Tag: money blogger
member name: Ms. Meacham: Money Maven
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May 14, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
I met a friend for drinks yesterday. She left her job several months ago, and with no job replacement in near term, is cashing out her 401(k) rather than rolling it over to an IRA. For her and her money . . .
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May 21, 2008 04:23 PM EDT --
Want two bangs for your stimulus check bucks? You could have it deposited along with your refund directly into your IRA or other tax-favored retirement accounts. (Note that, if you elected for your refund . . .
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May 21, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
It's a crazy mixed-up oil world out there. The big-oil executives are testifying today in front of the Senate, and they're getting heat for what the Senators say is OPEC price collusion . . .
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May 08, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
TODAY THE U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution to stop making pennies that cost more than they're worth -- a move that "could save about $100 million a year, or . . .
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April 24, 2008 09:51 PM EDT --
Purse strings are tightening.
There are food riots in countries throughout the world as the rising cost of things like the fuel used for transporting food and the corn used to augment fuel or . . .
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March 28, 2008 06:08 PM EDT --
While banks make $25 to $40 on every payment they run through your account after it's over drawn, you're left holding the bag -- at a time when you didn't have enough money to begin with. I have a huge . . .
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April 04, 2008 08:36 PM EDT --
An individual made a contribution for 2007, in March of 2008. He now realizes that it created an excess contribution and wants to know if his custodian can adjust it to a 2008 contribution. The answer . . .
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December 28, 2007 08:04 PM EST --
As Jan. 1 rapidly approaches, I sit down to carve out my goals for the coming year. My goals run the gamut from finally wrapping up all of the projects I've started to getting my house (financially . . .
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January 18, 2008 01:24 PM EST --
President Bush has spoken, today calling for " an economic growth package as soon as possible ." (For more see Chris W.'s Gather article, " Jumpstarting the economy: . . .
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February 06, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
The Bush budget proposal is in , and with it comes renewed fears that the current administration's plans are spiraling the American economy into a recession. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average . . .
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April 09, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
"Do you know a FICO from an IRA?" So asks the Fine Living television network's new Money IQ test .
I just took it: 10 questions, lots of hints, entertaining and educational videos, . . .
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May 01, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
RISMEDIA, May 2008 -- Despite the shakeup in many sectors of the mortgage industry, demand for real estate financing will remain strong through the third quarter of 2008, according to the Mortgage Bankers . . .
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August 03, 2008 04:52 AM EDT --
Are you tight on funds, or just looking to wrap up loose financial ends? For U.S. residents there are some quick places to check to see if any money is due your way: (please note that I've included . . .
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November 28, 2007 02:42 PM EST --
THE HOUSING HUBBUB has a sunny lining for Gatherer's looking for a new place to call home . Home prices have fallen most sharply in the Sunbelt cities, marking a buyer's market for . . .
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April 30, 2008 12:51 AM EDT --
It's really no surprise that home prices measured by Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 cities fell at a record clip in February . We pretty much knew that was . . .
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January 08, 2009 01:17 AM EST --
You may have already heard the news: Online retail sales dropped this year by 3 percent, to $25.5 billion from 2007's $26.3 billion, during the Nov. 1 to Dec. 23 holiday shopping season according . . .
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October 17, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
U.S. homeowners be warned: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the housing slump is "not ending as quickly" as presumed and looks like "it will continue to adversely impact our economy, . . .
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December 12, 2007 03:34 PM EST --
The Fed's Open Market Committee has spoken. It has cut interest rates another quarter point, sparking another sell-off on Wall Street where many investors wanted a half-point cut.
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January 23, 2008 08:48 PM EST --
Tuesday's Gather homepage poll struck a cord:
Turns out that a majority of Gather.com members responding to this Jan. 22 poll feel that a recession is indeed in the cards. . . .
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November 07, 2007 07:59 PM EST --
If you're trying to figure out what to make of falling stocks and rising oil prices, you're in good company.
The Federal Reserve Board is also caught between a rock and a hard place. Last week . . .
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