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Month: October 2016

What To Know About Your Pension

What To Know About Your Pension

We just wrapped up National Retirement Security Week. Now is a great time to take a peek at your retirement accounts and increase your contributions. Also make sure that your fees are as low as possible and your allocations are correct. I personally started contributing 5% of my gross salary to a Roth 401(k). This is in addition to my regular 401(k), Roth IRA, and other retirement contributions, including my pension. I’m working hard to set my family up for…

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Know What’s On Your Credit Report

Know What’s On Your Credit Report

I got a message the other day from Discover, telling me that my wife needed to call their fraud department immediately about her account. It was unusual, since neither of us have accounts with Discover. When she called them back, they told her that someone had opened a credit card account using her information. Luckily, they hadn’t charged anything to the account yet. She told them that the account was fraudulent and had them cancel the account. They advised her…

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