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My Dollar Plan goes into Witness Protection Program

No, I didn’t witness a horrific crime… but I did get some feedback from other bloggers about using pen names. My long time readers (those who have been with me all week – thank you!) will notice that my name changed.


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Investment in Vanguard ETF for Roth IRA

I received a phone call earlier this week. Here’s a summary of how the conversation went:
Me: Hello.
Caller: Do I need a Roth IRA or Traditional IRA?
Me: Roth. Where are you opening it?
Caller: Scottrade.
Me: Do you know what to invest in?
Caller: No.
Me: We’ll worry about that later. Are you there right now?
Caller: Yes.
Me: Open the account, [...]


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My Dollar Plan blog goals

Here’s the goals for My Dollar Plan:
Offer a place for friends and family to go to get answers to their questions. I spend a considerable amount of time researching and advising people on all money matters. Because the topics often repeat and overlap, I want to point them to this site for their answers. I [...]


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Savings Bonds in Electronic Form

As I sort through the piles and piles of financial articles and clippings all over, I found an old clipping I saved in Bloglines.
This article about how to convert paper savings bonds to electonic from My Money Blog is on my to-do list for Sam. As I was accessing her safe deposit box (I share [...]


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Introduction to Mydollarplan.com

I have always had a passion for seeking out ways to squeeze every penny out of a dollar and then some. When I hear about a great financial idea I like to push it just a little further to see if I can’t make some more money.
I opened my first IRA while I was still [...]


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