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Why Your Kid is Now 25% More Expensive

LearnVest | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: The Cost of Kids, Kids Are More Expensive, Rising Cost of Raising Kids, Expensive Kids, Learnvest, Choice to Have Another Child, Only Children, Parenting and Money, How Much Kids Cost, Parents News
LearnVest

I'm worried that by the time my son turns seven, his dad and I will both have to take on additional jobs just to handle the expenses. And new research shows it's not just us -- it's the new reality of having kids.

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11 Secrets Hiring Managers Aren't Telling You

LearnVest | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Equal Pay Day, Learnvest, Job Interview Advice, Job Interview Tips, How to Get a Job, Dream Job, What Not to Do in a Job Interview, How to Land a Job, Women News
LearnVest

What you don't know can hurt your chances of landing a job and commanding a higher salary.

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How I Paid Off my Student Loan in Only Three and a Half Years

LearnVest | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Student Loan, Paying Off Student Loans, Paying Off Debt, Student Loan Debt, Savings Account, Emergency Funds, How to Create a Budget, Learnvest, Credit Card Debt, Money-Saving Tips, Women News
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I didn't want the world to know that I'd racked up almost $8,000 in credit card debt or that the way I got rid of the debt was by freakishly and obsessively tracking how I spent every dollar.

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Get the Most Bang for Your Buff With These 5 Spring Cleaning Tips

LearnVest | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Learnvest, Dusting Tips, Melissa Homer, Cleaning Floors, Cleaning Tips, Spring Cleaning, Spring Cleaning Tips, Dusting, Bathroom Cleaning Tips, Maidpro, Women News
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We've put together the five cleaning tasks with the most impact -- the most "bang for your buff," if you will. (Although none of them require actual buffing.)

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The 10 Best Things You're Already Doing With Your Finances

LearnVest | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: How to Save Money, Learnvest, Go to the Gym, Money, Ways-to-Save, Personal Finance, Money News
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Since the recession, 80 percent of people are showing more caution with their finances than they used to, including saving more and investing for retirement. That's good news.

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WATCH: Sh*t Girls Say About Money

Maria Lin | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Shit Girls Say, Credit Cards, Shopping, Money, Personal Finance, Bills, Women and Money, Learnvest, Video, Women News
Maria Lin

This video is dedicated to all of you out there who have ever ignored a bill, prayed to the ATM or just had to have those "breakup earrings" (and besides, they were on sale!).

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Katherine Bindley

Crucial Info Women Don't Know About Money: LearnVest Survey

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Alexa Von Tobel Learnvest, Womens-Finance, Women Entrepreneurs, Learnvest, Credit Card Debt, Managing-Finances, Women and Money, Women and Finance, Personal Finance, Alexa Von Tobel, Financial Advice, Women News

There's a familiar but grating stereotype that women are frivolous when it comes to money (here's looking at you "Confessions of a Shopaholic," Lily A...

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Al Roker: 10 Things You Don’t Know About My Finances

LearnVest | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Learnvest, Al Roker, Bv-Money, Black Voices News

Here at LearnVest, we don't shy away from asking all those awkward and fascinating money questions. How much did that cost you? Do you have a big inve...

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Bianca Bosker

LearnVest CEO On What Women Do That Holds Them Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 09.22.2011

Read More: Women, Small Business, LearnVest CEO, Women Entrepreneurs, Learnvest, Entrepreneurs, Business, Alexa Von Tobel Learnvest, Startups, Women in Technology, Technology, Women in Tech, Entrepreneurship, Alexa Von Tobel, Small Business America, Technology News

In first grade, Alexa von Tobel decided to be president of the United States. A few years after that, she settled on her ultimate -- and perhaps most ...

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Howard Dean as John the Baptist and Other Big Ideas at the Little Idea

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2004 Election, Caroline Waxler, Corporate Funded Elections, The Little Idea, Jena Friedman, George W. Bush, Searching for Whitopia, The Nation, Democratic Party, Grass Roots Campaign, Arianna Huffington, Obama White House, Learnvest, Howard Dean, Recessionwire, Campaign Finance Reform, Bob Fertik, Refugee Girls Revue, Corporate Funding, Andrea Chalupa, Tea Party Movement, John the Baptist, Herding Donkeys, Third World America, 2012 Midterm Election, Democrats.com, Speakeasy, Ari Berman, Drew Grant, Citizens United, 2008 Election, Rich Benjamin, Ari Melber, Rahm Emanuel, Lower East Side, Rachel Sklar, Laura Rich, Grassroots Movement, Jonathan Melber, Elena Silenok, Crushable, Chartini, Clothia, Charles Lencher, New York News
Andrea Chalupa

Ari Berman does a wonderful thing in his new book Herding Donkeys -- he investigates how common sense usurped power in Washington.

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Financial Education: The Solution for the Future of Our Economy?

Alexa von Tobel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Learnvest, College Debt, Personal Finance, Economic Crisis, Business News
Alexa von Tobel

The number of 18 to 24-year-olds declaring bankruptcy has increased 96% in 10 years. Many recent grads are looking for solutions without any educational background in personal finance.

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So You're Finished with Taxes...Now What?

Alexa von Tobel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Learnvest, Personal Finance, Home News
Alexa von Tobel

Having spent hours digging through your personal file cabinets and preparing the paperwork for today's deadline, you are now intimately aware of your financial situation. You should take advantage of this time.

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10 Things I Learned From Launching a Company in a Recession

Alexa von Tobel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Learnvest, Entrepreneurship, Recession, Business News
Alexa von Tobel

I want to share the most powerful things I learned about starting a business at a time when the economy was at its worst, and capital was scarce.

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Your New Best Friend: A Roth IRA

Alexa von Tobel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Learnvest, Women, Roth IRAs, Retirement, Financial Independence, Business News
Alexa von Tobel

If you get in the habit of putting just $50 per month into a Roth IRA for the next 40+ years, you could retire as a millionaire (thanks to the amazing effects of compounding interest)!

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Just in Time for Graduation: 6 Steps to Attack Credit Card Debt

Alexa von Tobel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Debt, Learnvest, Graduation, Credit Cards, Debt, College News
Alexa von Tobel

Here's a basic, six step plan to help graduating seniors (or anyone!) tackle their credit card debt one step at a time.

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Closing the Female Financial Knowledge Gap

Alexa von Tobel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Learnvest, Women in Business, Personal Finance, Healthy Living News
Alexa von Tobel

How can we navigate through financial decisions and plan wisely for our future, if we have never been taught about personal finance in school? This gap in our knowledge inspired me to start LearnVest, a personal finance resource for women.

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Alexa von Tobel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Learnvest, Challenge, Savings, Consumer Spending, Money, New York News
Alexa von Tobel

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Women in Tech: The Silicon Ceiling

Maya Baratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, Webby Awards, Glass Ceiling, Learnvest, Healthywage, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Technology News
Maya Baratz

When I first I attended the Webby Awards in 2001, I noticed a anthropological paradox: The line to the ladies' room was nonexistent, the men's, long.

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