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Great expectations

September 18th, 2008 by Jacqueline Linge

I made the mistake of looking at my IRA portfolio yesterday.

Let’s start by admitting that I was not the most financially savvy individual. I was well into adulthood before I got rid of credit card debt and started putting money into a savings account. While people my age were putting down their first payment on an apartment, I was buying a copy of “Money for Dummies” and schooling myself on compound interest. I even forced myself to watch Suze Orman on Oprah. This was it, I thought. I was going to be responsible and save.

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