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Your First Budget

17 years ago
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Erin Burt walks through a typical budget for someone graduating from college and starting there first job.  First she shows the taxes that come out of your paycheck.  Here is an example for a $35K/yr job. Monthly gross pay $2,917 ($35,000 divided by 12 months) Federal taxes $331 Social [...]

Floating Checks No More

17 years ago
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Companies with sufficient volume can now submit a check for payment to the bank without having to physically transport the check to the bank.  The means the float will virtually dissappear for purchases from major retailers. See  Chuck Jaffe’s coverage for more details.

Finding the Best Credit Card Deals

17 years ago
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Here are four sites that will help you find the best credit card deals currently available. www.lowcards.com www.creditcardguide.com www.creditcards.com www.bankrate.com

CFP Ethics CE Credit

17 years ago
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For CFP holders, if you find yourself short and the deadline for CE credits approaching rapidly, all the industry publications offer easy CE credits. Most of them will let you take tests for each of the previous 12 months, allowing you to get as much as 12 credits for each publication. However, [...]

TD Amertitrade Acquires iRebal

17 years ago
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If TD Ameritrade lowers the pricing on the product, this will be a huge win for the industry. For those who don’t know, iRebal has created software that does household wide rebalancing. This means you can have a target allocation for a collection of accounts and it will take into account tax [...]

Song about today’s investment landscape

17 years ago
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Light fare for today. Here is some entertaining commentary on today’s investment environment. Make sure you watch it through the song. http://www.yieldsz.com/

Christmas light show gone overboard

17 years ago
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Happy Holidays everyone! Here is something that should bring a smile to your face. If you didn’t catch this when it went around last year, you owe it yourself to enjoy this. This display was the work of Carson Williams, a Mason, Ohio, electrical engineer. His 2005 display included over 25,000 [...]

SEC Proposes Change to Accredited Investor Definition

17 years ago
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For investment vehicles that require accredited investors (e.g., hedge funds, various partnerships, etc), the SEC is proposing raising the net worth requirement from $1 million to $2.5 million and that number can’t include the residence. Here is an excerpt. Amendments to Private Offering Rules [...]

Comparing Credit Card Offers

17 years ago
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Best site for tracking the best cash back credit cards. Other sites for sorting through credit cards. http://www.cardweb.com/cardlocator/ http://www.bankrate.com/brm/rate/cc_home.asp

Fannie Mae Conforming Loan Limits for 2007

17 years ago
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Single-Family Mortgage Loan Limits effective January 1, 2007: First mortgages One-family loans: $417,000 Two-family loans: $533,850 Three-family loans: $645,300 Four-family loans: $801,950 Note: One- to four- family mortgages in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are 50 percent [...]
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