Now that the holidays are behind us and we are well and truly into the New Year, I wanted to take a look back at 2009. What follows are three of my favorite posts from each month.
January
Calculating Your Mortgage Refinance Payback Period
Should You Pay Your Kids for Good Grades?
Commonly Overlooked Income Tax Deductions
February
Ten Common Income [...]
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Here are some of my favorite FCN articles from a year ago this past week:
Q&A: Debt Reduction Strategy
Words of Wisdom from Alan Greenspan
Deducting Disciplinary Fines as a Business Expense
Mobile Money: Five Tips For Managing Your Finances on the Go
And here’s what was going on two years ago:
How to Dispute a Citibank Credit Charge Online
Save on [...]
Here are some of my favorite FCN articles from a year ago this past week: Dealing With Found Money Bonds Ball is Up For Voting Dealing With Found Money, Followup And here’s what was going on two years ago: Hidden Costs of Home Ownership Money Saving Tip for the Recently (or Soon-to-Be) Unemployed Solving Customer Service Problems Skip Lunch, Save $100k And finally, here’s what was going on three years ago: Buying Term Life Insurance, Part IV Buying a New Car Misguided Money Fears Buying a New Car, Part II Car Buying Mistakes
Here are some of my favorite FCN articles from a year ago this past week:
Front Loading Washer and Dryer Recommendations?
Q&A: Using IRA Funds to Purchase a Home Outside the U.S.
High Electric Bills and the Battle Against Increasing Energy Costs
“Borrowing†Money from an IRA
Q&A: Using IRA Funds to Pay Off a Student Loan
And here’s what was [...]
Here are some of my favorite FCN articles from a year ago this past week:
The High Cost of Low Risk Investing
Refilling a Toothpaste Tube for Fun and Convenience
And here’s what was going on two years ago:
Skip the Theater, Get Netflix
Automating our Finances
Self-Employment, Taxes and SEP-IRAs
Retirement Savings Options, Part I
Buying Life Insurance (Again)
And finally, here’s what [...]
August was a great month here at FiveCentNickel, thanks in large part to contributions from readers such as yourself. I just wanted to take a moment to thank those of you who stop by and comment. If you like what you see here, keep in mind that you can have the full-text of everything that [...]
Those that have been reading this site for awhile know that I used to highlight articles from the archives on a fairly regular basis. Unfortunately, I’ve fallen out of the habit of doing so over the past few months. With new readers finding this site on a daily basis, I’ve decided that I should probably [...]
Here are some of my favorite FCN articles from a year ago the past few weeks:
» How Movie Theaters Make Money
» My First Experience With the New Bank of America ATMs
» State and Federal Income Tax Arbitrage
» How to Link Additional Accounts to Emigrant Direct
» Ten Tips for a Successful Moving Sale
» Five Reasons you [...]
Here are some of my favorite FiveCentNickel posts from a year ago this past week:
» Cash Out Roth IRA to Pay Off House?
» Why Avoid the 0% Balance Transfer Game?
» Avoiding the Gift Tax via Direct Tuition or Medical Payments
» Eco-Friendly Energy Savings
» Q&A: Earnest Money
And here’s what was going on two years ago:
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