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DR 100: 100 Ways to Improve Your Finances (Most in Under 10 Minutes) Aug 22, 2014

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To commemorate the 100th episode of the Dough Roller podcast, I pulled together 100 ways to improve your finances. Let’s get started. 1. Balance your checkbook: Balancing a checkbook helps you focus on where you’ve spent your money and it ensures your bank hasn’t made any mistakes. With the help of budgeting tools such as […]

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DR 099: 5 Gotchas with Commissioned Based Brokers Aug 16, 2014

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A reader we’ll call Frank recently emailed me about his advisor (we covered part of his email about dividends here). She had placed him in A shares of American Fund mutual funds. This told me he was working with a commissioned-based broker, as these mutual funds charge a sales fee of 5.75% to compensate the […]

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DR 098: Dividend Investing (Part 2): Mutual Funds and Dividends Aug 12, 2014

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We began our series on dividend investing by examining the ins and outs of dividends. Today we continue the series by looking at how dividends work with mutual funds and whether the yield on a fund should be a key consideration in our investing decisions. This topic came to light from an email I received […]

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DR 097: 3 Key Changes Just Made to the FICO Credit Scoring Formula Aug 11, 2014

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The Fair Isaac Corp., better known as FICO, has introduced three major changes to its secret credit scoring formula. The changes relate to items referred to collections, medical debt, and consumers with limited credit history. Believe it or not, these changes may result in higher scores for many consumers. Here are details on the three […]

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DR 096: Dividend Investing (Part 1)–What are Stock Dividends? Aug 04, 2014

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One of my favorite aspects of investing is receiving a dividend payment. Each month I look to see how much I earned in dividends, and I track this amount yearly. In fact, dividends play a significant role in my investment policy related to individual stocks. With the exception of Berkshire Hathaway, every business whose shares […]

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DR 095: 5 Places To Keep Your Down Payment When Saving to Buy a Home Jul 31, 2014

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Photo: Phil Romans Saving to buy a home is both exciting and overwhelming. When my wife and I were saving to buy our first home, I thought we’d never have enough for the down payment. But somehow we came up with the money. One of the keys to our success was saving the cash in […]

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DR 094: 22 of the Best Tools to Manage Your Money (most are totally FREE) Jul 29, 2014

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Most of us use a lot of tools to manage our money, budget, investments, and so forth. So I thought I’d pull together a list of the tools I use nearly every day. Hopefully you’ll find some options here that will help you make the most of your money. Investing 1. Personal Capital: Without question […]

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DR 093: 401(k)s vs. IRAs: What are the Pros and Cons? Jul 25, 2014

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In the world of tax-advantaged retirement savings accounts, there are plenty of options. But the two most commonly-used options are the 401(k) and the IRA. Both come in traditional (save taxes on contributions) and Roth (save taxes on withdrawals) options. While there are many similarities between a 401k and an IRA, there are also some […]

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DR 092: How One Doctor is Learning to Invest Like a Pro Jul 24, 2014

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It all started with a simple question about dividends and mutual fund fees. A listener to the podcast named Stephanie wanted to know if a fund’s returns were after fees and dividends. (They are.) After I learned more about Stephanie’s finances and career through several email exchanges, I popped the question. No, not that question. […]

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DR 091: Don’t Make the Same $100,000 Retirement Mistake I Just Made Jul 23, 2014

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If you have self-employed income in addition to your regular job, can you contribute to a SEP IRA even if you have a 401k at work? This question hit home for me a few years ago due to the income generated from this website. To get right to the point, the answer to the question […]

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