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Barbara Bryn Klare is a communications consultant and an award-winning finance writer, and has worked with numerous financial services clients including E*TRADE, JP Morgan, and Mellon Investor Services. Visit her blog, The UpSide of Money.

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Trivia Saturday: Curious about George? Find out where he is!

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Quick - who's on the $50? The $100? (Ulysses Grant and Benjamin Franklin). Instead of board games this Thanksgiving weekend, my family and I...
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Personal Finance: What to Read Now (Part 1)

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This past June, Newsweek magazine published their list of the top 50 books of our times. Some were household names, others were classics, and some...
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Fixing America's Financial Literacy Crisis - coming up at SF Commonwealth next Tuesday

Mark your calendars for this free personal finance event next week (Tues 10/27) at the SF Commonwealth Club. It should be a stimulating and...
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Recent poll shows singles would rather compromise financially with partner than go it alone

One of the biggest sources of friction within a marriage is often money -- so is it safe to assume that singles appreciate their frictionless state...
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Saving money vs. making money - let's talk about it

LifeTuner, brought to you by AARP and AICPA, will be having a free one-hour chat via TalkShoe at 10PM EDT (that's 7PM for us West Coast folks)...
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Make some serious coin with Zecco FOREX this October

It's hard to explain why I love the E*TRADE mobile commercials with the wise-cracking sophisticated baby trader who makes "serious coin" and...
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It's your money: Slow it down

There used to be a popular bumper sticker in my little Marin town that said, “It’s Your Town – Slow It Down” –...
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The Democrats, the Republicans and the... Gold Party?

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You've no doubt seen those ads on late night TV and online about selling gold for cash. Well, there's a new twist on the cash for gold concept: the...
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Financial caretakers take note - special IRS rule for RMDs in 2009

Being a person in the middle of a generational sandwich myself - elderly mother on one side, kids on the other - I know how hard it is to keep up with...
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I'm bored! - what to do with your kids on your staycation in SF

If you have kids in middle school, high school, or you have really precocious grade school kids or kids who collect coins, you can take a free tour of...
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