Internationally-known daredevil Karl Wallenda earned his fame by performing acrobatic acts high above the ground -- without a safety net.
For years, Wallenda had performed his dangerous stunts countless times without incident, but on March 22, 1978, ...
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6 Basic Steps to Help You Achieve Financial Freedom
Financial freedom can be a difficult term to define, but at a very basic level it simply means controlling your own finances entirely.
In order to gain financial freedom, you not only have to be free of debt, but also be able to provide for yourself ...
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5 Ideas for Tackling Debt If You Retire with a Mortgage
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, outstanding mortgage balances among the elderly have risen by 142% in the last 20 years. Even if you're not yet elderly and thinking about retiring, this is alarming news. If you're considering ...
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5 Ways to Ring in the New Year by Cleaning Out Your Financial Garage
It's amazing how much stuff piles up in a family garage over the years. The stacks get higher every year because, presumably, the items within them hold value. It becomes harder to throw anything away.
While ignoring all those old bicycles, ...
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4 Rules for Cashing Out Your 401k When You’re In a Financial Pickle
There may be times in life that you'll fall into financial hardship, and it's wise to plan ahead for the inevitable. An emergency fund -- that is, a generous amount of cash in your savings or another account -- is ideal for dealing with these ...
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Save More for Retirement: 5 Easy Steps to Greater Financial Security
Few people enjoy penny-pinching, but it's easy to cut back on wasteful spending that costs most us hundreds, if not thousands, per year. And it's unlikely to negatively impact your happiness, or your quality of life. In fact, it's quite the opposite: ...
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How to Prepare for Retirement Medical Costs in 4 Easy Steps
How much should a person save for healthcare and medical expenses in retirement? To give you an idea, a 65-year-old couple retiring in 2020 could expect to spend nearly $300,000 throughout their retirement on these expenses alone. This does not ...
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5 Ways to Avoid Outspending Your Income in Retirement
Everyone looks forward to their golden years as a wonderful time of relaxation and enjoyment. It's a time to revel in the fruits of your labor, or volunteer if you feel like it. The last thing you want to do is to outspend or outlive your income in ...
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10 Things You Should Be Doing Now So You Can Retire on Time
Do you have grand plans to spend your golden years lying on a beach, hitting the links on weekdays, or sipping cocktails until the sun goes down? By following a few simple tips you can retire on your own terms -- on time, or even earlier -- and live ...
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How to Manage Your Personal Finances When In the Military
Life in the military brings a huge host of benefits. Chief among them is a stable income -- even in a bad economy. There are a lot of financial perks that you can take advantage of while in the military, but it also requires some discipline on your ...
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11 Ways to Make Your Retirement Savings Grow Faster
Want to retire early? The fastest way to do that is to step up your savings game. So here are some suggestions on how to build up your retirement fund at a quicker pace.
Crunch the numbers
You don't have to be a math wiz to calculate how much ...
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Power to the Pinched! The Personal Finance Anarchist Cookbook
Once upon a time, no self-serving radical activist would be caught dead without The Anarchist Cookbook and its misguided recipes for making homemade bombs, tear gas, and other sinister items out of everyday household products.
Of course, that got ...
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Is Early Retirement Worth It? How to Know If You Really Should
Who doesn't dream of having the freedom to retire well before you hit your twilight years? After all, the dream is a good one; you work very hard while you're young and able, and then, while you are still youngish, you quit your job and enjoy an ...
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When Good Personal Finance Practices Go Too Far
If a little is good, then it follows that more must be better. Well, okay, maybe not all the time.
Take coupons, for instance. Clipping coupons to save money on groceries is a sensible idea. But so-called extreme couponing takes this otherwise ...
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How to Incorporate Gold In an Investment Portfolio with ETFs or Cashgold
People have diverse reasons for including an investment instrument in their portfolio, whether stocks, precious metals like gold, bonds, or any other investment vehicles.
Investment goals influence decision making because what Investor A finds ...
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Great Tips for Seniors Who Want to Live Frugally
Frugal living means different things to us at various stages in our lives. When we're young or have kids, we may think living frugally is more about scoring discounts and clipping coupons so we can save money. As we get older, living frugally as a ...
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Roth 401(k) vs. Roth IRA: What Is the Difference?
Planning for retirement is important, but it can be tricky to understand all of the terms that are used when talking about the different ways you can prepare. In this article, we're going to focus on the similarities and differences between Roth ...
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Six Methods for Dealing with a Roller Coaster Market
Corrections and bear markets never come at the right time. Distressing world events materialize, and the stock market pullbacks just add stress and anxiety to the difficult times. In January, the world was fine; schools were in session, stocks were ...
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How to Withdraw from Your 401(k) Without Losing Your Savings
Your 401(k) is your retirement plan -- but sometimes you just need to use those funds before you retire. If you make a withdrawal, however, you'll not only reduce your balance, but if you're not 59.5 or older, you'll get an extra 10% penalty fee ...
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8 Common Portfolio Protection Strategies
Investing is one of the greatest ways to grow your wealth. After all, the long-term average yearly return in the stock market has been around 10% -- and that's way better than any savings account! But as we've all seen, while the market can sometimes ...
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