Tag: money maven
member name: Ms. Meacham: Money Maven
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June 04, 2009 08:14 PM EDT --
With news of Boomers sacrificing 401(k) and IRA contributions to pay for their children's education comes this note from a kind reader:
"I don't like 401(k) plans or IRA plans," . . .
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July 02, 2008 09:07 PM EDT --
Today shares of General Motors Corp. stocks plunged to the lowest level since September 1954. It's a rude awakening for a stock long listed as "blue chip," and one that's . . .
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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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September 27, 2008 01:40 PM EDT --
In the midst of bailout talks to "rescue" America's over-exuberant lending and financial institutions with $700 billion, the House has passed a second, more reasonable plan to help the . . .
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December 17, 2008 10:46 PM EST --
It has been a wild and woolly week, from the Ford bailout that never was (though it's still closing a few Ford plants ) to the Treasury bonds that promise nothing more than negative interest and . . .
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April 14, 2009 01:16 AM EDT --
New research shows that 55 percent of respondents would like access to financial planners through their employer retirement plans. Not surprising, given the growing uncertainty in picking growth investments . . .
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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 29, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
This week has been a busy one for me, trying to wrap up half a dozen assignments due by month's end. So, today's The Bottom Line blog will focus on a few of the news stories that have crossed . . .
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September 16, 2008 04:11 PM EDT --
I started saving for another investment property a little over a month ago, and have committed myself to not tapping into anything other than this account for the purchase. Now one falls into my lap. . . .
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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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May 15, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
Hello everyone. Just a quick note to thank you all for the enlightening comments and encouraging words over the past two and a half years as a member of the Gather community.
Gather member Jo . . .
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August 27, 2008 04:12 PM EDT --
The Office of the Attorney General has settled its three-year investigation into CitiBank's handling of customer over-payments and refunds, securing refunds for 53,000 affected CitiBank creditcard . . .
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July 10, 2009 01:25 PM EDT --
With unemployment at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, all is not lost. The number of newly laid-off workers filing for unemployment insurance has actually been dropping since early April . Granted, that's . . .
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April 16, 2008 09:13 PM EDT --
Chain letters are still out there. Whether mailed or e-mailed the scheme is the same: Mail a check to the people listing in the letter, add your name to the bottom of the list, then mail the letter to . . .
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December 19, 2008 05:30 PM EST --
Kirby Daley, senior strategist at Newedge Group does not believe the U.S. markets have clocked in at the bottom . Here he tells CNBC how to identify the bottom in the equity markets and . . .
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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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July 10, 2008 09:24 PM EDT --
With the new iPhone 3G coming out tomorrow (July 11), some retail analysts predict consumers will be "on a weekend buying frenzy." I won't be one of them, although with my Palm Pilot . . .
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May 28, 2009 08:40 PM EDT --
With the signing of the federal Recovery and Reinvestment Act in May, $85 million is coming AmeriCorps way. AmeriCorps already has 75,000 American citizens working in below-minimum-wage, service-oriented . . .
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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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