My Blog, Your Money

Wow!  I just heard the amazing story of little Charlie Simpson from England.  The 7-year old wanted to raise £500 for Haiti with a sponsored bike ride around a park and actually ended up raising £156,000!  Raising such a staggering amount of money is incredible and he’s a huge inspiration to us all.  To visit […]

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It used to be that with every new year, I’d look forward to the January Effect where the stock market would rally.  However, in recent years, this has not been the case.  In fact, 6 of the past 10 Januaries have seen declines.  Furthermore, the average change in January from 2000 to 2009 for every […]

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The tax deadline may be in April, but it’s always good to get an early start.  If that’s you, here are some new tax items to be aware of when going through your returns.  Looking ahead, here’s a great article about 10 Astute Tax Moves in 2010.

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If you frequently use a debit card, watch out for skimming scams.  Skimming thieves use hidden equipment to capture your account information and the problem is increasing as debit card use rises.  Here are 3 actions you can take to protect yourself:
1.       Don’t type in your PIN when getting gas at the pump.
2.       Only use […]

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With the start of the new year, have you made any resolutions?  If you did, how are you doing on those?
If improving your credit is one of them, I suggest getting your credit report from annualcreditreport.com and then learning more about managing your credit at Credit Fairy.  There’s even some quizzes you can take at […]

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Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a good time ringing in 2010.
Today also marks the 2nd anniversary of this blog.  I totally forgot last year about this milestone, but was determined not to this year.  Mission accomplished.  Thanks to everyone out there for reading these past 2 years!  I appreciate all of your support.

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