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July 31st, 2010
08:36 PM ET
Fixing Your Bad Financial Habits
Getting your financial life back in order can be an uphill climb, even for people who know about money. Nancy Trejos wrote a personal finance column for a major newspaper, but found her own financial life spiraling out of control. She recovered - and wrote a book about it. She talks with CNN's Jim Acosta, sitting in for Fredricka Whitfield this week.
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Good surface advice, but barely skims the surface of what needs to be done to control finances. I've found the best advice in a book entitled "MONEY: What Financial 'Experts' Will Never Tell You". All the rest is fluff.