Photo by: Eric HernandezI am trying to fill my 2007 allotment of ROTH contributions here before the end of the year. I’m sticking with SWEGX for now - it is down, but everything is down for now. Like I wrote before, I have already put in 2k to my ROTH with Edward Jones […]

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Photo by: LittleGoldWomanI crafted up a list of high yield MMA and Savings accounts back in December showing the rates of the best MMA/Savings accounts out there and I chose UFB Direct as my Emergency Fund of choice. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately) they haven’t even received my initial test payment of $0.14 that I […]

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Photo by: gerrietWe hear all this talk about how the “Feds are lowing rates again today” on the news a lot recently, and that we’re falling into a recession. But what does all that mean? How does that help me in the situation I’m in? What do I do now as […]

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Photo by: ricbro85Oh, it has been a good week - I had my car broken into, but alas with enough harassing to Geico, they decided to see it my way and paid for the damages that were made. I had H&R Block guest post, was in another carnival this week hosted by TheDividendGuy, and […]

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Photo by: artct45If you’re between 20-40 years old, don’t do anything. Stay where you’re at, markets fluxuate. That is their nature and that should have been something you learned before you got it. If this is your first time hearing about it, don’t worry and more importantly, don’t run. Let the […]

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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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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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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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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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