Financial Reflections

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Posts Tagged ‘mint’

Is It Time to Retire the Penny?

By admin • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: Government, Reflections

Is it time for Abraham Lincoln to retire? The US Mint doesn’t think so. To honor Lincoln’s 200th birthday, the US mint is going to issue 4 new versions of the Lincoln penny, each with the face of lincoln on the front, as it has been for 100 years, but with 4 new designs on the back.



6 Personal Finance Sites You Must Visit

By admin • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Budgeting, Cards, Debt, Report, Reports, identity theft

What better way to start off the new year than by taking care of some personal finance matters?  OK, that might not sound like the most exciting thing in the world, but by summer, you’ll be more likely to spend a worry free vacation knowing you’ve handled a few of the basic issues back in January.
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Review of Mint.com (Part 1)

By admin • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Budgeting, Investing, Net Worth

Mint.com is a an online software budgeting package that is a huge success so far. I first heard about it through a “Twitter” sent from a friend who simply said “mint.com is pretty slick” He’s a graphic designer so I was expecting an Adobe Photoshop tutorial rather than a personal finance tool.

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