What to Do When Your Company Stop Matching Your 401K

April 3, 2009

This has been a rough year for almost every company out there.  Every company has to do banking, so even if they aren’t a publicly traded company, they are feeling the pinch. My employer planned to expand their 401K plan for this year.  They sent a letter on Monday regretting that they would not be [...]

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Investments and Emergency Funds Dependent on Your Career

March 25, 2009

How Much Emergency Savings Should I Have? Should I invest in more stocks than bonds? Every personal finance blogger has their own opinion about this. Most of them say you should have at least 3-6 months if you are single, and up to a year if you are married with children. The best strategy that [...]

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Commentary on Ramit’s Book “I Will Teach You to be Rich”: What if You are Dumb Dan?

March 23, 2009

In Ramit Sethi’s new book I Will Teach You To Be Rich, he demonstrates the power of compound interest with the example of Smart Sally and Dumb Dan. (There is an error as of this writing as mentioned in Calculation Error in Book I Will teach You to be Rich, but the point and the [...]

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Calculation Error in the book “I Will Teach You to be Rich”

March 21, 2009

I have the privilege of being a part of Ramit Sethi’s private book launch community for his newest upcoming book, I Will Teach You To Be Rich. The first chapter is available for free at SlideShare: First Chapter of I Will Teach You to be Rich book. As pointed out on Lifehacker: Read the First [...]

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