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• 5 tactics for people who fear managing their money

  Posted Sep 04 2008, 05:49 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Investing, Banking, Saving, Simple Dollar
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  This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar.

  If you're a regular reader of The Simple Dollar, you're probably not the person I'm writing about here. Instead, this article is appropriate for your brother or your sister or that friend of yours down the street.

  We all know people who have the equipment they need to be a financial success. They have their wits about them, they're earning a solid income, and yet there's something that's keeping them from being a financial success -- and that's a fear of money management.

  They'd rather do almost anything than deal with or think about money issues. Not only is it boring to them, it's often as scary as can be.   Read More...

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• The little things do matter

  Posted Feb 29 2008, 08:02 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Banking, Credit, Saving, Simple Dollar
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  This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar.

  Look at these 12 little hacks and think about how simple they are.

  Switch your savings account from your local bank to ING Direct. That's the bank I switched to about a year and a half ago in order to get a higher interest rate (then more than 4%). They made the whole thing easy as pie -- it took about five minutes -- and I've never had anything but stellar customer service.

  Drink one less coffee a week. Let's say you stop at Starbucks -- or your preferred coffeehouse -- three times a week. Just trim it back to two. That's it.

  Call one credit card company and ask for a rate reduction. Just flip over your card and call that number on the back. Ask to speak to a supervisor if the first human you get won't reduce your rate.   Read More...

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