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• Be wary of unsolicited phone calls

  Posted Aug 26 2008, 05:25 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Banking, Credit, Saving, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
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  This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

  Recently I've been getting a lot of unsolicited phone calls from 800 numbers claiming to be my cell phone company or my bank or my credit card company.

  In some cases, the calls are legitimate. For instance, a credit card company was confirming some card activity and offering all the sensitive information.

  However, I've also been getting some suspicious ones.   Read More...

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• Laddering your emergency fund

  Posted May 20 2008, 06:39 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Banking, Saving, Emergency, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
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  This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

  Plenty of articles discuss the importance of emergency funds and how to set one up, so this is not going to be one of those. I assume that you already understand all that good stuff. (If not, check out these great articles at a Money Blog Network writing project.)

  Here I'll discuss a strategy to maximize your emergency fund's interest earnings so you can lessen the pain of not having the funds in an investment account.   Read More...

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