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Weekend todo list: 10 ways to improve your finances right away

Last week I went to a talk hosted by the Cornell Young Alumni Network about budgeting.  Avi and Matt, the Co-founder and Lead Scientist (respectively) of JustThrive.com spoke about money, budgeting and the psychology of financial choices.  They also took us through their online tool at JustThrive.  I’ve mentioned Mint a number of times, but [...]

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Announcing “Ask me a question”

Starting today I’m offering readers the ability to ask a question privately to me through MoneyMerc.  If you have been wondering anything about your personal finances, or just don’t get something you heard about, go ahead and ask! I promise to respond as soon as I can, usually in a week or less (so don’t ask [...]

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Mint.com just got sweeter: track your spending and investments too

[Photo: QuintanaRoo] I’ve written previously about the usefulness of Mint.com for tracking spending.  Recently they’ve released a whole bunch of investment-tracking features that allow you to see all your money, investments and assets in one place.  This eliminates the need for Fidelity’s Full View, which does pretty much the same thing, but requires that you have [...]

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Don’t go broke saving money (or getting your piece of the stimulus package)

[First post of the year - work has been crazy lately, but I still intend to post at least once per month, with my goal at twice.  Thanks for reading and commenting!] photo by emdot These are tough times.  Everyone seems to be trying to save a little more, and spend a little less.  Watch out though, [...]

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