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• 7 deadly sins of personal finance: Raiding retirement

  Posted Sep 02 2008, 05:11 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Investing, Retirement, Saving, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
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  Raiding your retirement is the second deadly sin of personal finance (the first deadly sin is failing to have an emergency fund) and one that some of our friends have been thinking about committing.

  We're all in our late 20s and buying our first homes. Despite what the experts say, home prices are still very high in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., areas, barely within reach for many people our age. So, our friends are looking for places they can tap to help with a down payment.   Read More...

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• 5 personal-finance lessons from NASCAR

  Posted May 06 2008, 07:06 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Investing, Retirement, Saving, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
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  Having grown up on Long Island, I didn't have many opportunities to watch NASCAR on television, so I never truly understood the intricacies of the sport. Since college, I've come to appreciate the difficulty of NASCAR and the skill it requires.

  Last weekend I was watching a few laps of the Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway, and I finally understood why NASCAR fans love the sport.   Read More...

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