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$48000 Goal: 3 Months In (An Update)

I began 2007 with a goal of saving 60% of my gross income ($48,000). (On this blog, whenever I say “my” I am referring to “household” income.) So far, I have fully funded my daughter’s ESA for 2006 and 2007, fully funded my Roth IRA for 2006, and fully funded my wife’s Roth IRA for 2006. (In order to fully…

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NCN Reaches The FINAL FOUR!

Free Money Finance has been running a “March Madness” style tournament, pitting personal finance bloggers against one another in a battle to the DEATH! (OK, maybe not to the “death”… but it would be cool to win!) My post, Avoid 10 Common Debt Reduction Mistakes, has made it to the final four. My competition, Five Cent Nickel, is a great…

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