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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
In Part 1 of this series, I explained the motivation for cracking out Quicken to get a handle on our family's finances for this year's tax season and beyond. I began by entering our primary checking account's transactions for 2010. Along the way, I created accounts in Quicken for the ...
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
This weekend I told my newsletter subscribers that I was starting up on my taxes. Since I have about three months left, there's plenty of time to try to do it right, and set up an organized set of financial records in the process. I'm starting with a lot of ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Bart, over at the Personal Finance and Money Stack Exchange site, lacks discipline with tracking his finances. He asks:
I have had very little success with managing money. I have gone bankrupt once ($50K in credit card debt) and since then I no longer have credit cards (just ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
The end-of-year holidays are festive for most people: attending parties, decorating, giving gifts, listening to music, visiting family, eating a bit too much.
At work it sometimes means announcement of raises or year-end bonuses when there's profit to be shared. People may be entering the new year with a fatter wallet ...
Posted in Basics, Biblical Finance, Economy, Frugal Living, Making Money, Personal Finance | 6 Comments »
