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VisualEconomics.com has another very interesting display of data from the most recent (April 2009) Bureau of Labor Statistics’ spending survey.

Visit http://www.visualeconomics.com/how-the-average-us-consumer-spends-their-paycheck/ to see the full-size graphic.

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Okay, maybe “almost anything” is a stretch.  Still, this site does offer a ton of free calculators for dozens of personal and small business financial situations: http://www.finance.cch.com/tools/calcs.asp
I’ve tested a few of the calculators and they seem accurate, but I can’t offer any guarantees about them or about the website’s publisher: CCH*.  I learned about the [...]

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When deciding how to invest your money, consider both offense (investment earnings – dollars going into your pocket) and defense (dollars going out of your pocket – spending & expenses).
The key here is to look at the defensive side and eliminate a hefty expense.
Let’s say you have a checking account with a $6 monthly fee [...]

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Why Thanksgiving as a deadline?  It’s conveniently close and it’s something your loved ones should be thankful for if you actually do it.
A will (sometimes known as a “last will and testament”) is the legal instrument that enables a person (the “testator”) to make decisions on how, after death, his/her estate will be managed and [...]

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Below is a link to an April 2008 article on investing from NPR’s Morning Edition.
It’s based upon interviews with David Swenson, manager of Yale University’s endowment and one of the world’s very best long-term investors.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89324244

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Today’s Wall Street Journal article “Digging Out of Medical Debt” by Stacey Bradford offers good advice to ease the pain of medical bills via “avenues every financially-struggling patient should pursue”.  Here’s a summary:
(1) Check for Errors – the nonprofit agency Medical Billing Advocates of America estimates 90% of the thousands of inpatient hospital bills contain [...]

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When writing a check to make a payment on a credit card account, DO NOT put the complete account number on the ‘For’ line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the [...]

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