March 2010

Are Women Living Their Dream?

Financial Plan
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I’m sure you are wondering what jelly beans has to do with women living their dream.  Well, part of my dream life would be to be able to eat as many jelly beans as I wanted to every day, without feeling sick from the sugar high, and never gaining an ounce of weight . I [...]

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Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University

Debt
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It was my  friend Matt Wegner of FinancialExcellence who first clued me in to Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. Financial Peace University is a hugely popular personal finance program taught by Dave, spreading fast all across the country, and interestingly enough, mainly being offered in churches. Dave Ramsey is an unashamed Christian, and is not afraid to tell [...]

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Why Women Need Financial Intimacy (Part 3 of a Series)

Estate Planning
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Yesterday’s post in the Why Women Need Financial Intimacy series was on Myths about Marriage.  Today’s post is going to tell the truth about marriage, as it relates to a woman’s financial life. This series is based on the book Don’t Worry About a Thing Dear – Why Women Need Financial Intimacy, by Helga Hayse.  If you haven’t [...]

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Why Women Need Financial Intimacy (Part 2 of a Series)

Financial Intimacy
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Before we start this, let me just give this disclaimer:  I love my husband, we have been married over 29 years, and I trust him completely.  He is the best thing that ever happened to me.  That doesn’t mean I keep my head in the sand regarding our finances. The information in this series is [...]

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Why Women Need Financial Intimacy (Part 1 of a Series)

Financial Intimacy
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I am going to start this series on Why Women Need Financial Intimacy with a quiz (stay with me, this will only take a couple of minutes)! This series was born from a book recommendation I received last fall, and it is the best book I have ever read on protecting women from financial disaster. [...]

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How Women Become Financially Organized

Investing
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I’m feeling the urge to clean something today ( I assure you this does not happen too often, and whenever it does, my husband says, “Are we having a party?”). Must be that it’s a whopping 45 degrees here in Wisconsin, and the snow is melting  (we won’t mention the pea soup fog that allows you [...]

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