Stop Arguing with Your Spouse About Money...Hold a Weekly "Money Huddle"
A weekly meeting between spouses is a very important part of being able to implement a controlled financial environment.

It’s a very delightful thing to do.

We can also refer to this as a “Money Huddle”.  On a weekly basis, the husband and wife get together and talk about finances. 
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What to Do with Surplus Money?
I recently saw the following post on a personal finance blog: 

"If you are generating a little extra income - where would you put the surplus?
a) pay off the mortgage; b) pay off outstanding credit card debt; c) invest in IRA; d) invest in IRA and kids; f) go on a family vacation; g) start an emergency fund?
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Even Employees with Pension Plans May Not Have a Pension...
I have noticed, in my experience, that if an employer offers a pension plan (a fast-disappearing retirement benefit virtually unheard of by anyone younger than 40) that a potential employee will often jump at the chance to work for such an employer.

The potential employee takes no thought except to ask what type of retirement benefits are offered.
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Peace in Today's Financial Recession
I have clients that are doing very well in today's recession.

How?  They stay within their Master Plan.

When I mention the Master Plan in my seminars, I always get several questions about how to create a Master Plan, since most people seem to be horribly confused about how to plan their financial life due to the mishmash of conflicting information they read in today's popular press.
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The Secret to Calming the Financial Storm...
In the movie "The Perfect Storm" all the elements of wind, ocean and lightning combine to sink a ship in the biggest way ever!

When we review last year's financial disasters, they all look just exactly like the "perfect financial storm." 
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