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This is only a test post. I intend to get back to my normal routine next week. Pretty middle of the road cardio this morning.  Ran the corners pretty hard.  It was …

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Articles in Money Matters

Get real: Marriage is a business
July 31, 2008 – 8:45 am | No Comment |
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Put aside the romantic notion that love conquers all — and pull out your calculators. Successful partnerships require a plan, a CFO (usually) and regular progress reports
By Liz Pulliam Weston
Marriage makes people richer.
Not all marriages, …

Five Basics for Building a Solid Financial Future
May 18, 2008 – 4:40 pm | No Comment |
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By RON LIEBER; Published: May 17, 2008
The stark truth about managing our money these days is that we are mostly on our own
Few employers want us aroundfor 40 years, so our income is likely to …

8 Things your financial planner won’t tell you.
January 4, 2006 – 5:20 am | Comments Off |
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Literally anyone can claim to be a financial adviser. Even those with top credentials may not divulge everything you should know. Here?s how to dig up the facts on the person you’re paying for financial …

Forecast for Google Put at $600 a Share
January 4, 2006 – 12:41 am | No Comment |
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By REUTERS
Published: January 4, 2006

The investment firm Piper Jaffray raised its price target on shares of the Internet search provider Google yesterday to $600 from $445, a 35 percent increase.

The new one-year target is the …

Don’t let debt cloud your financial future
January 3, 2006 – 9:23 pm | No Comment |
Don’t let debt cloud your financial future

Credit: Vanguard.com
The United States is a nation of debtors. We love to buy things?even if we don’t have cash on hand to pay for them. There’s nothing wrong with wanting the good things in life. …

Retirement beneficiaries: Extremely Important
December 27, 2005 – 9:31 pm | No Comment |
Retirement beneficiaries: Extremely Important

Making sure you have beneficiaries on your IRAs and other retirement accounts is essential to estate planning. The decision is important for 2 reasons: Beneficiary designations on retirement plans generally supersede any other instructions, even …

Underprepared and Overconfident
November 12, 2005 – 10:13 am | No Comment |
Underprepared and Overconfident

Too many people are living in the dark when it comes to financial matters, and their futures are bleaker than they realize. The annual Retirement Confidence Survey offers some depressing — and surprising — statistics.
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The Game is On: AOL – Yahoo – Microsoft and Google
October 15, 2005 – 10:03 am | No Comment |
The Game is On: AOL – Yahoo – Microsoft and Google

Yep! palms are getting sweaty. I own 2 of the 4 stock mention above….want to guess? Well, here you go – MSFT and TWX (Time Warner formerly AOL).
It seems as tho these guys …

Financial Milestone
January 9, 2004 – 1:44 am | No Comment |
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At the rate at which this economy is moving – jeez…..it is really scary. I feel like we are about to hit a bubble again, if not in one. With all the people …