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Miranda Marquit is a freelance writer and professional blogger specializing in financial topics. She writes about personal and family finance, small business and entrepreneurship, and investing for beginners. Her work appears on numerous financial web sites, including, Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, MSN Money, U.S. News & World Report, and Wise Bread. Miranda has also covered science and technology for online and offline publications, including Discover magazine. In the past, Miranda’s writing has been linked to from the New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Consumerist, and she has appeared on American Public Media’s Marketplace. Miranda has her own financial blog, Planting Money Seeds.
While there is a certain lure in the concept of ownership, it’s important to recognize that buying something isn’t always the best choice. The battle of rent vs. buy isn’t restricted to the housing market, either; consumers of all types need to think before they buy and…
Many of us look at our children and wish that they understood our attempts to teach them about money management, from why we’re nagging them to turn the lights off to what that wasted food means for our grocery budget. It’s all about the value of a…
Written by Miranda Marquit on July 31, 2012
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In The College Solution, Lynn O’Shaughnessy provides an easy-to-use roadmap that you can use to find the right colleges (not just the most hyped) and to dramatically reduce your costs. In this excerpt, learn more about saving for college and your family’s expected financial contribution. How rich is…
The advancement of technology is providing the opportunity for many parents to work from home. From more traditional jobs that allow telecommuting to full-fledged home businesses, an increasing number of parents are finding it possible to earn money without needing to go into an office to…
Written by Miranda Marquit on July 9, 2012
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Many of us, when we make purchases, look at the price only. We consider the sticker price of an item or service and then make a judgment based on how expensive or cheap it is. However, the upfront cost should not be the only consideration….
Written by Miranda Marquit on June 25, 2012
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Money Management: Ways to Diversify Your Income A few decades ago, if you had a job at any given company, you usually had career security—and possibly a pension. That employment setup has been replaced by one in which companies replace workers without too much thought,…
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