance bloggers who was talking about how crazy some bank fees can be. She lives outside the U.S. and has seen friends get taken through the ringer on transaction fees. At my old...
By: jswesey, November 11 2009
We've been writing about changes to credit card company practices as a result of new legislation that's supposed to go into effect in February. It seems that credit card companies are taking these last few months to...
By: operasinger, November 03 2009
I'm a young opera singer and I live in New York City. I do not need a car here, so no debt there, about $20,000 in student loans that I pay over the minimum on every month, about $600 credit card at 17% and $600 credit...
By: lynn2008, November 04 2009
I noticed a bunch of news articles last week that talked about the SEC scrutinizing target-date funds, which seem to be pretty popular choices for retirement portfolios. Here was one article in the WSJ:...
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