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Sep 22 2008, 06:35 PM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Moving to a country with a lower cost of living isn't the only unconventional way to retire -- or retire early, says Nigel, a U.S. resident who blogs at Retire To India. For the adventurous among you whose savings are secure, his post "10 alternatives to retiring abroad" is a should-read. We've already thoroughly enjoyed the posts at Early Retirement Extreme about living in an RV, which are mentioned on Nigel's list. Here are a few of the other options to consider:
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Sep 19 2008, 11:02 AM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
With the stock market's crazy ups and downs, we decided to see what some clever personal-finance bloggers are doing with their retirement and nonretirement accounts. Does the phrase "stay the course" ring a bell? For instance, after some heavy-duty thinking, Nickel at Five Cent Nickel and Mr. ToughMoneyLove are changing nothing about their investment strategies.
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Sep 15 2008, 05:52 PM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
With the confluence of news about Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and AIG, the stock market today had its worst drop since 9/11. It's no wonder that former Fed chief Alan Greenspan on Sunday referred to the ongoing turmoil as a "once-in-a-century type of financial crisis." Other than the beating your retirement and investment accounts took today, what do these events mean for you? The best advice is: Don't panic.
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Sep 12 2008, 01:36 PM
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Karen Datko
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Jacob at Early Retirement Extreme is about to cut his already spartan monthly living expenses in half. How? He and his wife are moving into an RV. This blog is called Early Retirement Extreme for a reason. Jacob, a guy in his early 30s, spent five years saving and investing 70% of his income on his way to a goal of quitting the rat race, and now he's going to save even more.
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Aug 11 2008, 05:23 PM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
What do you have to show for your last few pay raises (assuming you've been getting some)? Not sure, eh? Todd at Harvesting Dollars has a plan for getting real value from those raises while amassing retirement savings and preventing the insidious, invisible creep of lifestyle inflation. He calls it the Save Your Raise finance game.
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Jul 22 2008, 02:53 PM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
It's a shame it took us so long to find the Frugal Bachelor. Such depth of thought. Such an eye for the ladies. He writes unlike anyone we've read in the personal-finance blogosphere. In several posts, he mused about whether it's actually possible to be frugal in supersized America, and whether frugality and technology are mutually exclusive. In another, he considered where to eat based on the waitresses' qualities, and we're not talking about how often they refill his water glass. In yet another, he decided that rum would be the thing to hoard if civilization were teetering on the brink. He said: "Some historians even credit alcohol (beer) as the motivation for establishment of human civilization. It's true; look it up."
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Jul 15 2008, 04:57 PM
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Karen Datko
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You know what happens when you ask Grandma and Grandpa what they want for their birthday or Christmas. They say, "I have everything I need." "Chances are that's exactly what you heard, probably followed by 'so don't buy me anything.' And they mean it," Blunt Money reminds us in a wise and lovely post called "Everything you need (and want)." She adds that we can learn from their example: "The thing is, many of us probably do have everything we need, right now, without even realizing it."
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Jun 27 2008, 08:48 PM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Most of us have lottery dreams. If we won the big one, we'd quit our job(s), pay off the house, live abroad. But consider this: The amount of money it would take to change your life might actually be much more modest -- and a lot more attainable. "Paidtwice" at I've Paid For This Twice Already calls that amount your "life-changing money." She used to think it was hundreds of thousands of dollars. "But then I realized -- at this point, life-changing money for me really means simply getting out of debt and establishing an adequate emergency fund," she wrote. With $40,000, she wouldn't have to think so much about money with every decision she makes. Many of her readers said they feel the same way.
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Jun 05 2008, 01:53 PM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Meg at All Financial Matters bemoans her friends' and associates' lack of knowledge about managing money. "Every single one of my friends and peers, it seems, are people who couldn't explain compound interest if they had to, ignore the 401(k) matches offered by their employers (despite my pleas), are comfortable having debt, and spend like they all have huge inheritances coming to them," she writes, adding, with hyperbole, we hope, "And these are my college-educated peers. Fellow finance majors, for crying out loud."
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May 19 2008, 07:14 PM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Do you want to be absolutely sure that you'll work many long years and retire with little more than a paltry Social Security check? Then make sure you read and obey Kevin's "10 steps to avoid becoming a millionaire" at No Debt Plan. This blogger manages to put a humorous spin on a very sobering topic. Here's No. 6: "Ignore work benefits. 401(k) plan? Sounds kind of funny to me. Why would the company want to give me money? Plus, I'd miss that 3% in every paycheck."
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