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Article: Personal Finance Newsletter Is Cliffs Notes for Your Money
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 4, 2009
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It used to be that our personal finances were so uncomplicated -
- a simple bank account, 30-year mortgage, company pension.
That was then.
This is now: Our personal finances come with frustration,
complication and financial products that seem incomprehensible. Just
trying to understand -- and remember -- the new consumer
protections for credit cards is enough to give yourself a headache.
With so much information to grasp and so many scam artists to
avoid, you need CliffsNotes for your money, much like the guides
that have helped students interpret complex literary works.
Well, as it turns out, there is the equivalent for personal
finance. For the Color of Money Book Club selection ...