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Retirement Readiness Quiz - CNN Money

Cool quiz that asks about 10 questions and gives you an idea of what your target savings should be for a certian age. 

Cash For Appliances Government Rebate Program – Bible Money Matters

Pete from BMM has become the guru of all things Government Stimulus related.  Here he explains the Cash for Appliances program. 

 Is a College Education Still Worth the Investment? – Sound Mind Investing

Last week I posted a graphic of the cost of college vs. the starting salary of the average graduate.  This week SMI takes a deeper look at the value of the education. 

The Economic Crisis in Simple Terms – The Economy Collapse

This video shows how to explain the 2008 US Financial Crisis to your kids (and most adults).

Should You Pay Off Debt or Invest - Five Cent Nickel

Nickel tackles an important question that most of us have probably thought about.

Weekly Links

How to Save (Potentially) Thousands by Spending $3.99 was included in:

• Carnival of Money Stories hosted by MisforMoney. 
• Festival of Frugality held at Green Panda Treehouse.
• Money Hacks Carnival #83 at Cash Money Life

Do You Make These 4 Common 401k Mistakes? was included at ETF Trends as well as the Baby Boomers Blog Carnival #6

What a Cow, a Red Box and Hair Clippers Have in Common was included in the Carnival of Road to Financial Independence at One Family’s Blog

Friday Finance Round Up is a weekly post that includes interesting articles and blog posts on money found during the week from across the web.

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The Housing Boom and Bust – Challies

Tim Challies provides his usual thorough and helpful book review on The Housing Boom and Bust written by conservative economist Thomas Sowell.  One quote I thought was interesting in here was, “As the government increases its control over the American economy it essentially buy s up the freedom of its people with their own tax dollars.”

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How to Make a Million Dollars While Eating Lunch – Millionaire Mommy Next Door

I don’t know about the million dollars part, but this is a great post showing how simple sacrifices today can yield results tomorrow; i.e. bringing your lunch to work instead of hitting up the local flare every day. 

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Should You Do a Debt Consolidation Loan? – Bible Money Matters

Is consolidation really that magic bullet you’ve been waiting for to get you out of debt?  Peter offers up some great tips to consider before you combine your debts.

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10 Tips to Resolving Medical Billing Errors – One Money Design

Most of us have experienced opening that medical bill only to discover it’s a little higher than you thought it was going to be.  This post offers some good tips on how to go about resolving those discrepancies.

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Back to School: 8 Money Saving Tips for Back to School Shopping – Financial Highway

It’s that time of year again.  School shopping was always a fun way to kick off the new year.  Financial Highway offers some good tips to help keep the costs low.

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