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  • Beating Post Holiday Buyer’s Remorse

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    If you’re like millions of consumers who overstretched during the holiday purchase frenzy, you are starting to feel the pangs of buyer’s remorse as the credit card bills start to roll in. It’s that time of year where you either feel letdown or relief that the holiday hub-bub has passed and are faced with the…

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    Paula

  • Queercents Weekly Roundup: Deep Thoughts

    Due to a series of remarkable events this week, I have experienced possibly the first day in my life in which I was the only person in a room not hungover–instead of vice versa.   Turns out, that’s a refreshing feeling.   The PF blogosphere certainly helps: this week has been all about philosophical, analytical…

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    Melissa

  • Imagine What is Possible in 2008…

    Take a moment to imagine 2008 as the year you finally get comfortable in your own skin, make peace with your relationship to money, and create the life you want… Imagine… You don’t start it like the usual post-holiday train wreck… Imagine… You skip the resolutions… Imagine… You make an investment in YOU, in transformation,…

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    Paula

  • Ten Money Questions

    Our guest gets personal below about money, memories and why we need to get serious about our finances. Enjoy! 1. How do emotions impact decisions with saving and spending? For many of us, our financial decisions are very similar to our food decisions ‘“ they’re based on fulfilling an emotional need. Spenders tend to buy…

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    Nina

  • The Retirement Plan Family Tree: 401(k) Alternatives

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    This is the first part of a series of articles intended to help readers understand a business owner’s options to the common 401(k), a plan that is often very expensive and time consuming to administer for small-businesses. Once upon a time, there was a lonely retirement account for small business owners called 401(k). It had…

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    Marc

  • My Take on Personal Finance and Freedom

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    For my inaugural post to Queercents I’d just like to introduce myself. I’m a thirtysomething single guy living in Atlanta. I’m not a native southerner but I’ve lived here long enough to say ‘œy’all’ in casual conversation. My interest in personal finance came as a result of many mistakes and poor discipline. Credit card offers…

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    Mike

  • Taxing Our Patience at Mombian

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    Dana Rudolph over at Mombian had this to say about TurboTax’s marketing and how their software handles same-sex relationships: Tax-preparation software TurboTax has a number of Web pages devoted to helping people determine the tax implications of various life changes, such as changing jobs, getting married, or having children. To the right is the image…

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    Nina

  • Bliss Doesn’t Come with a Direct Deposit

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    I am now less than two weeks away from my thirtieth birthday. Thirty is a big, fat, round number. And since I’m coming up on this big fat round number, it’s a good time to figure out where the heck my life is going. So many things in my life are intentional: my wonderful partner…

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    Jan

  • WWYD: Sharing Your Financial Goals

    ‘œGoals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.’ ‘“ Brian Tracy Many of us have set 2008 financial goals these past few weeks. If you haven’t done this and need help, here’s a good place to start. One system of goal setting is to use the SMART method: by making sure the goal is…

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    Nina