This is a place to discuss tips on managing your money.
Sound financial strategies, software you find useful, discussions on savings and investing, debt reduction, retirement.
Any suggestions, comments, tips that have improved your financial picture- please share them!





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great idea for a board - cant wait until everyone gets involved - including myself.

YES!!! A money management forum!!! I am going to need this in about 4 months!!

YAY!!!! The other day I was thinking how great it would be to have a board added about investing and building wealth! Thank you so much, this is such a great asset to an already incredible place!

Sounds like a good idea.

Here are some links I posted in the data base about investing. These links are geared more towards investing but they also cover basics like everyone should have three months worth of income in a liquid cash reserve money market fund.


Building an emergency fund:
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Banking/P43410.asp

Here is a link to the LA Times money library: This site covers a wide range of financial topics from stock investing to taxes.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-moneylib.htmlstory

This link to financial engines.com is a link to a great place to learn about retirement plans and their tax consequences. Why pay a financial planner to do what you can do yourself:
https://www.financialengines.com/FeContent?...rror404&act=irc

Be a fool at the Motley Fool Investment site:
http://www.fool.com

Fool School:
http://www.fool.com/School.htm

CNN link on investing:
http://money.cnn.com/pf/101

More on Investing:
http://www.investorguide.com/university.html

Financial Tutorials:
http://www1.investopedia.com/university

401k matching discussed:
http://www.doityourself401k.com

Bloomberg University:
http://www.bloomberg.com/analysis/univ/index.html

Got a company name or a stock symbol and want to know more:
http://finance.yahoo.com/l

AND

http://research.businessweek.com/business_summary.asp?

AND

http://quotes.nasdaq.com/Quote.dll?page=empty

Taxes are a whole additional problem. As long as you don't make to much money, taxes aren’t that bid a deal. If you get a lot of income, then looking at strategies like incorporating your self can protect you. Of all the ways to make money, active income from a job is the most taxed. See Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=books

MSN Money article index:
http://moneycentral.msn.com/Editorial/Inde...ate.asp?c=4&a=4

I just joined, and I think I'll be participating here the most, since I need to save...every...last...penny.

I just joined, I'm sooo excited to find this forum.
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