Baby on the way? Smart ways to avoid price shock 03/11/2014 – Any day now, England’s Prince William and Kate Middleton will welcome a long-awaited royal baby. With their bundle of joy, they will enter the world of parenthood and all it entails — with at least one key difference: They are probably not […]
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So you’re having an ‘oops’ baby 01/07/2014 – Four years ago, Cynthia Millsaps learned that she was pregnant — except she didn’t mean to be. She and her husband already had three children, the youngest of whom was 9. “We refer to her as ‘the best oops ever,’” said Millsaps, now 44, and living
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Buying your first ‘home sweet home’ 27/05/2014 – When Lovelyn Joyce S Ocampo-Garcia and her husband were searching for their first house, they had a unique strategy: look for the biggest lot that would fit their budget with the smallest house they could live with. Need to Know If you’re worried about affording a
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Yes, you can retire before your 40th birthday 07/04/2014 – What if you didn’t have to wait until you were in your mid-sixties to retire? What about 50, or even just as you hit your 40th birthday? Don’t laugh — with enough dedication, you could say goodbye to your full-time job years sooner than
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Yes, you can retire before your 40th birthday 07/04/2014 – What if you didn’t have to wait until you were in your mid-sixties to retire? What about 50, or even just as you hit your 40th birthday? Don’t laugh — with enough dedication, you could say goodbye to your full-time job years sooner than
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Family values: How to pay for a large family 10/03/2014 – Jim Hunt and his wife always knew they wanted to have a large family — his wife is one of five brothers and sisters, and today they have five children themselves, ranging in age from four to 10 years old. In retrospect he
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Own your own ski chalet or summer retreat 27/01/2014 – Two years ago, Rebecca and Guy Nerad bought an apartment in a ski resort about an hour’s drive from their home in Vermont in the north east US. Last winter, they spent nearly every weekend there, skiing the slopes with their six-year-old daughter and
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Divorce your partner, not your savings 21/10/2013 – First comes marriage, then — for some couples — comes divorce. Maybe it was the secret credit card purchases, which one in 10 people say played a role in their separation or divorce, according to a report by UK price comparison site Moneysupermarket.com. Maybe it was
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Make it work on a single salary 08/07/2013 – When Andy and Catherine Reese decided that one of them should stop working to stay home with their newborn son almost 11 years ago, it was not an easy choice. The couple knew money would be tight and that they would have to sacrifice dinners
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