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143 Past Due – What Rising Interest Rates Mean To You

February 4, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Past Due: Radio 143 – What Rising Interest Rates Mean to You Right-click to download Send me your feedback or leave me a voice mail: (919) 374-0501 Leave a review on iTunes What’s all the hubbub about interest rates, anyway? What does it mean if they go up [...]

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140 Past Due – Never Beyond Budgeting

January 14, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Past Due: Radio 140 – Never Beyond Budgeting Right-click to download Send me your feedback or leave me a voice mail: (919) 374-0501 Leave a review on iTunes Budgeting isn’t very popular or sexy in the wide world of personal financial topics. Comparing budgeting to understanding ETFs is [...]

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Food….A Four Letter Word

January 14, 2011

Last week I touched on how to save (or really spend less) on “stuff”. One of the biggest budget busters for people is food, so I think it’s worth discussing some ways to keep those costs minimized as well. You have to eat, I’m not going to deny you that, so how can we keep [...]

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Automate It

December 17, 2010

A lot of us live our lives on autopilot. Wake up, get dressed, drink coffee (if you have young kids like me, lots of coffee), head to work, do the daily grind, come home, dinner, TV, bed. I’m not necessarily encouraging this as a lifestyle, but lets face it, we as Americans are pulled towards [...]

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135 Past Due – Do-Overs: Buying A Car

December 10, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Past Due: Radio 135 – Do-Overs: Buying A Car Right-click to download Send me your feedback or leave me a voice mail: (919) 374-0501 Leave a review on iTunes Remember when you’d yell, “Do over!” while playing games as a child? It was so easy to have a [...]

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Don’t Make That Commitment

November 12, 2010

What are you doing next week? You probably have a general idea. How about in 5 years? You might have some goals and dreams, but life happens and sometimes it can be hard to predict. So why would you want to commit $470* a month to pay for a car over the next 5 years? [...]

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Credit Union v Bank

November 5, 2010

So, what’s the difference and why does it matter to you? A banks primary purpose is to make money for their investors and stock holders. Unless you hold a stock certificate with your bank’s name on it, they are not in business to help you make money. A Credit Union isn’t trying to make you [...]

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Open Enrollment

October 22, 2010

Here is comes, time for your company to let you know how much more health insurance is going to cost you in the upcoming year than it did this past year. Since most employers offer more than one option, you should review the choices rather than sticking with the status quo or default option. After [...]

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127 Past Due – The Holiday Minefield & Punishing Savers

October 15, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Past Due: Radio 127 – The Holiday Minefield & Punishing Savers Right-click to download Send me your feedback or leave me a voice mail: (919) 374-0501. Leave a review on iTunes Do you know that we’re on the verge of entering a minefield? That’s right! The holidays are [...]

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Go Ahead, Be Selfish

September 24, 2010

We teach our children to share, to find the joy in giving, and that the world doesn’t revolve around them. Just as we try to model the social behaviors we want our children to take into adulthood, financial ideas and habits start developing at a young age. Whether we are conscientiously teaching them or they [...]

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