The America Saves blog is featuring articles and guest blogs on the topic of paying off high-interest debt through August. America Saves, along with their 52 local campaigns, is featuring information on how to reduce debt and where to get info on how to do that. Join the Conversation If you would like to take [...]

The Personal Finance Olympic Committee (PFOC) over at GoBankingRates.com is sponsoring their first-ever Personal Finance Olympics. PF Olympians (AKA personal finance writers and bloggers) are competing for a shot at the gold–with the gold medalist winning a $1,000 American Express gift card (and ultimate bragging rights among their peers). Entries are in these four categories: [...]

Lately, I have taken to seeing if I can shave a few extra days off my Retirement Goal on mint.com. (See Tracking Your Goals Just a Bit Too Closely? for more obsessive retirement talk.) When I am done doing that and I still need more chat about the fast track to financial independence, I head [...]

A new European Commission campaign entitled “Science: It’s a Girl Thing,” that aims to “encourage more women to choose research as a career” has captured the attention of the scientific community–but for the wrong reasons. Missing the Mark? According to the European Research, Innovation, and Science Commission press release, “the campaign will challenge stereotypes of [...]

In an interesting turn of events, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is making its online credit card complaint database available to the public. The data can be viewed online by company, consumer zip code, and type of complaint. Issuers who have had the most complaints on their cards and how specific complaints were ultimately [...]

I admit that in my “newly-minted” enthusiasm for the tried-and-true Mint.com, perhaps I went a little overboard. This morning, to my horror, I discovered that I am “1 Week Behind” on my retirement goal, which puts Aug 9, 2016 as my graceful exit date from corporate America, rather than Aug 1, 2016–my preferred date. I [...]

Folks, we’re talking real dollars here. You have until 6/26/12 to share your “I blew it!” story and enter for a chance to win $10,000 in a Schwab account or one of four $5,000 Schwab accounts. You can also vote in the Submissions Gallery (up to 3 times daily), but that’s not where the greenbacks [...]

According to a survey by The Hartford, the younger the worker, the greater the attraction to having the ability to take at least a portion of a retirement account as guaranteed income. A high percentage of workers in all age… See article here. Thanks to my colleague Roger Wohlner, CFP, for this thoughtful article.

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