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• 50 financial skills every person needs to have

  Posted Dec 02 2008, 06:30 AM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: banking, credit, Bargaineering, online banking, financial planning, credit cards, credit reports, homeowners insurance, mutual funds, estate planning, wills, executor, emergency fund, income tax, tax software
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  This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

  Popular Mechanics created a list called "100 skills every man should know," which naturally gravitated toward DIY/physical skills like jump-starting a car and splitting firewood. The Frisky listed "30 skills every woman should have before turning 30," which actually touched on more than physical skills (though No. 12 is physical), with a handful of financial skills (Nos. 17-20).

  The following isn't a checklist of things you necessarily need to do in your life. It's a list of things you should know how to do in case the need arises.   Read More...

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• The master information document: Preparing for your demise

  Posted Jul 18 2008, 05:35 AM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: family, giving, The Simple Dollar, estate planning, funeral, executor
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  This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar.

  About a year ago, I wrote a lengthy article about how to start a filing system, including information about what kind of filing cabinet to buy and what sorts of things you should file. Near the end, I wrote one little paragraph that deserves to be looked at again in more detail:

  A master document explaining what all of this stuff is. This is mostly a guide to the executor of your estate, containing all important information not in the other documents and also explaining online account access and other details, like where a safety deposit box key can be found. This may also include personal letters for people to read in the event of your passing.

  Think about this scenario: If you dropped dead right after reading this article, would your survivors -- your kids, your spouse, your family -- have any idea how to access your money? Would they even know where all of your accounts are?   Read More...

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