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4 Tips for Proper Tax Filing

Integrity Financial Planning

Next, let’s face it, not all of us are exceptional when it comes to math. Taxpayers should always confirm that their math is correct, as this is one of the most common mistakes made when filing. [1] 5] Avoid Early Retirement Account Withdrawals if You Can!

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Is Gen-X Doomed?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Bloomberg did a survey and found that Generation-X does not feel like it will be "financially prepared for retirement." Anyone closer to the younger edge of Gen-X could probably benefit by cutting expenses now, the impact of that could compound over the next 20+ years as they approach a normal retirement age.

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10 Most Useful Personal Finance Ratios And How To Apply Them

Clever Girl Finance

The term personal finance ratios might be giving you flashbacks to math class. You can use ratios to keep track of many different aspects of your financial situation—from cash flow to savings to retirement and more. Money stored in retirement accounts also is illiquid, since withdrawals are subject to lots of rules and take time.

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Worried about your future Social Security benefits? Fleshing out current concerns and common myths.

Yardley Wealth Management

Social Security Retirement Planning . Sure, if you have a diagnosis or medical condition where your doctor doesn’t think you are going to live very long, go ahead and take your benefits early. You really do get the extra 8% per year after you’ve reached your full retirement age. Otherwise, wait.

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The Self Educating Child

Mr. Money Mustache

After all, the only way to renew a drivers license or a passport (or a medical license for that matter) is to dive head first into the ridiculousness and grin and bear it for the sake of the end goal. CodeParade – great bits of coding, math, and graphics combined. Public school for all is a great thing and a great idea.

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Two Years Without Health Insurance (and What I’m Doing Now)

Mr. Money Mustache

So I decided to take some action, by doing the math for myself using a spreadsheet. Most people don’t have the luck of perfect health, many have a larger family than I do, and very few people are in a financial position to self-insure for all possible medical bills. How could it be? It’s because of the incentives.

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Blogs On A Plane: Special Bonds Are Blowed Up Edition

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Yeah, that sounds pretty good (giving them the benefit of the doubt about the math)… pretty good for an equity. Back home on Sunday to close out this post, there was a medical emergency on our flight from Honolulu back to Phoenix. “The 30-year Treasuries would gain nearly 13% over 12 months with a 0.5-point And that has been my point.