Ramsey County

Making $ense of Dollars and Cents
Financial News Column Written by:
Brenda Langerud, Extension Agent/Ramsey County

January 2005

• January Week 1 - Wall Street Continued

• January Week 2 - Check Act 21

• January Week 3 - Cashier Check Fraud

• January Week 4 - Earned Income Tax Credit

February 2005

• February Week 1 - How Much Debt Is To Much?

• February Week 2 - Small but Sure

• February Week 3 - Your Credit Score

• February Week 4 - The Financial Tug of War

March 2005

• March Week 1 - Credit Card Vocabulary

• March Week 2 - When It's All Too Much

• March Week 3 - More Credit Card Vocabulary

• March Week 4 - Debt Repayment Plans

• March Week 5 - Plus or Minus, It's Still Credit

April 2005

• April Week 1 - College with a 529

• April Week 2 - Pensions vs. 401(k)'s

• April Week 3 - All the IRA's

• April Week 4 - Assets minus Liabilities Equals???

May 2005

• May Week 1 - Retirement Spending Plans

• May Week 2 - What To Save

• May Week 3 - Where To Keep It

• May Week 4 - A History of Credit

• May Week 5 - More on the History of Credit

June 2005

• June Week 1 - Start on Saving

• June Week 2 - Avoiding the Latest Scam

• June Week 3 - ND Farm Family Expenses

• June Week 4 - Teenagers & Money

July 2005

• July Week 1 - Buying From Home

• July Week 2 - Credit For All

• July Week 3- Wide Variety of Investments

• July Week 4 - Frauds Targeting Older Americans

August 2005

• August Week 1 - Crime on Vacation

• August Week 2 - Buying Online

• August Week 3 - Investing Safely

• August Week 4 - Good Debt

• August Week 5 - Larger Minimum Payments

September 2005

• September Week 1 - Shopping Safely From Home

• September Week 2 - Children in Poverty

• September Week 3 - Mutual What?

• September Week 4 - How Many Eggs in a Basket?

October 2005

• October Week 1 - Phishing for Dollars

• October Week 2 - What Documents Will I Need?

• October Week 3 - Stocks and the Stock Market

• October Week 4 - First Steps in Estate Planning

• October Week 5 - Distributing an Estate

November 2005

• November Week 1 - Your Path to the Internet

• Credit Card Statements and Fraud

• Ready, Set, Shop

• On-line Shopping Tips

December 2005

• The Holiday Debt Trend

• When the Bills Come

• Misleading Requests

• Money Management Obstacles

2004 Issues

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