My Personal Finance Journey
Personal finance observation, musing and decisions in a journey toward financial independence by 2020 with at least $3 million.
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MY JOURNEY
Backgrounder "Retirometer" Is $1,000,000 Enough? new! Year 2005 Financial Objectives Year 2004 Financial Objectives new! Results of Year 2004 Financial Objectives Year 2003 Financial Objectives Results of Year 2003 Financial Objectives Conservative Net Worth Accounting new! Financial Plan 2005 (Series) new! A Year's Worth Of Expenses new! 2004 Savings Scorecard
SAVING FOR RETIREMENT
Philosopher's Stone A Penny Saved is More Than A Penny Earned The Cost of Not Saving for Retirement The Cost of Being Frugal The Real Cost of 401(k) Loan How the 401(k) System Fails Most People new! Should We Trust Roth IRA?
INVESTMENTS
Valuing Wall Street SmartMoney Stock Screens 5 Investing Lessons from Warren Buffett Your Dividend Income May Not Enjoy The Tax Break
CREDIT/CREDIT CARD
$1,000 A Year Just By Picking The Right Card Cashback vs Reward FICO Score Estimator Fidelity MasterCard® Credit Cards Eloan.com Credit Monitoring Service Citi® Dividend Platinum Select® Card (CFI) HGW4 = 10% Off All Restaurant Bills (CFI) Another 0.25% Rate Increase and How It Will Affect You With PremierPass, Citi Is Running Its Own Mileage Program Free Credit Reports Are Coming Gradually TrueEarnings: The Better Amex/CostCo Card Doubling Up Credit Card Rewards Getting United MileagePlus Visa Signature Card (13 Cards and Counting) new! How High Can Credit Card Interest Rate Be? new! 5% Off Everything With Citi's Driver's Edge new! Your Free Credit Report, The Experian Way new! Free Credit Report: The TransUnion Flavor new! Fresh Taste of Truly Free Credit Report (Equifax)
HOME OWNERSHIP
Complete Financial Model of House Buying vs Renting The 6% Solution ROI of Prepaying January Mortgage Bill A Home's Real Tax Savings Beware the Hidden Costs of Refinancing $30,000 HELOC Closed Refinancing Closed, Part I: Closing Details Refinancing Closed, Part II: A Sweet Deal Finances in My Home Buying new! Home, The Mother Of All Tax Shelters new! 6 Mortgage Myths That Can Cost You Money new! Why a Real Estate Agent May Skip the Extra Mile new! 10 Resolutions for Homeowners
CAR
True Cost to Own A Car The Cheapest Cars to Own (and Fix) new! Best and Worst States for Auto Insurance Premiums new! 8 Top Auto Maintenance Myths
COLLEGE SAVING
new! Saving for College (Series)
EMPLOYEE STOCK PLANS
MSFT Changes ESPP Terms Microsoft Changes ESPP Terms, Analysis Part II Update on Microsoft Stock Option Transfer Program (SOTP) Why Will I Sell Microsoft Stock Award Shares?
TAX
Are You Subsidizing Tax Breaks For The Rich? Preparing for Tax Year 2005 IRS Publication 15 and Income Tax Withholding Do You Live in a Tax-Friendly State? A $206 Mistake (And My Tax Filing for 2003) new! Taxes and Consequences: The Second Term Begins new! Fear Of Tax Audit? File An Extension new! What's Your Marginal Tax Rate? new! More Free Tax Filing Options This Year new! Sales Tax Deduction Details Released new! Should I Save Receipts Next Year?
PRODUCT/SERVICE REVIEWS
Vonage: Much Improved VOIP Technology (And Referral Deal) Switching to Virgin Mobile First Impression of Microsoft Money 2005 Clubphoto.com: Best-Value Online Photo Printing State Farm Bank® Market Rate Certificate of Deposit CapitalOne No Regrets Certificate of Deposit Bill Me Later® The Ultimate Account Aggregator
SAVING TIPS
Upromise.com Benefit from Promotions Dirt Cheap Magazine Subscriptions Why Debit Card? Why Cash? new! How to Save $150,000 (And Still Have a Life) new! One Nice Phone Call, And $240 Better Off
OTHER ANALYSIS/REVIEWS/FINDINGS/READINGS
new! PFBlog Product Reviews Markup by Retailers The Lottery-Ticket Retirement Plan 6 Types of Millionaires Child Care Tax Credit or Flexible Spending Account? Mesothelioma Is The Souce of Big Money Making If You Miss Shipping Charges, You Miss Big How to Beat the $100,000 FDIC Limit? Withdraw Early If You Dare Phishing Is Becoming Epidemic new! Benefits 2005 (Series) new! Online DVD Rental: Netflix vs Blockbuster new! Amazon Prime: All-You-Can-Eat Express Shipping new! TiVo: Cannot Be More Satisfied
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