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<title><![CDATA[Free Equifax FICO Score Redux]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Looks like Equifax and FICO are giving out another 10,000 free FICO scores (expired!). Again&#8230; no credit card or trial required. This is an official FICO score based on your Equifax credit file. Score only, no credit report.   This time you don&#8217;...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424115622&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2009 Minimum Required Distributions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(http://www.money-zine.com/Category/Retirement/)When President Bush signed the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 on December 23rd, he suspended the requirement to take minimum required distributions in 2009.  That's good news for retirees ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424117718&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Historical Federal Tax Rates by Income Group]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In my last post on 2009 marginal tax rates, reader Alexandria (aka MonkeyMama) made a very good point that planning our retirements around future tax brackets is very difficult as they change all the time.    But isn&#8217;t that what we are forced to do e...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424117989&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Razor's Edge: Lessons in True Wealth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Our friends have a profound effect on our personal finance habits. Some friends can lead us to spending and to debt. Others offer insight into the virtues of thrift. For me, my friend Sparky has been the latter. Through his example, I learned that frugalit...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424116667&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/01/18/the-razors-edge-lessons-in-true-wealth/]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2009 Marginal Rate Brackets For Federal Income Tax]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For personal reference, there are the new 2009 federal income tax brackets, which have been adjusted for inflation.  This is taxable income, so it is after any exemptions and either standard or itemized deductions have taken place, as well as pre-tax contr...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424114144&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy 303rd Birthday, Benjamin Franklin!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of National Thrift Week. It&#8217;s also the 303rd anniversary of the birth of America&#8217;s first &#8212; and best &#8212; personal-finance writer. Benjamin Franklin was born on this day in 1706. Franklin was an amazing man, a pol...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424116748&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[National Thrift Week: January 17th to 24th]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading Thrift: A Cyclopedia by David Blankenhorn. I hadn&#8217;t intended to review the book on this site, or even to discuss it much. It&#8217;s simply not the sort of book that the average reader would enjoy. (I loved it.) Thrift: A ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424115332&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask the Readers: When Is It Okay to Spend Your Savings?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Amanda wrote with a question this week that I think many GRS readers can relate to: When is it okay to spend your savings?   My husband is currently unemployed so we&#8217;re just living on my salary, but at least we don&#8217;t have to pay for child care....<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424114518&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Undo/Redo Traditional to Roth IRA Conversion After Market Losses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you did a Traditional IRA to Roth IRA conversion in 2008, and have since suffered some significant losses, you may want to consider undoing the conversion now that it is 2009.   Then, as long as you wait 30 days after that and still qualify, you can red...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424115159&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Free FICO Score For Joining MyFico Forums]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[myFICO.com is offering a free credit score to members of their discussion forum.   New visitors can register instantly and grab your score.   No credit card or trial required.  This is an official FICO score based on your Equifax credit file.  Score only, ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=481142411927&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview: The Motley Fool's David Gardner Talks About Stock-Market Investing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I reviewed the new book from The Motley Fool, Million Dollar Portfolio. I had the pleasure to interview author David Gardner at the end of December. This post contains excerpts from that interview. The complete interview will be included as ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424117527&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/01/15/interview-the-motley-fools-david-gardner-talks-about-stock-market-investing/]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Million Dollar Portfolio: The Motley Fool Guide to Stock-Market Investing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;People want to make money fast, but it doesn&#8217;t happen that way.&#8221; &#8212; Warren Buffett  Over Christmas, I read Roger Lowenstein&#8217;s fantastic biography of Warren Buffett, one of my financial heroes. Because I currently prefer to inv...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424119877&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How *Not* To Handle A Bank Error In Your Favor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I still get a regular stream of comments on my old post on handling a bank error in your favor.   Many are people who also got some money by accident and are looking for advice.  Then I saw this AP article &#8220;Pa. couple spent windfall from bank error&#...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424113682&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Daily Links: Twitter Time Edition]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I think that maybe I finally have this Twitter thing figured out. Though I&#8217;ve had an account for a while, I&#8217;ve never really known what to do with it. Over the past few days, it&#8217;s beginning to make sense. I&#8217;ll use it as a sort of &#8...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424112613&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Replace Bad Financial Habits With Good Ones]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. His first book, The Power of Less, was recently published by Hyperion. It was Aristotle who said, &#8220;We are what we repeatedly do &#8230; Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit.&#8221; If tha...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424114870&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[$200 Savings Bond Bonus for Checking Account at Wainwright Bank]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wainwright Bank, a regional bank based in Massachusetts, is offering a $200 Series EE U.S. Savings Bond when you open a new Value Checking account and have direct deposit.    $10 minimum to open, and no minimum balance with direct deposit. Wainwright Bank ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424117728&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Free Fully-Licensed Software: GiveawayOfTheDay.com]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another creative idea for a website.  GiveawayOfTheDay.com lets you download a fully-licensed, no-trial, no-shareware version of some neat software.   The catch is that it is only available for one day, during which you must both download and ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424114697&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Save Money with The Scrooge Strategy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ramit Sethi from I Will Teach You to Be Rich introduced his new project today. The Scrooge Strategy is an extension of his recent 30-Day Challenge, during which he urged readers to make meaningful changes to their financial lives. &#8220;I hate most frugal...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424116169&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/01/13/save-money-with-the-scrooge-strategy/]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hustle and Patience: What It Takes to Succeed in 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Monday morning. I&#8217;m sitting upstairs in my office, in my pajamas, watching Gary Vaynerchuk give his keynote address at Affiliate Summit West live on Ustream (along with 865 other viewers). Vaynerchuk runs a New Jersey business called Wine ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424117064&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/01/13/hustle-and-patience-what-it-takes-to-succeed-in-2009/]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stock Market Performance During Recessions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Stumbled across another interesting chart from Fidelity Investments showing stock market performance during and after previous recessions:  Found via the Financial Philosopher, who stated: Now that we are &#8220;officially&#8221; in a Recession, what does ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=4811424115742&cat=business&cat2=finance%2Dpersonal%2Dfinance" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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