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Using Mint.com to cut through the financial static

Using Mint.com to cut through the financial static

photo credit: ArtemFinland As the year comes to a close, it is always nice to take a look at the finances.  Although I love tracking our finances using Microsoft Money, the level of detail doesn’t always provide a clear look at the underlying picture. For example, our net worth is approximately the same as last year, but this is due to losses in our retirement accounts, which I am not overly concerned about.  Since we are in our early 30′s, we make regular contributions and reallocate our holdings twice a year.  It’s pretty much on auto-pilot. But what about...

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August Financial Challenge

Within the past couple of weeks, we encountered 2 financial bumps in the road totaling $600.  This surely isn’t pocket change, and until tutoring starts up again, we really don’t have a lot of extra money.  However, I am going to try to come up with $600 without dipping into our emergency fund or vacation fund.  Here’s what happened: 1.  New car tires – We weren’t really expecting this one, but when we got the car emissions and inspection done, we were told that new tires were in order pretty soon.  We trust our auto mechanic – they have...

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