How to Spend "Special" Money
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Sometimes what's financially right is emotionally wrong. So how do you treat a windfall?
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Make sure YOUR wallet is the one getting fatter.
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Next, you could have a Motorola mobile phone with MasterCard PayPass to help you spend money faster. &quot;This is layering on more features to make the cell phone
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What would you do with $12 billion?  You might have two ideas in mind, neither of which is necessarily exclusive of the other: First, do some good; and second, make sure that money keeps growing.
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There are special rules for gifts of stock.
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Chris Brogan asks a question... What if you had $300K to spend on a luxury, an impulse buy, not something you need, what would you spend it on? I just answered -- I'd buy 30 full-page ads in the NY Times. What would you buy?
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Get greedy with your savings. Your future self will thank you.
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Prepare for an odd kind of financial disaster.
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Are you spending too much or too little on this and that?
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Why would sane people save money when they could spend it?
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Could you go a year without purchasing anything but necessities?
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You need an emergency fund. What you don't need are excuses to burn through it.
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Did you see Alan Greenspan on 60 Minutes tonight?  What a revelation, one of the most powerful political and economic forces, but until now, basically silent. There were so many interesting things in the interview, but one of them left me with an urgent action item. Lesley Stahl, the interviewer, asked what currency he got the advance on his book in? He said it didn't matter, because he could convert to whatever currency he wanted, begging the question. She pressed, and he volunteered that the best choice is to be diversified. Which of course is a conclusion every money manager would reach on their own, it's just like stocks and bonds, you never want to have all your eggs in one basket, the best strategy is to be diversified.  I've wanted to be diversified in currency for quite some time, but have found it's not so easy. I have an investment account and a checking account, both are in US dollars, and neither offers the option of anything other than that. I just spent a couple of hours with Google trying to figure out where I could open an account that would allow me to keep cash in euros, yen, yuan, dollars (Canadian, US, Australian or New Zealand), pounds, or... ? I found that I could become a currency trader, which is absolutely not what I want. What I'd like is something like a mutual fund for currency. Or failing that, a certificate of deposit that allowed me to specify what currency it would be in.  So I thought I'd ask the smartest people I know, the readers of this blog. Do you keep your savings in more than one currency? Is there an online bank that does this well, one that a US citizen can use (that is, it sends 1099's to the IRS). Any ideas would be much appreciated.
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How can you ensure that your contributions are put to best possible use?
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How to maximize your charitable contributions.
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Are you financially prepared for surprises? Are you even ready for the expected expenses?