Archive for September, 2008
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Getting Answers To Your Financial Questions
Every so often, I get questions from readers. I’d love to get more (contact me) but sometimes the questions I do get deal with topics that are a little outside my level of expertise. When this happens, I often try to direct the person to place that I think can help them [...]
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Three Ridiculous and Stupid Ideas that Save You Money
While all of my posts are for your entertainment to some extent, this one in particular is intended as pure entertainment. I have to say such things, because otherwise people may think I’m serious.
If you didn’t read the above italics and somehow missed the word “stupid” in the title, let this be yet [...] -
Boating Accident (and some links)
I was in a boating accident today (not boats colliding as much as my own lack of coordination). I feel good, just 18 stitches to the eyebrow. I haven’t seen it, but some people say it was bad. I know there was a lot of blood, but I feel the same [...]
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$700 Billion Bailout – Is My Money Safe?
It seems like everyday there’s new news with bailouts and banks. Today it was that JPMorgan Chase Bought WaMu for 1.9 Billion. Naturally consumers have a lot of questions and they should have them. I’m not an expert. In fact, I’ve been distanced from the news as I’ve been halfway [...]
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Links – Looks can be Deceiving Edition
I’m still away on my vacation. We’ve had a little lot of trouble trying to get on the free military cargo flights that we were told were “typically very, very easy, but nothing is guaranteed.” It seems like there’s some value to a guarantee.
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Can You Trust Online Banks?
Jim writes about personal finance at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
I recently had a chat with one of my friends about online banking, how she had just started checking her account online, using bill pay functions, and managing her transactions through a website. She’s a pretty savvy individual, a mechanical engineer by trade, but not [...] -
Buying a car? 10 Ways to Get the Best Deal
This is a guest post from Master Your Card. If you’ve never been there, it’s worth a visit. Not only is the content top notch, but the design is one of the best I’ve seen. I can’t help myself from clicking through to the articles. If you aren’t too impressed [...]
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5 Ways To Save Money on Golf
Some things in life are quite expensive. Here are some ways to save money on golf
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Lehman Bankruptcy, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch: What Can We Learn Here?
I try to take a couple of weeks of vacation outside of America and Wall Street explodes. Lehman is filing for bankruptcy. Bank of America is buying Merrill Lynch. I don’t even need to get into American Insurance Group losing a third of value. It will teach me to get [...]
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One Foot in Front of the Other
This is a guest post from Kevin at No Debt Plan where he writes about helping you get and stay out of debt before building wealth. If you’re too busy to visit his site, why not subscribe to his blog and catch up later?
There are some amazing similarities between exercise, dietary habits, and personal [...]
