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Teaching people financing basics
Do Americans know enough about personal finance? Of course not. No need to belabor the point: Studies show that most people fail quizzes on basic questions about how to plan, save, invest and spend.
By JEFF BROWN / Philadelphia Inquirer
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Teaching people financing basics
Do Americans know enough about personal finance? Of course not. No need to belabor the point: Studies show that most people fail quizzes on basic questions about how to plan, save, invest and spend.
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By JEFF BROWN,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
10/14/2002 09:55 AM PDT)
Some assets can siphon wealth
Did you know that there are more than 35,000 self-storage facilities in this country? Americans have so much stuff that our houses and garages are overflowing to the point that we have to rent extra space. I know someone who rented space in a self-storage facility because she ran out of closets to hang her clothes.
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By MICHELLE SINGLETARY,
Columnist ,
10/14/2002 09:47 AM PDT)
Making the case for being frugal
I was recently offering some financial advice to a retired woman with more than $1 million in assets when she asked me if I thought it would be OK for her to buy a new couch.
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By STEVE BUTLER,
Columnist,
10/14/2002 09:45 AM PDT)
Online retirement planning tools more sophisticated, valuable now
Can you go online and truly plan your retirement? No, not every single detail. But you will find some very helpful tools that allow you to outline your financial future, whether you plan on retiring 10, 20 or 30 years from now.
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BY HARRIET JOHNSON BRACKEY,
Knight Ridder Newspapers,
10/14/2002 09:27 AM PDT)
Personal-finance software spiffed up but not upgraded
The 2003 models of the leading personal-finance software already have hit the store shelves, but don't expect any of the excitement you get when new cars hit the showroom in the fall.
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BY MARK SCHWANHAUSSER,
Knight Ridder Newspapers,
10/14/2002 09:19 AM PDT)
Panic will get your 401(k) nowhere
Watching a fall-out like we've witnessed on Wall Street is never easy. But the real pain will be when you actually open your mutual fund or 401(k) statements.
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By SUSAN TOMPOR,
Detroit Free Press,
10/14/2002 09:16 AM PDT)
How much protection does FDIC provide?
Given the continuing gyrations of the stock market, many people are grabbing their money and fleeing to the safety of bank deposit accounts.
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By MICHELLE SINGLETARY,
Columnist,
10/11/2002 08:51 AM PDT)
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Hunt for college aid takes diligence
Q. My daughter is a high school senior and has begun the daunting task of applying for college scholarships. Where can I get information on scholarships that aren't well known, and what's the best way to approach this task?
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Keep those charge card accounts open
Q. In preparation for getting a mortgage, I recently closed three credit card accounts that I'd opened more than 10 years ago but hadn't used much lately. Everybody I talked to told me these unused accounts should be closed as a way of improving my credit score, because otherwise it would look like I had too much available credit. But recently you wrote that closing accounts is a bad idea. Who's right?
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Nothing wrong with saving some of it
Q:My husband recently passed away and our two minor children are receiving monthly survivor benefits. I am fortunate that my income allows me to save part of the benefits for their future. But I've been told that if I save the money that isn't used, Social Security will adjust their benefit amount. Is this true? --L.T. Cuyahoga Falls
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Market downturn forces online investors, brokerages to adapt
Recent years have seen stock trading, banking, credit card applications, insurance and loan shopping gain major footholds with Internet users. But online investing, which roared into the new century as a killer application for the Internet, lately has slumped like a dog on the Dow.
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