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The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	5 Reasons to Scrimp for a Down Payment Of the million or so hurdles you can encounter between you and your first home, the down-payment hurdle can sometimes loom the largest. It's not easy, but it can save you more money down the road.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 Elizabeth Brokamp	Financial Vows in Marriage Did you promise to love, honor, and save for retirement?
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Is Your Emergency Fund Too Big? Here are some signs that it might be time to put your money to other uses.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Credit Cards Make You Money All it takes is self-control to make credit work for you. Managed correctly, credit will pay you back for expenses you'd pay anyway.
Entrepreneur April 2007 Jennifer Pellet	One Step Ahead Options for buying a home when you can't prove income.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Teach Your Kids to Save Here are suggestions for helping kids to become fiscally savvy, along with some age-appropriate book offerings: It's a Habit, Sammy Rabbit! by Sam Renick... Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst... etc.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	More Paper Checks Go Electronic Merchants can start quickly, electronically clearing your checks. Consumers can also opt out of the back-office conversion process, but you'll have to ask the retailer or merchant how to do so.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Snack Time? Charge It! Cash works as a backstop against impulse spending. If you have no cash, you can't spend it. That's one reason why converting to an all-cash diet helps many people get out of debt and get a handle on their expenses.
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Jeffery M. Laderman	The Wisdom Of Brackets Breaking complex questions into binary steps can lead to smarter calls.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Time for Universal Default to Default? Potential reforms could make this interest-hiking practice a thing of the past.
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