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Marriage and Money

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes… sharing finances. It’s no longer MY money, it’s now OUR money. Let Fiscal Sanity show you how to live in financial wedded bliss.

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Beware The Gift Card

With the holiday season approaching you may be tempted to buy a gift card for a friend or loved one.  However, you need to choose carefully when deciding from where to purchase.  This month Circuit City filed for bankruptcy and can decline to accept their own gift cards at any moment. Back in February 19, [...]

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Protecting Your Family With Life Insurance

With a daughter on the way, my wife and I decided it was time to get life insurance.  If you have ever looked into life insurance, your head was probably spinning.  This is an industry with lots of choices, and lots of salespeople.  I will offer a cursory overview of all the different types of [...]

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Securing Your Child's Future With A 529 College Savings Plan

My wife and I recently found out we were pregnant with our first child.  After the initial shock and excitement eased a bit, I realized the new addition to the family came with new fiscal challenges. Perhaps the most pressing one given the rising cost of education: How are we going to afford college?  After [...]

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Saving Money with 0% Balance Transfer Offers

Are you getting tons of credit card offers in the mail? Are you throwing them away? Are you insane? If the banks are offering you balance transfers rates of 0% for 12 months, and you’re not taking them up on the offer, then you need to have your head examined. That’s free money baby! Yes, [...]

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The Great Money Hack

Those 0% balance transfer offers you’re getting in the mail are free money offers. Yes, I said free money! These banks are offering to give you money for 12 months for 0%. Did I say free! If you’re carrying a balance on other credit cards, then you need to transfer those balances to one of [...]

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