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Dave Says: How to Manage Stock
When your company gives you stock, how should you go about managing it? Dave has some words to the wise about stock. Dear Dave, My wife started working at a pharmaceutical company that gave her a few thousand dollars’ worth of stock. In the last year that stock has doubled in value. We’ve...
5 Easy Ways to Create a Faith-focused Home
Our homes are reflections of our unique personalities, and as such they are a great way to quietly share our beliefs with those who visit them. Check out these five quick tips to help your home reflect your beliefs. An LDS visitors' center is a great place to take a gander if you’re looking...
Dave Says: Top Tip to Getting Out of Debt
How much does transferring funds to a lower interest rate really help you in your efforts to get out of debt? Dear Dave, I’m trying to pay off my credit card and get out of debt. Do you think I should transfer the balance to one with a lower interest rate while I do this? Kelsey Dear...
Dave Says: How to Invest in a Roth IRA
When your employers don't offer to match your 401(K), then how should you invest your money to make sure you're safely growing your bank account? Dear Dave, I’m 26, and I just started a new job making $50,000. I’ve also been offered a 401(k) with no match. Should I put money into the 401(k)...
Prepper Style New Year's Resolutions: Outdoor Gear
We’re sharing our preparedness new year’s resolutions for 2014. If you’d like to make some prepping resolutions of your own, but don’t know where to start, borrow some of our resolutions or use this series to get some ideas. This week we are talking about Outdoor Gear. Click here to check...
Prepper Style New Year's Resolutions: Survival Skills
We’re sharing our preparedness new year’s resolutions for 2014. If you’d like to make some prepping resolutions of your own, but don’t know where to start, borrow some of our resolutions or use this series to get some ideas. This week we're talking about survival skills. Take a look at...
Prepper Style New Year's Resolutions: Indoor Gear
We’re sharing our Preparedness New Year’s Resolutions for 2014. If you’d like to make some Prepping Resolutions of your own, but don’t know where to start, borrow some of our resolutions or use this series to get some ideas. This week we are talking about Indoor Gear. Click here to check...
Dave Says: Save Up for Low-Income Seasons
If your income seems to fluctuate with busy seasons in your industry, don't forget to save up for the slow seasons as well! Dear Dave, My husband works construction, so we barely scrape by during the winter months. Should we build an emergency fund for the slow times? Cathy Dear Cathy, I...
Prepper Style New Year's Resolutions: Food & Water
This year, along with the traditional New Year’s resolutions like losing weight, eating less treats, or being more financially savvy, consider making some emergency preparedness resolutions for 2014. Each Monday in January, we’re sharing our preparedness New Year’s resolutions. If you’d...
5 Crucial Survival Tips
We can't all be Bear Grylls, but this handy list of survival skills will get you on the right track if ever disaster strikes. I don’t know about you, but the last thing I want to be doing during an emergency is reading an instruction manual. All the gear in the world—and I know, there’s some...
Is Cleanliness Really Next to Godliness?
MR says: There's a really interesting discussion halfway through the blog about a study done in a "messy" versus a "tidy" area and how sometimes clutter can spark boldness and creativity. Food for thought. This week, as we remove the brittle Christmas tree and unwrap the garland from the staircase...
How to Recognize and Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Headache, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, and vomiting are all common symptoms of cold and flu season. But did you know that these are also the common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning? Carbon monoxide poisoning often occurs in the winter—the same time that cold and flu season thrives. This is...
Dave Says: How to Knock Out Debt
What's more important? Investing money or erasing debt? Dave says getting rid of your debt should always come first. What great advice! Dear Dave, What would you recommend for 401(k) contributions while getting out of debt? Chaz Dear Chaz, I recommend putting a temporary stop to investing...
Making Home a Haven: Part Two - Establishing Peace
MR says: Great article on different ways we can make our homes peaceful. In the first part of this series on Making Home a Haven, I mentioned that I like to pattern my home after the temple and after the beautiful earth that God created for us to inhabit. The peace and quiet found on a mountain path or in a...
Dave Says: Costs of Mortgage Accelerator Programs
What does a mortgage accelerator program really do for you? What are the benefits and what are the costs? Dave's got the answers. Dear Dave, Should I pay a nominal fee to be enrolled in a mortgage accelerator program? Jennifer Dear Jennifer, No, you should not. Mortgage accelerator programs...
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