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Building An Emergency Fund – A Vital Part of Financial

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Building An Emergency Fund – A Vital Part of Financial Planning
None of us have the ability to foresee the future or predict the hurdles which lie ahead of us. This makes building an emergency fund a financial priority. Building an emergency fund is healthy for your financial well being, since youre rarely given advance notice [...]

The Threshold between Wealth Creation & Destruction

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Wealth is simply the accumulation of money, and it can only be created by the amount of money that is received and never spent. If you want to build wealth, then anytime you receive money: dont spend all of it. Sure it is a very simple concept, but it is very difficult to continually achieve. [...]

Can your Mortgage be your Savings Account?

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It is becoming increasingly popular to use a mortgage in lieu of a low-interest savings account. Is this a good idea?
The latest version is a home-equity line of credit that is used to buy a home. It is marketed as a way to pay down your mortgage faster than the traditional mortgage. But it only [...]

Offshore Banking – When It Pays To Go Abroad

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While you might presume anyone with money in offshore accounts is involved in some scurrilous business affairs, the truth is that anyone can use this form of investment as a totally legitimate way to defer or reduce your tax payments.
Locations for offshore accounts can be held in banks in British waters the Channel [...]

Budgeting: The Critical Flaw That Causes Most Budgets to Fail

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Budgeting: The Critical Flaw That Causes Most Budgets to Fail
Budgeting. It’s a word we’re all familiar with. Everyone knows what a budget is, right? Yet how many of us actually make and stick to a solid monthly budget? The truth is that most of us start out with the best of intentions, but an unexpected [...]

The Quickest Way to Dramatically Increase Your Net Worth

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Your net worth equals what you own minus what you owe. It is commonly referred to as the difference between your total assets and your total liabilities.
Heres a simple illustration:
Home Value = $350,000   Mortgage balance = $150,000
Investments = 100,000     Credit cards = [...]

New Year Home Budgeting

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The pre-Christmas period is the peak time of the year for retail sales, and many department and other stores depend on a successful Christmas for their annual profits. There is another side to that coin: the same period is also the peak time for consumer spending. A surge in consumer spending often means a jump [...]

Business JetBlue from American Express – Ideal For JetBlue Flyers

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Business JetBlue from American Express – Ideal For JetBlue Flyers
Business JetBlue Credit card is the outcome of the joint efforts of American Express and JetBlue airlines. If you are one of those who frequently avail the services of the JetBlue Airways, then you have an ideal credit card in Business JetBlue from American Express.
You can [...]

Be Cool, Feel Good And Save On Utility Bills

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Besides staying cool when the warm weather rolls in, not getting hot under the collar when the utility bills arrive can be a challenge. The goal is to find an air-conditioning system that looks nice, makes you feel good and operates efficiently.
How To Measure
Cooling Efficiency
Recently enacted federal legislation helps with the efficiency issue. All [...]

The Four Mandatory Buckets Of Personal Finance

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I have already written about the financial necessity of saving a portion of any income payment that you receive. This means that a percentage of every single source of income is set aside, marked, or tracked as money that you cannot spend. This task isnt optional if you want to have some basic financial stability [...]