tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97146112012-01-23T15:10:33.136-05:00How to Make a Million Dollars. I don't make your life, I make your life better. The personal finance blog of a young professional saving 1 million dollars for retirement. This site focuses on saving money, making money, investing money, and increasing net worth.Marshall Middlenoreply@blogger.comBlogger471125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9714611.post-85319965122842016982010-10-23T09:36:00.000-04:002010-10-23T09:36:06.300-04:002010-10-23T09:36:06.300-04:00

Just past the $50,000 mark in my 401K savings. Very pleased with 6% return this year. Next step is to convert 401K to Roth IRA by paying $8,000 now to get $45,000 extra later plus tax free withdrawals in the future.

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Gains & Losses Total:   -$339.10   -39.62 % = This  is the result of my adventures in investing thus far.  Originally and naively I believed that I would be able to amass a small fortune in a relatively short amount of time because I consider myself to be a reasonable smart person.  Don't get me wrong I have been successfully maintaining my retirement portfolio (401K and Roth IRA) through

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Investing in the stock market, especially for beginners, can seem like an impossible task. With thousands of companies to choose from, how do you know which one to pick and minimize any potential loss? Some of the world’s richest people, including Warren Buffett, believe one way to beat the stock market is to follow what is known as value investing. Value investing has been around since the

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Check out Groupon's daily deal - huge discounts on the coolest stuff in your city. What is Groupon? It's a bunch of people banding together to get great deals and discounts on tickets, concerts, clothes, food, etc. Click on this link to SIGN UP and get some great deals.

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Is it possible to speed up time while your at work? Try these tricks to tap into your flow and kick the clock into overdrive. Athletes refer to it as being in the zone, computer programmers refer to it as being in hackmode, it's when you become so engrossed and so focused on what you are doing that everything in the periphery fades away into nothing.  Coined by the psychologist

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Part 1 of a 5 Part Series on Job Satisfaction. Do you dread going to work?  Are you getting burned out and jaded?  This series will teach you how to enjoy your job again.  If you were to get a promotion today and your salary doubled, you be pretty happy right?  You'd be excited until the novelty wore off, which happens quickly (joy is fleeting).... So what exactly is it that makes us

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Still trying to reach the $50,000 milestone for my 401K, probably will reach it before the end of this year. The market has not helped my cause, to date my overall value has dropped 0.7%. I reallocated my funds in my 401K since the market is really flat this year. I have moved to some bonds federal and world and will follow closely to see how the account fairs. My other single stock picks

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Just wanted to share an email I got with a promotion to make you some free money. Go red, white, and blue - here’s some green for you, too. Click here to open a ShareBuilder account July 1st - 2nd and get $76 after your first trade*. Sit back and enjoy some cherry pie, you have until the end of the year to make your first trade. Buy stocks for $4 with automatic investing • Select from over

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Personal finance advice from the Bible. Thanks to Karen Anderson for the link over at Online Christian Colleges. For a great read and some sound financial advice be sure to check out these "13 Timeless Finance Tips from the Bible." The Bible holds a wealth of information and provides examples of how to live a wonderful life. Proverbs is my favorite chapter. What about you? Do you ever

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*Guest post by Veronica Brown: Often, people get into debt but they don't have the sufficient income to get out of it. As a result they start having sleepless nights. However, there are many ways by which people can get rid of debt easily. Four ways to get rid of debt: * Debt Consolidation: The purpose of debt consolidation is to combine all of your unsecured debts into one monthly

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Are you looking for quickest way to earn money? In recent times only one source of income is not enough so some part time jobs can help t to earn in a short span of time. If you have enough money in hand then that can save from incurring debt. And so you don’t have to enroll for a debt settlement service. These are some points that help you to earn money in fastest possible way: 1. Sell your

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I am currently on track to save over 1 million dollars for retirement. In fact Fidelity estimates that I'll have exactly $1,258,518 in my 401K upon retirement. Unfortunately that date is 35 years away. It will take me 32 to break the million dollar mark. I would like to speed up the process a bit and shave off 12 years so that I have a cool million saved when I turn 50. I know it all

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I recently got a letter in the mail from Wells Fargo letting me know I have too much money in my escrow account and they sent me a refund. I was really surprised and somewhat upset to find out that they were holding my money. It was nice to get the $2,6752.11 check. They were also able to adjust my monthly mortgage bill so that I'll be paying $100 less a month. Has this ever happened to

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Last summer I got accepted into a Master's program at UMDNJ. There was a lot of paperwork to fill out, but I completed the application. Much to my dismay I received a letter from UMDNJ shortly after being accepted stating that they received a payment from Sallie Mae for over $10,000. I was outraged. I never wanted any loans but they granted me student loans as part of the application process.

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I have been paid $11 by one survey site through Paypal so far and I have another $14 waiting at other sites (I have not yet reached the payment threshold). After some simple calculation I have found that I make around 50 cents an hour working on surveys. This is not a very good use of my time since I make over $29 an hour at my job. As for blogging it is really little work and all reward since

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What's the deal with PAID survey sites?  Recently I have been signing up for a lot of different survey sites to make some extra money.  After thoroughly testing numerous paid survey sites, countless hours of frustration I present to you an insiders look at the Wonderful World of Paid Survey Sites.     First I'd like to clarify a few things about doing online surveys. This will not make you get

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Take a look at some of the survey sites on the right. It is free to sign up and you can earn money for a small amount of time and effort.

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Join the underdog movement, avoid scams for the big names getting fat off the little fish. I am going to make the big online money makers mad by telling you how they do it, without charging you. Usually you'd be paying them $20 to upwards of $500 for the information I will share with you in the weeks to come. Shoemoney is heavily marketing his new "system" by getting all his affiliate friends

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Alright here's the plan. Find a cheap web hosting company and sign up. Next install a sweet Wordpress blog and write 12 incredible articles Next write articles for a few sites and do some guest posting Get linked up with some big names in the field and make some connections. Build Brand, Build Audience, Build Trust, Build Credibility Launch a product and rake in some profits.

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Who's in control? Are you really in control or does someone else have power over you because you owe them money? Do you own your possessions or do your possessions own you?

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In the beginning God created the earth.  One the 23rd day of the second month of the 2006, I created this blog (much to my wife's displeasure) with the goal of saving one million dollars for retirement (if you want to save a million for retirement you are in the right place). I was reading a lot online and even got scammed by a get rich quick scheme. I signed up for a $19.95 program and got a

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Finished my taxes today. I'm going to be getting a good chunk of money back from the government. Actually if I would have figured out my with-holding the right way at the beginning of the year I could have avoided having the government hold on to my money and I could used it for something. What do you do when you get a tax refund? I want to put in savings, but my wife has other plans (a new

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No. Unless you are an athlete or participate in the sports that are featured the Olympics are a waste of time.

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Amazon.com came out with a electronic book reading device called the Kindle a few years ago priced at $300. It started to sell and then Barnes and Noble made one called the Nook, and it sold. Now Apple has recently unveiled the Ipad $899 and the Applites are going bananas. Basically it is a Kindle with color and the ability to play games and look at pictures. I see the advantages to having an

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I am making you an offer you can't refuse.   Wouldn't it be nice if someone could walk you through the steps to make a lot of amount of money online wouldn't it?  I am creating a new ebook that will help anyone who is just starting out create a blog, add adsense, find a niche and start to make money.  It is a step by step guide for beginners to make money online. If you are interested just

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