Financial Planning

Could you cover the cost of a new water heater if yours were to suddenly go on the fritz? Would you be forced to adopt a Ramen-only diet if you found yourself on the wrong side of your company’s “rightsizing”? And what if your contralto son started puberty, ending his professional opera gig that helped cover tuition for the chichi private school he loves?

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Want to audit proof your tax return? Start off by focusing on personal finance tracking to better organize your financial information. There’s a lot of free personal finance software and tax tools available these days to help you prepare a cleaner tax return.

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There are a whole lot of lines on your tax return. Have you researched every last one, making sure you’re taking advantage of all the legal ways you can cut your tax bill? Few people do, and even some tax professionals miss opportunities to reduce a taxpayer’s tab.

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Do you get hot sweats, a cold fever, a nervous stomach, or something worse when you peer into your checking account on Tuesday and find it empty — then realize that payday isn’t until Friday? You’re suffering from Paycheck-to-Paycheck Syndrome,...

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Keeping a well-organized budget is a lot like flossing your teeth. You know you should do it, and you have the best of intentions, but you just never seem to get it done.

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You may have heard that Mint.com has gone into partnership with The Motley Fool to provide you outstanding personal finance information and advice. On the topic of getting out of debt, we at Mint have shared our perspective on getting...

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In matters of budgeting, there are two clear camps of consumers: them, and the rest of us. They are the people you ask to calculate what everyone owes when there are more than two of you dining out. They know exactly how much they spent on ATM fees last week, last month, and last quarter.

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There are so many places to stash your short-term savings. Here we present the resumes of the major aspirants.

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