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You know the importance of healthy life choices and passing them along to those you care for. But sometimes those you love don’t have the time to think about silent risks they could be facing on a regular basis. In fact, people may be putting themselves at risk by [...]

Tax season got you down? Do you need some help organizing and completing taxes and have been delaying the task till the last minute. Despair no more. We have one copy of H&R Block At Home Deluxe (a $29.99 value) tax software, formerly known as TaxCut to giveaway.
Giveaway
The winner will be picked randomly from all [...]

Kay Bell from the excellent Don’t Mess With Taxes blog has chosen the article 5 (plus 1) Tax Moves to Consider for 2010 published at Personal Dividends as one of the entries featured on the Tax Carnival #65: President’s Day 2010 Edition. It is not only an honor to be included in the carnival but [...]

A number of companies have reduced or eliminated matches in the employee 401K plans as they struggled through the recession. As a result, not only employees have seen their retirement accounts plummet in value with the overall stock market, but many have started wondering if contributing to a 401K plan at work even makes sense.
Now [...]

Another reason to stay away from the sodas.

photo credit: Tim Psych
A new study conducted over 60,000 subjects in Singapore finds that regular consumption of sweetened soft drinks dramatically increases the risk of pancreatic cancer. The risk is 87% higher among people who drink two or more soft drinks a week.
Pancreas makes insulin that helps [...]

I was contacted by a casting company that is looking for people (individuals and families) to participate in a new reality series on personal finance. Since then I have spoken to the casting company and confirmed that this is a legitimate opportunity.
If you are interested, please read the casting flyer below and follow the directions [...]

What a way to usher in the New Year!
MoneyCrashers is holding a 2010 New Year Giveaway contest starting today with a sumptuous array of prizes, $4367 in cash as of this writing plus additional prizes in the form of books, gift cards, and more. The prizes have been sponsored by many of the top blogs [...]

As 2009 ended, Personal Dividends completed its first year of existence. It has been a very exciting and eventful year for the fledgling site and we are proud to have achieved what we have in the last year. None of this could have been possible without your readership and support and we would like to [...]

This week, stories from Personal Dividends appeared on many different blogs as part of carnivals or just a normal link love. I just want to say that we are honored to be mentioned at these fine blogs and would greatly encourage our readers to go and check these sites out.
Briefly, PD was represented at the [...]

This is the first ever contest at Personal Dividends and probably not the last . One lucky winner will get a brand new copy of the book The Cure for Money Madness by Spencer Sherman. If you would like to know more about the book or Spencer, you can read all about it in [...]