Archive for April, 2007
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Stocks vs. Real Estate
May’s Money Magazine tries to answer the Stocks vs. Real Estate question (see page 94). I had thought that real estate was going to come out the big winner. I know that real estate has been really popular of late, but I had it as the favorite due to the value of leverage.
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Guest Writer Wednesday: AskDong Controls Spending Creep
This week’s guest post comes from AskDong.com. As an early 30-something from Boston, we have a lot in common.
I’ve been very fortunate in the last 9 years since college to have been able to increase my income every single year, but with that has come almost a requisite spending creep. I know I’m not [...] -
Get your Cotton Candy and Fried Dough, We’re at the Carnival…
Actually, I’m at several Carnivals this week. Here’s a list:
JLP at All Financial Matters hosts The 96th Carnival of Personal Finance.
No Credit Needed has included an article of ours in The Festival of Frugality.
Fire Finance rounds up some Money Stories and includes me.Check them out, the sites put on a good show.
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An Entrepreneur’s Tale
You will read it in a number of places over and over again, but one of the best ways to make money is to start a business. It’s so much easier said than done. I had made about 3 or 4 attempts at a business before I either lost the passion for the idea or [...]
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Net Worth Update – April 2007
Since it’s the middle of the month, it’s time to take a look at my net worth.
Overall it’s been a very good month – my best in quite awhile. My retirement accounts just topped the $100K mark in total. This is bad considering that I’m only 31 and spent 2 and half years [...] -
Weekend Personal Finance Review
Here are a few articles that I thought were interesting reads this week:
Henry from Binary Dollar reminds us to wait 30 days before making any big purchases. I couldn’t agree with this more. My friend and I often joke about things we are going to buy 4 years in advance. For [...]
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Weekly Financial Review #14
My Financial Week that Was…
With the exception of Wednesday, I stayed late at work each night this week. Since my work provides dinner if you stay late, I was able to eat well for free (as long as you stay under the daily allowance). One night, I brought home my dinner and Energi [...]
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Lazy Man Answers a Money Question
First, I started giving a weekly review of my finances, soon after came guest posts and Personal Finance Weekend Reviews. Today, I’ve been included in the debut of the Money Question.
The concept is pretty simple. Someone submits a question and a few personal finance bloggers tackle it the best we can. By [...] -
Wine as a Frugal Gift
If it’s one thing that I’ve learned, you never know when a bargain is going to fall into your lap. You must keep an eye out at all times. This past weekend, we went to Santa Cruz to check out meh about it). Along the way we found that the Santa Cruz [...]
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Guest Post Wednesday: MossySF on International Bonds
For this Guest Post Wednesday, frequent commenter MossySF writes about international bonds. I have to admit that because of my age and risk tolerance, I haven’t put too much thought into bonds – much less international bonds. This is another reason why this guest post Wednesday, can be helpful. It fills [...]
