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Mapping Your Financial Infrastructure (Guest Post)

Today’s guest post has been provided by Alan Perlman. Alan is a travel blogger, and also an economist for a cost-of-living firm based in Cambridge, MA. You can find him online @alanperlman. Mapping your financial infrastructure is a mundane task. It’s not exciting. It’s not likely to save you big bucks. Instead, it’s the sort [...]

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Weekend Goal – Financial Audit

Image by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com via Flickr 12 Steps for Getting your Finances in Order Getting your finances in order is so easy to put off. That’s why every few months, it’s necessary to do a financial audit of yourself. Brush off those dollar cobwebs and get to work! Everyone should take some time out of their [...]

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What’s the difference between a 401k and a Roth IRA

Image by urban_data via Flickr The only difference between these two retirement vehicles is when you get taxed. A 401k allows you to contribute money pre-tax to an account (say when you are 30 years old), and the only time you get taxed is when you retire (say at 62 years old). All capital gains [...]

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