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What do I do during a bear market? What do I invest in?

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Is a recession looming in the US? Should I even invest in the market during a recession???

Photo by: aturkusYes, the recession is looming; stock are dropping, bonds, are dropping, meaning mutual funds are dropping. China’s market is freaking out, India’s market is freaking out, and it looks like the US is hot on their tails. People say that there are only “bear” and “bull” markets, well this market to […]

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Does my beneficiary have to pay taxes on my life insurance policy when I die?

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Hello Hank, I see you have a Universal Life Insurance policy also. Do you know if it is taxed when I “expire”? Barney from North Carolina
Hey Barney, I actually DO know the answer to that. I checked with my accountant to be 100% sure and he agreed with me that […]

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Has anyone been contacted by the Forbes.com Business and Financial Network?

I got an email back in December asking me to join the Forbes.com Business and Financial Network and add 2 banners (like the one above) to the right sidebar and bottom footer image. I got an email from my contact form saying:
> Hello Hank! I’m assisting [secret lady’s name] at Forbes.com with an […]

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Weekly Roundup #14 (January 26, 2008)

Photo by: meyshanworldThis week wasn’t so great - the stock market was down, so investments were down, and on top of it someone broke into my car and stole my stereo, DVD/TV setup all while tearing up the inside of my car. Ugh, that’ll hit the ol’ expense book and will hinder the 4k […]

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Are you going to get $$$ with the new Economic Stimulus plan if it passes?

Photo by: rachaelvoorheesGeorge Bush and company whipped up a plan to stimulate the economy and send much needed income back to the working man via tax rebates in 2008. The rebates, between $600 and $1200, will be issued and sent out by June 1, 2008. The one-time tax rebates are in an effort […]

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Is PayPerPost worth your time to build another income stream? Or is it like selling out to “The Man”?

Photo by: goetterI know, I know, you’re asking, “Hank, how does this type of post fit in your blogging niche of personal finance?” Well, quite frankly, I’ve stumbled across and had a few of these ideas myself to improve parts of my blog, but I haven’t posted (except this one) about them. I want to […]

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My car got broken into this weekend and they stole $1500 of stuff; did my insurance cover it?

Photo by: joeshlabotnikSo I live at the end of a cul de sac and it is a relatively new development so no thought was put into lighting it up apparently and this weekend my car was sitting in my driveway and someone popped the back window out with a screwdriver, breaking the window. The […]

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Do you still clip coupons? Do you ever get any of them online?

Photo by: ninjapoodlesI grew up clipping every single food coupon from every single paper we could find. We’d ping our neighbors and relatives if we saw something worth clipping that didn’t have a limit on the number of coupons. We often times walk into the grocery store with a coupon for every item. […]

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The 401k debit card? You’ve GOT to be kidding, right? Nope.

Photo by: danperry.comI heard a friend talking about this the other day as being an offering at his place of employment, and I was actually waiting, after he introduced the idea, for the punchline to the joke; but there was none. It REALLY is a product! I did some more research to be […]

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