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April 2009

Come Stalk me on Facebook…it’ll be fun.

April 10, 2009

Yup, your boy J. Money (or Jay Monee in this case) is on Facebook. Just signed up this week so I’m pretty excited. Kinda weird starting out from scratch since it’s not linked to my personal account, but at least I can interact and get to know all you better :) It’s also cool seeing [...]

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!Esta Semana en la Finanza Personal! (se habla espanol?)

April 10, 2009

Awesome linkage o’ the week :) Putting a Hard Dollar Figure on Your Time – While Nick over at Punny Money hasn’t been posting recently, he still has a vault of financial goodness up on his site. The guy cracks me up. National Foundation for Credit Counseling – A *great* resource to use if you, [...]

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Brokerage Roth IRA’s are where it’s at baby! Yesirrr…

April 9, 2009

Yup, just opened up my very own Brokerage Roth IRA with USAA today! And, as usual, it went swimmingly. They answered all my questions, took the time to explain everything to me, and even opened it up 1-2-3 over the phone for me. Total call time? 14 mins. 37 secs. (hotness!) They even helped me [...]

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Warren Buffett = The Man…or possibly 100 of them.

April 8, 2009

As we all have come to know, Warren Buffett is a P.I.M.P. He can out-invest you, out-donate you, and even out-school you any day of the week. But *why* is that? Does he drink a fancy potion every morning at 5a.m.? Is he related to both Chuck Norris AND Jack Bauer? Unfortunately I don’t know. [...]

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Talk to an H&R Tax Professional for FREE today!

April 7, 2009

Tax experts from H&R Block are offering 24 hours of FREE “taxpertise” today! All you have to do is call or email in your tough tax questions and get free, expert advice. They can be reached @1-877-HRBLOCK (1-877-472-5625) or e-mailed at taxtalk@hrblock.com. Good luck slackers ;)

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Reader Mail: What’s better for me – a 401(k) or Roth IRA?

April 7, 2009

You all know how much I LOVE my 401(k), but what about our friend the Roth IRA? Both investing vehicles are sexy in their own way, but how do you know when to use one over the other? The answer to these questions always lies within the situation at hand – and it just so [...]

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Time to start buying stocks again! The J-man’s excited…

April 6, 2009

It’s been a long time since I’ve owned individual stocks (6 years), and I’m feelin’ lucky! The market’s down, our savings are up, and I’m ready to give it the ol’ college try again. Plus, I’m a lot better off financially and emotionally than I was the last time I gave it a shot. 6 [...]

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"I Will Teach You To Be Rich" Winners announced…

April 4, 2009

And the winners for the “I Will Teach You To Be Rich” book giveaway are… (dim the lights) Winner #1: RivardWinner #2: collegesuitcaseWinner #3: Bob Phangureh CONGRATULATIONS! Not only did you win a FREE book, but you also forced me to count from 1 to 92 a handful of times to make sure I got [...]

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PF Happy Hour = Success! Although my brain hurts…

April 3, 2009

Yup, just 12 hours ago I was surrounded by some of the raddest personal finance bloggers in the DC area. And I must admit, it’s a LOT more interesting talkin’ face to face than over the interwebs. I couldn’t believe it, there are *real* people behind these blogs! haha…. And guess what? They like beer! [...]

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This Week in Personal Finance … (happy friday!)

April 3, 2009

Link Love for the week: “I Will Teach You To Be Rich” Book Giveaway (by me) – Don’t forget to enter my drawing to win 1 of the 3 FREE books I’m giving away! The cut off time is today @ 12noon EST. A Clever way to set up strong & easy to remember passwords! [...]

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