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Friday Quickie: Average household income by age

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CF / January 11th, 2013 / 22 Comments

I meant to share this a while ago, but hey, better late than never. In finance, it’s common to hear statistics like “average household income is X” or “the average salary in America is Y” being used. But the average is often not very useful, and here’s (one of) the reasons why: Photo Credit: NPR This is a bar graph of average household incomes in America, grouped...

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Giveaway: Structured settlement or lump sum payment?

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CF / January 9th, 2013 / 4 Comments

Here at The Outlier Model, we’re grateful to StructuredSettlement-Quotes.com, America’s premier structured settlement and annuity marketplace, for letting us be a part of this giveaway! Good luck to everyone! At some point in your life, you may be on the receiving end of an insurance or lawsuit settlement. Of course, we all hope that we won’t be involved in anything so unpleasant...

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Financial Goals: 2013

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CF / January 7th, 2013 / 35 Comments

The start of a new year is a natural point in time to embark on new goals and to review the achievements of the past year. Last week, Brian and I talked a bit about our net worth. We’re pretty happy with the numbers on paper, but how did we do in terms of achieving the goals we set back in early 2012? Photo Credit: Images_of_Money via flickr CF’s Goals Emergency Fund: $2000...

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Apple iPad Giveaway winner!

Brian / January 6th, 2013 / No Comments

Last month, we participated in a group giveaway to give one lucky person a new 32GB Apple iPad with Wifi! We received 20,000 entries from around the world, so thanks to everyone who entered! Photo Credit: Sean MacEntee via Flickr The Outlier Model would like to congratulate winner Waldemar Mopera III! Waldemar is from the Philippines and has already received his prize which he plans to use for school. If...

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