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thumb How To Use A Credit Card For Protection

In the past few weeks, I’ve been reading some articles, along with their comments, about people cutting up their credit cards. There are multiple rationales behind this decision. One such rationale is that the credit card companies act immorally by preying on the “weak” who fall into the trap of credit. Another rationale is that [...]

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I am looking for writers to write articles for Moolanomy.com and Reviews.Moolanomy.com. If you are interested, please keep reading.

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Topics: The article should seek to help readers or answer questions. As such [...]

thumb Best Free Essential Software For Windows

Owning a computer can be quite expensive, especially once you add up the cost of software to go with it. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend a fortune to have access to great software. In this article, I was to show you how to save money with these must have free software for windows.

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thumb Weekly Highlights: January 29, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote that FreeCreditReport.com is not free, and promptly got a personal finance lecture from Abigail at I Pick Up Pennies.  She said, “If you’re not clear why a site needs your credit card information is needed, don’t give it out.”   She also said that I should be reading and re-reading Terms [...]

thumb Expected Family Contribution – The Key Target When Saving For College

When saving money for college education, you should be aware of your Expected Family Contribution (EFC). EFC is how much money your family is expected to contribute to your college education — the lower your EFC, the more financial aid you will receive.
A Brief Note From Plonkee
One of the great things about not having children [...]

thumb Ask The Expert with Larry Swedroe, August 2008 Issue

This is the 8th issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry’s full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page.
Now, let’s get to the questions and answers (please note that the [...]

thumb Ask The Expert with Larry Swedroe, March 2008 Issue

This is the 4th issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry’s full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page.
Now, let’s get to the questions and answers (please note that the [...]

Would You Like to Pay My Taxes?

This question came to me when I was reading The Dough Roller’s post about why do mutual funds close to new investors. Part of the post read:
…taxes for existing investors went up after a fund closed. Why? Because there was no longer an influx of new investors to share the tax burden.

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January Effect and October Effect, Are They Real?

Market timing does not work (1). However, there are still plenty of investors who believe in market timing, and a subset of these believe that January Effect and October Effect are real. In a true MythBusters‘ fashion, I did some historical data analysis and have a few statistical factoids to share with you. But first…
What [...]

Review of Building Wealth: A Beginner’s Guide to Securing Your Financial Future

In my top 10 list of personal finance lists, the first link takes you to a list of 30 free personal finance eBooks. I had the pleasure of reading the first eBook, Building Wealth: A Beginner’s Guide to Securing Your Financial Future by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
What I liked
This is one of the [...]

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