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Making Your Money Last

Save $50 a Day, 2011: Investing and Personal Finance

by: Kiplinger Team
January 1, 2012

We'll show you how to target mutual fund expenses and trading commissions, make bank fees disappear, pump up your 401(k) to leverage your tax cut and refinance your mortgage to lower your rate.

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Slash Investing Costs

Vanguard has made saving on fund fees even easier

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index

VTSAX

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index

VBILX

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index

VEMAX

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Trade for Free

you could avoid paying trading costs altogether

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Try Munis

VBIIX

Vanguard's Intermediate Term Tax-Exempt Bond fund

VWITX

you'll make $7 more per $1,000 ($37 versus $30) with the tax-exempt fund

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Leverage Your Tax Cut

Stash that found money in your 401(k)

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Sign Up for Automatic Debit

eliminate late fees that can cost as much as $35 a month

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Transfer Your Balance

Interest-free credit-card debt

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Avoid ATM Fees

Surcharge-free ATM withdrawals are worth investigating

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Refinance Your Mortgage

you can reap a one-time savings by finding cheaper title insurance

www.entitledirect.com

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MORE WAYS TO SAVE

SLIDE SHOW: Save $50 a Day on Food and Medicine

SLIDE SHOW: Save $50 a Day on Shopping and Entertainment

SLIDE SHOW: Save $50 a Day on Travel & Transportation

SLIDE SHOW: Save $50 a Day on Utilities and Home Improvement

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