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All awesome posts on Investing: IRAs, 401k, retirement, stocks, SEP, ROTHs, you name it.

I Bought My First Gold Coin!

March 28, 2012
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Arrghhhh Matey! I’m a modern day pirate! ;)  Though now I don’t really know what exactly to DO with this piece of gold, other than just stash it away in my safe and hope I never have to use it one day, haha…  So I guess it begs the question, “Why even get it in [...]

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Who Wants $5,000 To Max Out Their IRA?? :)

March 21, 2012
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MAN this is gonna be awesome for one of you out there!! In preparation for the awesomest movement yet – The Roth IRA Movement – coming up on March 27th, and created by my boy Jeff (aka Mini “Rock”) from Good Financial Cents, we’re banning together with the new IRAmarket service to give one lucky [...]

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Now $22,082 Cash-Less! ;)

March 13, 2012
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But for a much MUCH better cause this time, haha… our retirement ;) Even though yesterday’s tax fail was a major hurt in the wallet, it could have been a TON worse had we not invested anything into our SEP IRA as well. Every dollar that goes into that bad boy, is one less dollar [...]

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What If We Only Invested in Companies We Loved?

January 24, 2012
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(UPDATE: I just invested in a lot of these guys!) I’ve been thinking long and hard about this idea lately, and I REALLY think there’s something to it.  And I’m pretty sure I’ve heard a famous investor, or financial guru, or somebody well-respected once say it’s a great theory to adhere to also.  I mean, [...]

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How I Lost A Fortune Getting Out of Debt

December 22, 2011
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(Guest Post by Todd R. Tresidder — A great guy with a rather interesting take on his self-proclaimed “mistake” — I don’t know if I’d call it that, but how do YOU see it?) I thought it was a smart move, but I guess I still had a few things to learn. The plan seemed [...]

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The Green Bay Packers Go Up For Sale and I Almost Fall For It.

December 7, 2011
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For anyone following the sick nasty Packers this season, they’re not only stompin’ everyone on the football field, but they’re now giving *anyone* a chance to OWN a part of their team as well!  That’s right, as of yesterday afternoon YOU too can own a piece of your very own NFL team :) Woop Woop! [...]

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5 For Friday: Do You Believe in Financial Advisors?

November 18, 2011

OMG seriously, you *have to* watch that video up there! For anyone who follows me on Twitter, you’ll know how obsessed I am with it, haha… (and if you’re reading this via RSS, click here to see what I’m in love with). It’s a pair of cartoons playing out a “day in the life of [...]

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The Pros of Maxing Out Your Roth IRA!

November 16, 2011
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For a world record THREE years in a row, we’re going for the good ol’ IRA Max again!  Woohoo! $5,000 out of my cash reserves (I hope they enjoyed it there while they could! haha…), and right into my brokerage Roth IRA  ;)  One of my favorite tools around, and yet it almost slipped my [...]

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Ringing The Closing Bell at NASDAQ Today!!

November 11, 2011
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Well, more like pushing a big square button! Haha… (I had no idea that’s how it was done, did you?) And actually I wont’ be doing the pushing either, I just got invited to come participate when my new friends found out I was a HUGE finance nerd and philanthropy lover! :) They day belongs [...]

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Get Your Financial $tuff in One Sock!

November 7, 2011
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(Guest Post by Babs Wagner) I’m going in for surgery followed by a 6-week convalescence this month and I believe in the old adage, “plan for the worst, hope for the best.”  The best case is I enjoy the awesome post-surgical drugs, guilt my family into doing all the cooking and cleaning for 6 weeks, [...]

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