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Archive for January, 2007

Weekly Mutual Fund Review: Royce Pennsylvania Fund (PENNX)

A new feature here at Generation X Finance will be to review a mutual fund each week that is generally unknown to investors. Understandably we focus a great deal on Vanguard, index funds, ETFs, etc. but very little attention is given to many other investment options that may not be popular yet could find a [...]

Day 3 To A Successful Career Change - The Transition

As we explore this guide to career change we started this week with a checklist to determine whether or not a change was the right course of action. Assuming it was, we then looked at the effect a change would have on our finances and benefits. Now that you have explored all of the options [...]

Generation Next Changes The Face Of The Workplace

I first stumbled upon this article at PBS NewsHour thanks to a post by Boston Gal and think it has quite a bit of relevance with the readers here. Those of us who are in their twenties or thirties have likely experienced a bit of generation gap in regards to older co-workers.
In many companies, it’s [...]

Day 2 To A Successful Career Change - Financial Implications

Yesterday we took a look at how to determine if a career change is right for you and planning for the switch. Now that you have determined this is the right course of action it is important to look at how this will affect your finances.
Step 1 - Evaluate Your Current Situation
Clearly one of the [...]