By Jim Sloan The media made it sound like the tax relief law passed late last year was designed to make a lot of older, rich taxpayers happy with new tax deductions and more favorable federal tax brackets. But in reality, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 contained a [...]

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By Richard Barrington Have you ever run a long-distance race? I find it useful to think of saving money like distance running. If you obsess over the total distance, then each step seems hopelessly insignificant in covering the necessary ground. If instead you just start making those steps, and concentrate on finding a comfortable and [...]

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This is a guest post from Marc Pearlman. When people ask me if they could be successful at day trading, my first response is, “Do you know what day trading is?” Most people don’t. You might think day trading is about finding the best online brokerage, grabbing a stack of financial reports, arming yourself with [...]

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by Barbara Marquand In the wake of the financial meltdown, top money expert Saly Glassman says investors need to take responsibility of their finances and get their investments back on track. Glassman, ranked the nation’s No. 1 woman financial advisor by Barron’s, is author of “It’s About More Than the Money: Investment Wisdom for Building [...]

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In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been taking somewhat of a financial blogging hiatus for the last few months. However, during this period of time, I’ve been spending my days productively – traveling overseas, tending to my other online and real world ventures, as well as scouting out opportunities in areas that remain yet untapped. [...]

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In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been taking somewhat of a financial blogging hiatus for the last few months. However, during this period of time, I’ve been spending my days productively – traveling overseas, tending to my other online and real world ventures, as well as scouting out opportunities in areas that remain yet untapped. [...]

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The first month of the new year was a good month for me financially. Now you must be wondering to yourself – how can that possibly be – especially considering that my calculated net worth dropped in excess of $15,000 for the month of January. Well, because I only show a singular snapshot of my [...]

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Well, it looks like January 2010 has finally arrived. Goodbye 2009, and hello 2010! According to most public sentiment surveys I’ve seen thus far, the overwhelming consensus is that 2009 was a particularly terrible year. The economy tanked, retirement savings were largely wiped out, and home equity values were pretty much eviscerated. However, where there’s [...]

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Well, it looks like January 2010 has finally arrived. Goodbye 2009, and hello 2010!
According to most public sentiment surveys I’ve seen thus far, the overwhelming consensus is that 2009 was a particularly terrible year. The economy tanked, retirement savings were largely wiped out, and home equity values were eviscerated. However, where there’s misery, there always [...]

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Time for another one of my networth updates and progress reports to check up on how well or bad I’ve done for myself during the preceding month. Based on my current online bank and investment account numbers, things are starting to look up since the previous month when my stock portfolio took a slight tumble [...]

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