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health insurance, insurance, investing, IRAs/401(k)s, retirement, saving, Stocks/Bonds/ETFs · October 7, 2015

Open Enrollment Season: 4 MUST-DO’s

Please don’t keep your health insurance on autopilot. I know it’s tempting just to ignore the annual “open enrollment” communications from your employer to review your choices, and just stick with the plan you have. That could be a costly…

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health insurance, insurance, investing, retirement, saving · September 30, 2015

Health Insurance: 3 Reasons You Should Pick the HSA Option

About half of large employers now offer a high-deductible health insurance plan (HDHP). I know the mere mention of “high deductible” might send your blood pressure skyward, but please listen to me. For many of you, a HDHP may be…

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insurance, investing, student loans · September 6, 2015

Student Loan Alert: Beware the Cost of Capitalization on Unsubsidized Staffords

Attention all college freshman, and returning students! If you have taken out an unsubsidized federal Stafford loan to help pay for college, I am betting you are making a big financial

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investing, retirement, Roth Accounts, saving · April 29, 2015

The Four Steps to Retirement Saving

Saving for retirement is a no-brainer. But knowing the smartest ways to do that saving is anything but easy to figure out, given all the choices. Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Here’s exactly what you should do, in the…

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credit cards, home loans, investing, saving · April 22, 2015

4 Signs You Should Rent Not Buy

I am a big believer in home ownership, but only if it makes financial sense. If you answer yes to any of these questions you are better off renting:

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investing, IRAs/401(k)s · April 5, 2015

Suze Orman: the teacher, the friend, the confidant, the brand

By Randall Kenneth Jones Originally published in the Naples Daily News It’s practically impossible to write about time spent with personal-finance wizard Suze Orman using a detached, third-person journalistic voice. Why? Suze Orman excels at leaving no financial or emotional…

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investing, saving · March 22, 2015

Suze Orman’s 10 Tips To Spring Clean Your Finances

Spring is in the air! Springtime is about renewal and rebirth, and therefore a perfect to take stock of your life, and take charge of your finances. It’s time to get off the fence and spring clean your finances, ladies!

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investing, retirement, saving · November 17, 2014

The Road Not Taken: How Losing $50,000 Became My Biggest Gain

Far from aspirations that would lead a reporter to refer to me as “a force in personal finance,” my career is the result of a hot tub dream gone bad.

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credit cards, Portfolio Management · November 9, 2014

Beware: 2015 Prime Time for Credit Card Rates to Rise

You know how much I hate credit card debt, given the astronomical interest rates you are stuck paying. Though the average is around 14% I know plenty of you pay more than 20% interest. And next year could be even…

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