- Articles from April, 2007
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Personal Finance Interview with Kira Botkin of PennyFoolish
Kira runs a personal finance blog called Penny Foolish, where she chronicles her many adventure (and misadventures) in personal finance. Check out today’s interview to read more about Kira and her views on personal finance.
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Personal Finance Advisors: Choose a Federal Student Loan Consolidation Lender
Choosing a personal finance advisor is something that we care about here at Mint. Learn more with great personal finance tips in our blog article index.
In the past few years, many students and graduates took advantage of record-low interest rates and consolidated their federal student loans to lock in the historic low rates. If you [...]
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Make a Budget: Mommy Ruined Tommy’s Credit
Learning to make a budget is something that we care about here at Mint. Learn more with great budgeting tips in our blog article index.
Throughout my whole life, my mother has been horrible about debt. She always seemed to be in one fix or another. But the Train Wreck really happened when my mom’s debt [...]
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Create a Personal Budget: Creating an Emergency Fund
In almost every piece of general personal finance advice, you’ll skate across a recommendation for an emergency fund. Whether it’s for the “oh no, I broke my leg” moment; or the “oh no, my engine just blew up” drive; or the “I just got fired” shock; it’s critical to have that rainy day money stored away for just such an occasion.
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The 96th Carnival of Personal Finance
The 96th Carnival of Personal Finance is alive and kicking over at All Financial Matters. Check it out for some great personal finance reading across the blogsphere!
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Personal Finance Interview with Michael of It’s Your Money
Michael runs the website, It’s Your Money. It contains a wealth of personal finance information, and in-depth reviews of many popular financial service. Check out today’s interview to read more about Michael and his view on personal finance.
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Home Budget: The Pastor’s House
My wife was seven months pregnant. I just landed a new job making $15,000 more. We just saved $9,000 dollars. We were ready to buy a house. Our first house. We had enough in the home budget.
We found out our Pastor was selling his house. He was working on buying a new house, contingent [...][ 11 comments ]
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Personal Finance Interview with Derek Punsalan of 5thirtyone.com
Derek Punsalan runs a popular website at 5thirtyone.com. He writes on technology, personal interest, and many other noteworthy items. Check out today’s interview to read more about Derek and his personal finances.
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Personal Finance Tools: Happy Graduation! Now What Do You Do About Your Finances?
It’s finally over. All those late night of hard work, sweating away, hitting the controller as you advance in the marathon Smash Brother tournament. You’re all done with college, you got your B.S. or B.A. and you’re now ready to begin a life of being a different type of drone. Just kidding. More importantly, what should you do financially after college?
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Personal Finance Interview with Trent of TheSimpleDollar.com
Trent is the owner of The Simple Dollar, a very popular personal finance blog. The Simple Dollar is a blog for those of us who need both cents and sense: people fighting debt and bad spending habits while building a financially secure future and still affording a latte or two. Check out today’s interview to read more about Trent and his personal finances.
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