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Credit Card Act Gift Card Protections Make Gift Cards LESS of a Rip Off

From 20SomethingFinance.com
March 14, 2010 at 12:28 am
Perhaps the least publicized portion of the credit card act that passed last year is the section that addresses unfair gift card practices. The new gift card protections ... (more)

6 Reasons why your Next Car Should be a Ford Fiesta

From 20SomethingFinance.com
March 11, 2010 at 12:05 am
Buying a new car typically doesn’t make the list of best personal finance practices. That being said, we all know that, and whole bunch of us still end up ... (more)

American Paternity & Maternity Leave vs. The Rest of the World

From 20SomethingFinance.com
March 8, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Work/life balance in the form of supportive national and employee benefit plans is something that the United States has sorely lacked, especially in comparison ... (more)

Oops! I Broke the Site. It’s Fixed Now. Let’s Have a Good Time.

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March 7, 2010 at 12:32 pm

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How to Avoid Getting Burned by the Magazine Industry

From 20SomethingFinance.com
March 2, 2010 at 11:21 pm
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The First Steps to Stop Dreaming & Start Retiring – NOW!

From 20SomethingFinance.com
February 15, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Fantasizing about retirement is a favorite past-time for just about anyone who has ever held a 9-to-5. But that dream of what lies ahead is starting to look a whole lot different ... (more)

Never Hire a Contractor without Following These 5 Steps First

From 20SomethingFinance.com
February 14, 2010 at 12:40 pm
How to Find a Good Contractor & Save Money If you’re like me, your home is your baby. You wouldn’t hire the first babysitter that you found in an ad without first ... (more)

Gender & Personal Finance: Do Men Still Dominate Personal Finance in the Home?

From 20SomethingFinance.com
February 10, 2010 at 10:51 pm
I grew up in a household that had very traditional gender roles around who handled the finances. My father worked full-time in tax auditing and my mother was a stay-at-home mom. ... (more)

My 5 Favorite NON-Personal Finance Blogs

From 20SomethingFinance.com
February 2, 2010 at 11:33 pm
My RSS Feed is a cluster$#%@ of about 50 different sites and blogs that I follow. Yes, I am dying a slow death from information overload. But I just can’t close the door ... (more)

Haiti Donations Tax Deductible for 2009 or 2010

From 20SomethingFinance.com
January 28, 2010 at 8:48 pm
In order to encourage donations to Haiti, the U.S. Government recently announced that you are able to deduct taxes on cash donations to a list of approved IRS charitable organizations ... (more)

EyeBuyDirect.com Buy One Get One EyeGlasses Sale Ends at Midnight

From 20SomethingFinance.com
January 25, 2010 at 8:54 pm
If you’re in the market for new eyeglasses, the affiliate manager from EyeBuyDirect just sent me an email that they are having a special ‘buy one, get one free’ ... (more)

20SomethingFinance Now Offered Up on Kindle!

From 20SomethingFinance.com
January 24, 2010 at 12:32 pm
20SomethingFinance.com is now being offered up on the Amazon Kindle! Here’s a little bit more about Amazon Kindle blog subscriptions: Kindle Blogs are auto-delivered wirelessly ... (more)

Why Graduate Degrees Are a Rip Off: Crunching the Numbers

From 20SomethingFinance.com
January 21, 2010 at 11:45 pm
This one should fire you up one way or the other. I’ve been in many a heated debate about this very topic before. So let’s have some fun with it. I’m going to ... (more)

What is the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit? Can I Claim it?

From 20SomethingFinance.com
January 18, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Yet another case where NOT making much money actually pays off. If your income is below the follow adjusted gross income (AGI) levels for the 2009 tax year, you may be eligible ... (more)

Finally! TransUnion Delivers on their Class Action Settlement Benefits

From 20SomethingFinance.com
January 6, 2010 at 9:53 pm
TransUnion Settlement Benefits Delivered For the old-school readers of 20somethingfinance, you may remember a post I did about 18 months ago on the TransUnion settlement from ... (more)

Best 20SomethingFinance Posts of 2009

From 20SomethingFinance.com
December 31, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Hi 20SF’ers. This will be the final post of 2009. It’s been a fantastic year (the second full year), and I’m very excited about where things are heading with ... (more)

2010 IRS Maximum Allowed Roth & Traditional IRA Contribution Limits

From 20SomethingFinance.com
December 28, 2009 at 7:40 pm
The Deadlines for your 2009 and 2010 IRA Contributions As we roll into tax time, it’s important to know how much you are able to contribute to your IRA’s in both 2009 ... (more)

The 12 Best Songs About Money. EVER.

From 20SomethingFinance.com
December 24, 2009 at 12:30 pm
When I awoke this morning, like a flash of lightening, I thought, “how about writing a post that combines two of everyone’s favorite things – money, and music.” I ... (more)

The Average American’s Holiday Spending will Drop. What About Yours?

From 20SomethingFinance.com
December 21, 2009 at 9:10 pm
According to the National Retail Federation, the average American was expected to spend an average of $682 this year on Holiday gifts versus $705 last year (a 3% decline year-over-year). Interestingly ... (more)

The 3 Questions you MUST Ask Yourself Before Reading Another Personal Finance Post

From 20SomethingFinance.com
December 20, 2009 at 5:41 pm
If you’re reading any post on a personal finance blog, the odds are that you are trying to achieve a goal through the means of money. But you may be wasting a whole heck ... (more)

The Story of Stuff & its Impact on your Personal Finances

From 20SomethingFinance.com
December 9, 2009 at 10:52 pm
I just watched “The Story of Stuff” for the first time on YouTube. I have always been very motivated to reduce my energy usage, minimize my consumption, and live a ... (more)

My Personal Quest to De-Commercialize the Holidays

From 20SomethingFinance.com
December 6, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Do you wish that the Holidays weren’t so darn commercialized? Are you starting to think that it may be time to cut scale back or cut off gift giving, but don’t quite ... (more)

Final Day for TradeKing $50 Bonus

From 20SomethingFinance.com
November 29, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Just a heads up on my previous TradeKing post that you have a little over 24 hours left for the $50 sign-up bonus. As I mentioned in that post, I had decided to switch my IRA from ... (more)

Pet Owner? The HAPPY Act Might Bring you Tax Deductions

From 20SomethingFinance.com
November 29, 2009 at 2:50 pm
My dog Murdock, with meCould your Pet Bring you a Tax Deduction?Who’s a good boy? Yeah, that’s him right there. My shelter dog, Murdock, A Nova Scotia Duck Tolling ... (more)

Exciting 20SomethingFinance TGIA-Thanksgiving Updates

From 20SomethingFinance.com
November 23, 2009 at 9:41 pm
If you like toilet humor and personal finance, you’ll love the post I just posted over on my new personal finance blog, MicroFrugality.com. Check it out and subscribe to ... (more)