Personal Finance Articles

Suze Orman’s Prepaid Card – The Underbanked Solution – Doubt It

| January 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

Financial advisor and motivational speaker Suze Orman has just launched The Approved Card from Suze Orman. This prepaid card matches up well with some of the best prepaid cards currently on the market, including the American Express Prepaid Card and the Green Dot Prepaid Card. Suze Orman’s new prepaid card provides the lowest-cost option for [...]

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Retirement Planning – Review Your Options

| January 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

There are so many things that could go wrong when you are saving up for retirement. You have seen it in the this recession. There is no reason for this not to happen again. The road to your retirement is difficult and complicated but this does not mean that it is impossible to make enough [...]

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Rule of 72 Calculator – The Magic of Compound Interest

| January 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

Compounding interest is a wonderful thing, deposit or invest your money in any kind of deposit account.  Interest you earn must stay in the account for this interest to benefit you.  This is such a simple calculation, but the value of understanding how to double your money with compounding interest is priceless. RULE OF 72 [...]

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Happy Holidays – But Lookout for Cybercriminals

| December 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

Better Watch Out! 6 Online Scams That Could Steal Your Joy My Favorite Bank posted this great article. Keep the jingle in your pocket and ward off fraudsters this holiday season. Cybercriminals are always hard at work this time of year. They’re corrupting e-cards with viruses, creating fake online auctions, imitating charity sites — all [...]

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How to undo a Roth IRA conversion – Give Me a Do-Over

| December 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

Lot of questions about converting Roth IRA’s to different investment plans.  Of course sometimes you realize you made a mistake. This is an excellent article about how you can fix your mistake.  If you would like to see more articles about IRA’s and retirement planning just leave a comment below and we will find that [...]

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Open a Checking Account Online with No Initial Deposit

| December 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

In this weak economy, it can often be very difficult for people to open checking accounts because they usually have to place an initial deposit before they are able to open a checking account at most banks.  This deposit can amount to as much as $100, which can be difficult for many people to pay [...]

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Useful Tips to Combat Debt, When Unemployed

| November 29, 2011 | 0 Comments

The unemployment rate in the United States was last reported at 9.1 percent in August of 2011. If your jaw has dropped in shock, then you must be relieved to know it’s a decline from the last year, when the unemployment rate rose to above 10%. A number of people lost their jobs due to [...]

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How to Rollover 401k into Real Estate

| November 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

Have seen some interest on the site about this subject of rolling your 401k in real estate. So I read up and found a great article here.  Had to give it a few updates, since real estate value have declined, but real estate is a long term investment and so is your retirement planning. Ground [...]

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Prepaid Mastercard Debit Card

| November 8, 2011 | 0 Comments

Reviews of The Mango™ ® Prepaid Card and the Walmart MasterCard® Prepaid Card There are many Americans who choose to not have a checking account. There are other Americans who cannot open a checking account due to a poor banking record from writing fraudulent checks or due to a poor credit history. Many of these [...]

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ChexSystems Nightmare – More than One Way to Skin a Cat

| November 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

How To Get Approved For A Checking Account When You Are In ChexSystems If you have attempted to open a checking account, but are constantly being denied, it is likely you are in ChexSystems.  You may be asking, “What is ChexSystems?”  ChexSystems is a reporting agency that you are probably not familiar with, but this [...]

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Compound Interest – Secret Power

| November 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

Compound Interest – The Not-So Secret Power Did you ever sit there and just wonder how did the richest people in the world get so rich? We have Bill Gates (Microsoft) with $50 billion, Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) with $40 billion, Lawrence Ellison (Oracle) with $27 billion, the Walton family with $21.5 billion and not [...]

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