Goals

Shifting Focus – Updated Goals For 2009

Earlier this month, I wrote about my financial goals for 2009.  After talking things over with my wife for the past couple of weeks, we have decided to shift our focus – temporarily – away from aggressive long-term saving and towards aggressive short-term savings.  Here are the changes we plan to make – Original Prioritized List Of Personal Finance Goals…

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Debt Reduction

5 Debt Reduction Methods

Debt Avalanche – List your debts – from highest rate to lowest rate – and make minimum payments to all accounts. Make extra payments to the first account on the list, until it is paid-in-full. Combine amount (minimum payment and extra payment) which had been going to the first account on your list, and apply it to the second account…

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Debt Reduction

Debt Deluge – Modified Debt Snowball

I am a big fan of  Dave Ramsey.  I listen to his radio program and I’ve read all of Dave’s Books. His is one of my favorite personal finance books.  Dave made famous a specific debt reduction method – The Debt Snowball.  From personal experience, I can verify that The Debt Snowball works – and I’ll be eternally grateful for…

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