Morningstar recently laid out a few ways to tell if your fund company is putting you first.  Corporate culture is key when it comes to how you’re treated as a shareholder.  Are the fund boards independent enough of corporate management to really stand up for the rights of shareholders?  Are fund managers compensated in such a [...]

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I would probably already be a multi-millionaire if it weren’t for these huge money-wasters.  I estimate just in the past month, I’ve wasted approximately $152,502.42 on the following vices.  Not that I’m complaining: you only live once, right?  I have no intention of cutting back.  This is for informational purposes only.
 Let’s start from the top:

Women
It’s been said that women [...]

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My post Determine Your Risk Tolerance was featured in monday’s Carnival of Personal Finance #146 - Online Broker Tips Edition hosted by StockTradingToGo. 
How To Create An Alternative Source Of Income Part One by The Financial Blogger
My personal favorite post of the carnival is part one of a four part series on creating a viable alternative source of [...]

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Stuck in unusually bad traffic on the way home from the office Thursday afternoon, I heard a commercial that really pissed me off.  It was for a company called BlueHippo (hereafter referred to as Evil Greedy Corporation) that sells  laptop computers “no matter how bad your credit.”  I usually just sigh and change the station, [...]

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Here is the schedule for Bush’s 2008 economic stimulus tax rebate.  To be eligible for the full rebate, single filers must have a 2007 Adjusted Gross Income below $75,000 and joint filers must have an AGI below $175,000.
Direct Deposit Payment

If the last 2 digits of your SS# are:
Your rebate will be sent by:

00-20
May 2

21-75
May 9

76-99
May 16

Paper [...]

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When will people learn if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is?  A Santa Ana insurance agent and Irvine securities lawyer allegedly took investors for more than $40 million.  Multitudes of small investors claim they
“…were promised returns of up to 40% through a sophisticated investment strategy usually reserved for hedge funds and [...]

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