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2018, September
- 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Every Purchase
- Free Credit Freezes are Here. Here’s How to Use Them.
- Can we Kill Home Ownership as the “American Dream”?
- Using the Power of Re-framing & Ingenuity to Cut Expenses
- “The Mexican Fisherman” Parable
- Tax Reform Wage Gain Failure & the 20% Passthrough Deduction Mess
- Fidelity Launches Two Zero-Cost Index Funds & Slashes Fees to Beat Vanguard & Schwab
- The “Sale” = “Saving Money” Fallacy (i.e. Amazon Prime Day)
- Money & Happiness: The Psychology of Intrinsic Vs Extrinsic Goals
- Warning: Avoid Health Care Sharing Ministries & Association Health Plans (AHP’s)
- Vanguard’s Commission-Free ETF List Expansion is About to Blow Up the Investment World
- The Millennial Retirement Enthusiasm and Reality Gap
- Why Immigration is Good for your Finances (and the Country)
- A Review of Sprint’s New $15/mo. Unlimited Talk, Text, & Data Plan (Limited Offer)
- Maximum HSA Contributions for 2018 & 2019
- Save for a Home or Retirement? A Look at First-Time Homebuyer Retirement Plan Distribution Rules
- Lifestyle Creep Defined, its Calculated Impact, & How to Beat it
- Should I Close an Old Credit Card I No Longer Use?
- Environmentally Friendly Products that Actually Save you Money
- Last Minute Tax Deductions & Credits that can Lower your Tax Bill
- My Xfinity Mobile Review
- The Cheapest & Best Tax Software Prep: a Comparison of 6 Programs
- The House Burning Down Exercise
- The U.S. Personal Savings Rate is Plummeting. But Yours Should be Rising.
- How About that Tax “Cut”?
- How to Sell your CD’s for the Most Money
- Education Tax Credits & Deductions: Updated for 2017 & 2018
- How to Do Your Taxes: A Guide to Make Filing Taxes Simpler
- Stocks are NOT On Sale Right Now
- The 2017 & 2018 Energy Tax Credits
- H&R Block Online Tax Prep Reader Giveaway! (Deadline to Enter is Sunday)
- The Child Tax Credit (Updated for 2017 & 2018, Pre and Post Tax Reform)
- The Most Fuel Efficient Cars of 2018
- 2018 Free National Park Days in U.S.: Mark your Calendars!
- The Cheapest New Cars of 2018
- How to Get your Sam’s Club Membership Fee Refund (& Switch to Costco)
- My Self Assessment of Last Year and Goals for 2018
- 2018 Tax Deadline, Start Date, and Extension Dates (for 2017 Calendar Year)
- 2017 & 2018 Tax Brackets & Standard Deductions (Updated Post Tax Reform)
- The Best HSA Account Administrators
- 20somethingfinance: Year in Review (Best of)
- The Best Retirement Account: Ranked by Contribution Priority
- Your Guide to ACA Open Enrollment (Update: Enrollment Closes Friday!)
- Invest in Bitcoin or Avoid it Like the Plague?
- Question Every Purchase
- The Costco Appliance Warranty can 4X the Manufacturer’s Warranty (for Free)
- The Charitable Donation Deduction Crash that Nobody Sees Coming
- Mainstream Personal Finance Advice for Uninspired Americans
- Act Fast – Your 401K Benefits May Be Slashed Next Year
- Earned Income Tax Credit Basics
- Saver’s Tax Credit Qualifications for 2017 and 2018
- 2018 Maximum 401K Contribution Limits
- 2017 & 2018 Maximum IRA Contribution Limits
- What is a Credit Lock? A Credit Lock Versus Credit Freeze Breakdown
- Good Tax Reform or Trickle Down Economics? A Look at the New Tax Plan
- Where to Get Cheap or Free Flu Shots
- What is a Credit Freeze? And Should you Use it?
- Equifax Hack: Your Data was Hacked. Here’s How to Protect Yourself (without Equifax!)
- Creating a Better Workplace
- The Spoiled & Greedy Class
- Is Personal Finance a Legit Reason to Not Have Kids or Pets?
- Wealth Alone Does Not Make a Hero
- The Costco Liquor Cabinet: A Costco Alcohol, Wine, Beer, & Spirits Price List
- Why we Pay Too Much for Insurance (& how to Cut your Costs)
- Cut your Grocery Bill with a Grocery Price List Spreadsheet
- What Makes a Country Great? And How Can We Make Ours Better?
- Double-Check your Pay Raise! (& Other Automation & Payroll Errors)
- The Law of Diminishing Returns & Personal Finance
- Ally Invest Review (Post TradeKing Migration)
- Airline Bumping: Your Rights & Compensation Opportunities on Overbooked Flights
- The Role of Luck in Financial Success
- How to File an IRS Tax Extension
- Should you Make SEP IRA Contributions as an Employer or Individual?
- How to Optimize, Improve, & Get the Most Out of your Crappy 401K
- Trumpcare Fails. ACA Survives. Single-Payer Next?
- The HSA Contribution Deadline is at the Tax Deadline Too (with Caveats)
- Should you Pay Off your Mortgage Early? I did. Here’s why.
- The IRA Contribution Deadline for a Calendar Year is the Tax Deadline
- Credit Karma Review: From a User (Updated for 2018)
- Retirement Number Predictions Gone Wrong have Consequences
- Safe Withdrawal Rate: how to Calculate how Much you Need to Retire
- Should you Front-Load your HSA Contributions?
- How to Pay Taxes with a Credit Card (and Profit)
- Get an IRS EIN Number to Protect your SSN on W9’s for Self-Employment Income
- Extend the Useful Life of your HDTV with an HDMI Switch
- My Personal Finance Review of Last Year and Goals for 2017
- Is My Money Safe in an Investment Account?
- The Backdoor Roth IRA
- Managing the Gap Between your Reality & your Financial Goals
- Comcast Xfinity is Using your Router as a Wifi Hotspot, at your Expense. Here’s how to Opt Out.
- Roth IRA Basics, In a Question & Answer Format
- The Power of Portion Control
- Obamacare to Trumpcare: what Should & what Will Happen
- Don’t Let Them Take Away your Right & Responsibility to Vote
- What is a Health Savings Account (HSA)?
- What is a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)?
- Open Enrollment Deserves your FULL Attention. Here’s Why.