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How to Plan for Your Financial Future
(This article is sponsored by Axiom Bank.)
October is National Financial Planning Month, and theres no better time to evaluate whether youre setting yourself up for long-term success. While budgeting helps you meet short-term needs and goals, ...
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34 Financial Tricks to Help You Retire Early
The other day our Stacking Benjamins podcast roundtable team was discussing an article on a popular mainstream financial website that featured several strategies for retiring early. I especially loved the story's first recommendation: "Start saving ...
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Black Coffee: A Financial Market Storm Front Warning
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100 Words On: The Best Time to Start a New Business
It's not unusual for budding entrepreneurs to fret over the best time to start a new business, especially during economic downturns when even the most self-assured impresarios often become paralyzed with doubt. They shouldn't. After all, there are ...
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13 Yucky Halloween Treats Kids Would Rather Toss Than Eat
Back when I was a kid, every year at Halloween I'd come home from my trip around the neighborhood and eagerly empty the booty I had plundered from my neighbors onto the kitchen table.
Most of it was the typical fare like the miniature Halloween ...
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Black Coffee: Is the National Debt About to Spin Out of Control?
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Black Coffee: What Goes Up Must Come Down
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Mailbag: What Happens to Stocks After a Currency Reset?
Hello Len, I'm a long time reader of your blog. I love your stuff. I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of the coming dollar collapse leading to a reset. I cashed out of my 401k years ago and devote my extra money into precious metals as well ...
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Black Coffee: Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
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No Joy In Mudville: Teaching My Son About Payback Periods
The other day my 14-year-old son, Matthew, was really trying to sell me on his wish for the latest PlayStation video game console this Christmas. Never mind that he owns an XBox system that is in perfect working order, mainly because he got that as a ...
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Black Coffee: Does Bitcoin Have Intrinsic Value?
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Beware the Four Horsemen of Personal Finance
Reverend Len from the First United Church of Our Lady of Blessed Household Finances is back in his pulpit and I know you all know what that means...
Yep. It's time for another homily for my small but faithful congregation!
I've already showed ...
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Black Coffee: Gold and the Unraveling Financial System
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How Misplaced Financial Priorities Lead to Lame Excuses
My teenage son Matthew had a bit of a tantrum last week -- okay, actually it was a full-scale meltdown -- after he found out that I wouldn't let him ride his BMX bicycle until he got the brakes repaired.
It turns out his bike brakes broke (try ...
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Black Coffee: Has The Almighty Dollar Finally Worn Out Its Welcome?
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Mailbag: The Pros & Cons of Gold IRAs and Third-Party Storage
I'm considering rolling over a 401k from a previous employer into a precious metals IRA as a means of wealth protection and hopefully avoid the fees for early withdrawal. My concern is that those precious metals are required to be held by a third ...
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Black Coffee: Well … So Much for Irrational Exuberance
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How Drivers with Tickets Can Keep Their Insurance Rates as Low as Possible
When shopping for car insurance, there are plenty of factors that affect rates including your age and gender, your car's make and model, where you live, and your coverage. Another factor is your driving history, which includes accidents and traffic ...
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18 Fast Facts You Didn’t Know About Social Security Numbers
This weekend I was looking through the safe that holds all of my most important documents, like family birth certificates, insurance policies and the secret recipe for mom's sauce, when I ran across my Social Security card.
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