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My Six Word Memoir
For those of you who don’t follow such things, there’s a thing in the world of blogging (often called a blogosphere) called a meme. Basically someone takes a topic, writes about it, and then “tags” others to write about it. I suppose if you don’t write about it, you get stuck being “it.” [...]
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Weekend Personal Finance Review - High Cholesterol Edition
My wife got a cholesterol test yesterday. We’ve known that she’s had high cholesterol in the past, but this was off the charts bad. As some people know, the ratio of good to bad cholesterol is also important. Unfortunately this number isn’t on her side either. I’ve spent the morning researching [...]
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Celebrities and Money: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Today I thought I’d unveil a new series focused on celebrities and their money. It’s not going to be a regular series - I’ll only post when I find relevant articles. If you have a link to a celebrity and money, feel free to contact me.
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Erin Burnett: Why I Would Not Impress CNBC’s Anchor
For a variety of non-financial reasons, I like to read Men’s Health from cover to cover each month. I know it’s not as entertaining as Maxim for a lot of people, but I still like it. Though it has a ton of advertising and is one of the few magazines where it’s impossible [...]
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A Lazy Portfolio
Investing can seem very complex if you are new to it. There are so many options out there. How is one to choose between stocks, mutual funds, CDs, corporate bonds, treasury bonds, savings accounts, and even more exotic options like lending on Prosper. With all this complexity it may be worth simplifying [...]
