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Is Buying Cheap Stuff Always a Good Choice?

If you want to have a good personal finance, you must learn to save money. Don’t spend money on things that aren’t necessary. Try to find lower price alternatives whenever possible. But now I want to look at the other side of the equation: is buying cheap stuff always a good choice?
Well, if you buy [...]

March 20th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Have You Managed Your Personal Financial Documents?

One part of your personal finance that you should not forget about is your personal financial documents. But why should we care about them, especially because so much financial information these days is online? Well, they might not be useful when everything goes well, but when something goes wrong your financial documents can really save [...]

March 20th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Getting the Best Individual Health Insurance Coverage

Have you had an individual health insurance coverage? Health insurance is important because when something goes wrong with your health, your medical costs could be prohibitive. What’s the use of saving money for years if you have to spend it on health-related expenses? As such, you need to be covered with a good insurance.
Many people [...]

March 19th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Save Money By Using Free Software and Applications

Computers’ role in our work and daily life becomes increasingly important day by day. People use computers for their entertainment, productivity, and communication needs. Of course, to do all those we need to install various software on those computers. We need to install software to play music, type documents, chat through the Internet, and more.
This [...]

March 19th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Improve Your Credit Score By Paying Your Credit Card Balance in Full

When it comes to getting big loans (like home mortgage), your credit score plays an important role. The better your credit score is, the better rate you can get for the loan. This can make a big difference in your personal finance since it could mean a difference of thousands of dollars for big loans. [...]

March 19th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Take Advantage of Your Credit Card Benefits and Rewards

Practically everyone has credit cards these days, but many of them don’t get the most out of their cards. They might have used their cards for years just as an instrument of payment, but they don’t realize that they can get many more things (in the form of benefits and rewards) from their cards.
Don’t be [...]

March 19th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Build Saving Habit By Paying Yourself First

If you want to live without financial worries, one important habit you should build is saving habit. This is essential because otherwise you will just enter financial problem after financial problem. Your situation is especially dangerous if you are living paycheck to paycheck. You don’t have any financial breathing room, so if something unexpected happened [...]

March 18th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Investing in Mutual Fund with Dollar Cost Averaging

When you invest in the stock market, you obviously want to put your money when the prices are low and then take the money out when the prices are high. This way you will get a lot of profit for your investment. But timing the market like that is difficult, not only for laymen but [...]

March 18th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Car Buying Tip: Pay Attention to Your Car Mileage Expenses

There are many things you should consider when you want to buy a car. You should consider its convenience and price. You should also consider the maintainability of the car. Is it easy to maintain?
But there’s one more thing you should consider: your car mileage expenses. Don’t overlook this important factor because it might cost [...]

March 11th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »

Checking Your IRS Income Tax Refund Status

Have you checked your IRS income tax refund status? If you haven’t, then you should go to the IRS web site and use an online tool there that will give you your refund status. To get the information, you need to input your Social Security Number, your Filling Status, and the exact whole dollar amount [...]

March 11th, 2010 · Tags Finance | No Comments »