Fuzzy’s Financial Blog

What is a CD Ladder? No, it is not one of the shelves for compact discs. A CD Ladder is a number of CD’s (Certificate of deposits) that are spaced out over a period of time to capture better interest and provide a realitively safe investment. Generally with a CD you can get a better […]

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Came across an article on Kiplinger today for Best 529 College-Savings Plans. While the best time to have hopped back into your childs 529 plan if you got out would of been at the bottom of the collapse try timing that and making sure you could survive without the money. Now would be the best […]

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So last month I was at $3000 in debt and about 530’s for my credit score. I have been able to decrease my overall debt by $300 even with having to take a plane to my grandfather’s funeral last week($500). My credit scores have climbed about 16 points across all three credit reports. And I […]

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Ok so one of my pet projects has been saving for college. I believe in giving my children the chance to go that I didn’t have so I have been saving money in 529 plans. I not only put money into the accounts regularly I also use helper programs to get a little bit back […]

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We aways hear be sure to make goals. New years rolls around and its lets make a New Years Resolution. Pah, if we have to wait till New Years to set our goals we are having issues, besides how many of you have actually followed through and kept your New years resolutions? Not many I […]

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