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Mortgage refinancing advice from a founding father
June 03rd, 200909:09 AM ETBy Joseph Slife"A penny saved is a penny earned," advised Benjamin Franklin. Or to put it not quite so memorably: "Cutting expenses produces the same budgetary result as earning more money." Actually, because income today is taxable (something old Ben didn't have to worry about), cutting expenses can actually produce a better bottom-line result than earning more.... -
Boost your savings
May 28th, 200911:33 AM ETBy Austin PryorBOOST YOUR SAVINGS BY CHANGING A HABIT There is an aspect to your spending that you may never have thought of (and may not be able to get out of your mind once we put it there). Have you ever stopped to consider the potential "future value" of the money you spend today? That is, if you were to save it rather than spend it, what would it be worth ... -
Health Savings Accounts in action
May 20th, 200911:40 PM ETSound Mind Investing went to HSAs for our employees in 2006. So with three years under our belts, we can vouch for how they affect spending decisions. Here's how they recently affected mine. Let me first say that my wife Kim and I have been trying to pay our health care expenses out-of-pocket so that we can use our HSA as another type of retiremen... -
Saving on Groceries
May 06th, 200910:01 AM ETConsumer Reports' May cover article entitled "Shop Smart & Save Big" is an informative piece on shopping for groceries. The entire piece is reserved for members, but here are a couple highlights they left open: 13 ways to save arms you with a strategy when navigating the store. ... -
Goodbye Countrywide, hello flat-fee closing costs
April 29th, 200902:36 PM ETBy Mark BillerMonday, the infamous Countrywide name was scheduled to disappear forever, as Bank of America (BoA) tries to cut the memory cord with that symbol of the subprime disaster years. While it is mildly interesting to see the deep-sixing of a brand that was the largest mortgage financier in the US (financing 20% of America's mortgages) just a few years a...
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