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This week's Round Up includes a Retirement Readiness Quiz, an explanation of the Cash For Appliance program, a look at whether a college education is worth the investment, a video visual explaining the economic crisis and a post to a popular question: should you pay off your debt or invest?

Most people I know have an innate sense for helping others. We may argue over how much we should help each other or even what the the best way is to help others.
We may discuss the government’s role in helping others versus our local church. But, we often dismiss how our economy is set up [...]

This Round Up includes posts on what the Government's credit score would look like if we could measure it, investing rules of thumb and attributes of the perpetually broke!

A long time ago and in a land far far away… well actually it was 1980 and my wife and I, as newlyweds, just moved to Alaska—this is a true story.
I was working for a financially secure and slightly older gentleman who, one day as I was passing by his office, called me in and [...]

If your family’s growing and you need extra space, get it without buying a new home or building an expensive addition onto your house. Here’s how.
Clear the clutter in every cupboard, closet, drawer and storage area. Evaluate your keepsakes. Scan photos to revive the memory later. Do you really need nine things to remember Aunt [...]

Well, investors will be getting a wake-up-call this morning from the Fed letting them know that easy money won’t be around forever!
Thirty minutes after the markets closed on Thursday, the Fed raised the rate it charges banks for emergency loans by a quarter percentage point to 0.75%.  This was a move that came as a bit of [...]

This week's Round Up includes posts about the significance of the Dow Jones hitting 10,000, the Roth IRA Mania that's going around and a tremendous testimony of one personal finance blogger's journey from atheist to Christian and his overcoming of his debt.

Should Christians pursue retirement as one of their major goals - or in doing so, are they pursuing something that is in complete contrast to what God has purposed for them?
I think this is a good question to ask, and one that I’ve often wrestled with.
As Americans, we generally want to work for 30 to 40 [...]

If you missed the tax deadline and have tax returns that have not been filed, it is imperative you address the situation immediately to avoid continued problems with the Internal Revenue Service.
While the reasons for not filing taxes are certainly important, at this stage of the game your focus should be on how you can [...]