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Optimize Your IRA and 401(k)

Posted July 29, 2009 - 12:00 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

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Your IRA and 401(k) (or 403(b) if you work for a non-profit) are great tools for deferring taxes, and have other advantages as well. But because they're labeled "retirement" accounts, people are much too likely to put the wrong investments in them. Here's how to use them correctly.

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Our worst financial mistakes and what you can learn from them

Posted 2 years ago by Julie Rains

Filed Under: Credit Cards, Investment, Real Estate and Housing

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"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you can’t live long enough to make them all yourself." (Anonymous)

I’ve asked my fellow bloggers here at Wise Bread to tell you about their worst financial mistakes (and have included mine). Hopefully, wherever you may be in your living-large journey, you can learn from us. After you've read our story, we want to hear yours! Tell us your worst financial mistake in the comments and be entered into a random drawing for a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate!

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