Continuing our foray into Money Magazine’s top money moves for 2006, our next topic is your investment portfolio. Without further ado, here are their top four moves as we move into a period of economic uncertainty…

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In preparation for the New Year, Money Magazine has published a series of money moves that you should consider making in 2006. First up: five moves designed to ‘bubbleproof your biggest asset… and control your biggest debt.’ Read on to find out what they suggest…

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After three and a half years without an increase, the cost of a first class stamp will go up two cents to $0.39 on January 8, 2006. This increase is part of an approximately 5.4% across the board price hike. I don’t know about you, but I can’t really complain…
I’m still amazed that I can [...]

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Every month we get a packet of coupons in the mail. You know the type… It comes complete with coupons/ads for carpet cleaning, check printing, oil changes, handyman services, local restaurants, and more. And almost without fail it includes a discount certificate for air travel on a major US airline. One day awhile back I [...]

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Earlier this year, I reported that I had cashed the $15 promotional check that I received from CitiBank, thereby signing up for their Credit Protector program. My main intention (beyond the free $15) was to cash in on their retention rebates when I tried to cancel — they send you a set of five $10 [...]

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It must be time to start thinking about the holidays again… I was passing through a drug store last week and not only was it decked out with Christmas decorations, but they also had Christmas carols blaring in the aisles in place of the usual Muzak. Whatever happened to the good old days when Thanksgiving [...]

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After waiting about a week and a half to gain access to our new Emigrant Direct savings account, I’m pleased to report that establishing a link between ING Direct ($25 account opening bonus) and Emigrant Direct took just two days. And boy was it easy. Simply log into ING Direct, follow the link for Externally [...]

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After a flurry of reports of wayward credit card data earlier this year, things have been relatively quiet over the past few months. Until now… ChoicePoint has reportedly sent out an additional 17,000 notices to consumers warning that their sensitive financial information may have been compromised. Thieves apparently gained access to ChoicePoint’s database by posing [...]

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The other day I wrote about Emigrant Direct’s dirty little secret… A clause in their terms and conditions that allows them to require 60 days written notice of any withdrawal. Well, it seems that jim over at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity sent them an e-mail about this, and has now received a reponse. So here [...]

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Some of my favorite places are college towns. Thus, I was very interested when I saw the results of a recent study by Coldwell Banker on the most (and least) affordable college towns in the United States. Read on for the results…
First off, here are the ten most affordable college towns, including average home prices:
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