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I have a GREAT phone. It’s so great that I accidentally dropped it in the parking garage at work and kicked it across the floor. I’m just lucky another car didn’t come whipping around the corner and crush it. It’s a red Motorola KRZR that was a Valentine’s Day special with Verizon earlier this year. [...]
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I have been going through my files and I found my old 401k statements. I had to recreate some of the missing amounts, but basically I started with $289.90 in 401k contributions, and added $38.25-39.02 with each semi-monthly paycheck over 2+ years. My total contribution in cash was $1,890.63.
When I left that company in 2005, [...]
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I went on a job interview yesterday afternoon. It was for an open job fair. I did ok. The screener was very nice and we talked about Oracle and Information On Demand, which is his company’s code words for business intelligence and all of its attendant technical work.
I honestly don’t know why I signed up [...]
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My original post on 401K True-ups is one of the most popular search terms reaching my site. I guess there isn’t a lot of information about them.
I am reposting it at the request of Sistah Ant, who wasn’t sure what it was. Looking back, I am gratified that reader BD was inspired to ask about [...]
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I have a motivation problem. I’m not ‘running scared’ anymore. In the past, I’ve paid off all my consumer debt and lived within my means. I wasn’t saving anything though. I felt like the world was going to crash down all around me if I missed a payment.
Right now, because I am making a great [...]
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Per the commenters on my dental financing post, I needed to look into IRA contributions more carefully. Without getting too specific about what I make in income, I am hitting to the phase out point. Over the last few years, the contribution rules have changed and apparently, I’m behind the times. I needed to do [...]
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Work is on the upswing again, so today I leave you with a round up post. But stay tuned for some IRA information later this week.
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One Million and Beyond. A kick in the pants for me. Accepting my responsibility.
James is spot on about inheritance not being the surest way to wealth. Stick to [...]
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So I’ve been thinking about reducing my 401k contribution so I could pay my bills off faster.
Then there was this rigamarole about cutting back to 5% just to continue receiving the company match, because that sounded like I was giving up free money. And then I remembered that my company does a 401k true-up. So [...]
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I love the Washington City Paper. I was at the Yarn Harlot book signing event last night. As I waited for my friends to get their books signed, and deliver her a beer, I flipped through the paper and found a lovely ad on page 49.
Financial and Credit Literacy Day
Hosted by the Washington Area Community [...]
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There have been days this summer, or rather sleepless nights, where I regretted getting the bike. And then I had a perfectly clear afternoon this week, schedule-wise and weather-wise. I put my fully-charged battery back into the bike, mashing up the screw on the right and got it started again. I love fixing stuff myself, [...]
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