Comments on: Help A Financial Novice Day! Do Your Part! http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:04:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: sassyfras33 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html/comment-page-1#comment-23364 sassyfras33 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:57:12 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html#comment-23364 I would wholeheartedly second the recommendation to read Personal Finance for Dummies and just about anything else by Eric Tyson, including Investing for Dummies. He packs a LOT of information into each book, and the information is easliy understandable-even for a blonde like me! ;-) I would wholeheartedly second the recommendation to read Personal Finance for Dummies and just about anything else by Eric Tyson, including Investing for Dummies. He packs a LOT of information into each book, and the information is easliy understandable-even for a blonde like me! ;-)

]]> By: Free Money Finance http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html/comment-page-1#comment-23297 Free Money Finance Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:21:53 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html#comment-23297 <strong>Star Money Articles for the Week of Sept. 11</strong> Here are interesting posts and news this week from the MoneyBlogNetwork members and beyond: Consumerism Commentary recognizes National Get Out of Debt Day. AllFinancialMatters gave us a great How to... Personal Finance Edition. MightyBargainHunter has ... Star Money Articles for the Week of Sept. 11

Here are interesting posts and news this week from the MoneyBlogNetwork members and beyond: Consumerism Commentary recognizes National Get Out of Debt Day. AllFinancialMatters gave us a great How to… Personal Finance Edition. MightyBargainHunter has …

]]> By: Cory Aldrich http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html/comment-page-1#comment-22944 Cory Aldrich Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:37:58 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html#comment-22944 Well, perhaps I can help out with the 401(k)... If you've got questions that I haven't answered, let me know and I'll get the answers up. Well, perhaps I can help out with the 401(k)…

If you’ve got questions that I haven’t answered, let me know and I’ll get the answers up.

]]> By: angry dinosaur http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html/comment-page-1#comment-22639 angry dinosaur Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:29:20 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html#comment-22639 I checked <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764525905/ref=nosim/easeoftravel-20">Personal Finance for Dummies</a> out of the library and found it to be an excellent resource covering a broad range of topics. Not only does it have advice on investing and retirement plans, but it also has valuable sections regarding taxes, insurance, and saving money. While the "dummies" series sometimes seems cheesy and/or difficult to implement on one's own, this book is actually a great reference written in straightforward language. I checked Personal Finance for Dummies out of the library and found it to be an excellent resource covering a broad range of topics. Not only does it have advice on investing and retirement plans, but it also has valuable sections regarding taxes, insurance, and saving money.

While the “dummies” series sometimes seems cheesy and/or difficult to implement on one’s own, this book is actually a great reference written in straightforward language.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html/comment-page-1#comment-22635 Amanda Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:09:35 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html#comment-22635 The absolute best book for starting out in investing is the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743266331/ref=nosim/easeoftravel-20">Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing</a>. It starts out explaining everything in very simple, easy to comprehend terms, gives a history on the financial marketplace, and details every type of investment available. I got it as a college graduation present, and it has served me well as a resource over the years! The absolute best book for starting out in investing is the Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing. It starts out explaining everything in very simple, easy to comprehend terms, gives a history on the financial marketplace, and details every type of investment available.

I got it as a college graduation present, and it has served me well as a resource over the years!

]]> By: Patrick in VA http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html/comment-page-1#comment-22597 Patrick in VA Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:36:07 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/help-a-financial-novice-day-do-your-part.html#comment-22597 Dear Financial Novice, I'm definitely not anywhere near an expert, however this is what my wife and I are doing: We have accounts at Wachovia Bank, which provides free Financial planning (so to speak) for its customers. It involves an 'Envision' program, basically where you share your goals (short and long term) and they will provide you person-to-person advice on your financial options, be it with your current 401k, opening a Roth IRA, paying down a credit card, etc. We've started seeing a CPA instead of doing our own taxes (we have a mortgage on our condo, own an investment property, recently got married, and have some debt to pay off). For savings, we've opened an online savings account with HSBC, where we're getting a little above 5%. It's a nice option to have, as the money is liquid but still beating inflation :-) Dear Financial Novice,

I’m definitely not anywhere near an expert, however this is what my wife and I are doing:

We have accounts at Wachovia Bank, which provides free Financial planning (so to speak) for its customers. It involves an ‘Envision’ program, basically where you share your goals (short and long term) and they will provide you person-to-person advice on your financial options, be it with your current 401k, opening a Roth IRA, paying down a credit card, etc.

We’ve started seeing a CPA instead of doing our own taxes (we have a mortgage on our condo, own an investment property, recently got married, and have some debt to pay off).

For savings, we’ve opened an online savings account with HSBC, where we’re getting a little above 5%. It’s a nice option to have, as the money is liquid but still beating inflation :-)

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