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Hold Onto Recession Lessons, by Stacey Tisdale

Remembering the sting will serve you well in the long run Sheconomics | Today 12:00 am Editor’s note: Stacey Tisdale is the author of The True Cost of Happiness: The Real Story Behind Managing Your Money . A financial expert, Tisdale appears on NBC ’s “Today Show,” and has appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and more. Tisdale has filed business and consumer reports for all of the CNN networks …

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Learning investing lessons from Bernie Madoff scandal

One of 2009′s biggest personal finance stories was the capture of Bernard Madoff, creator of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. If you read the headlines and told yourself it didn’t affect you because you weren’t rich enough to be snared by such a crook, think again.

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While others are blowing their holiday budgets, you can set an example and send a message by giving a gift with a focus on personal finance.