Somewhere, right now, someone is deciding how much they want to squeeze out of our wallets this month. And we’re at their mercy: most of us drive cars, and most of those cars run on gasoline, and most of those cars are driven quite often each week – using a bunch of gas, and needing [...]

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I’m not rich and I’m not aiming to become rich in the popular sense of the word. But I do want to be financially comfortable; a lot of people call this financial independence. What this means is that while I don’t dream of driving a Bentley or living in a mansion, I certainly do want [...]

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We are moving soon and we’ll need to sell our home. Our plan is to do it DIY style: for sale by owner. Because we want all our equity and do NOT want to pay an agent’s commission, which usually is about 6%. If our home sells for $250K, that’s $15,000 out of [...]

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If you have less than 25k saved you’re in good company, or at least, there are lots of you. 50% of workers 35 to 44 have less than that amount saved. 1/3 of those aged 45 and over did too. 25% of people surveyed had no savings at all. No savings account. No retirement account. [...]

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This looks like a very promising new money-management app called Mint. While this mint isn’t yet available for public consumption, check out their very interesting blog at http://mymint.com/blog/.

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