I have never fully understood how the financial markets work - stocks, bonds, mutual funds - they're all a bit of a mystery to me. What I do understand is the power of compounding interest, and the fact that if you start saving money at a younger age you'll end up with more money by the time y... [
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How many times have you won the Nigerian lottery, without ever having entered? Do you have a few hundred rich relatives in Africa or some other country, where you are the only living "next of kin" who could receive thousands or millions of dollars if you just send enough money for the courier ... [
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For months, I bugged the owner of DestroyDebt.com to create some budget and debt tracking tools with reports that I could use to really look at my financial situation. I used the budget tracking tool first to enter in all the "stuff" I spend money on each month and compare it to my average mon... [
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Just 3 more days until Election Day, and as an American in debt, I'm most interested in how each of our presidential candidates are going to handle money situations. Here's a look at some of the candidates' positions on issues that most likely affect your ability to repay the debt you're curre... [
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