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| Setting and Achieving Family Financial Goals |
| When I finally paid off my consumer debt last fall, I set a new goal: build an emergency fund to cover several months of my expenses. Never before had I managed to accumulate more than $1000 in savings. In fact, I'd spent most of my life living paycheck-to-paycheck, constantly flirting with overdraft fees. For the [...] |
| More...(Source: Get Rich Slowly - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:00:27 +0000) |
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| The Best $20 You'll Ever Spend |
| This is a guest post from Ramit Sethi, who writes about personal finance and personal entrepreneurship at I Will Teach You to Be Rich. If you want to start a business, the best $20 you'll ever spend is to find successful entrepreneurs and take them out to lunch. They can be from your industry or other [...] |
| More...(Source: Get Rich Slowly - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:00:18 +0000) |
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| Car Talk |
| «Go away,» Kris tells me every Saturday morning. «This is my time.» She turns on the radio in the kitchen, busies herself with some kitchen-y task (baking, canning, crosswords), and she spends the next couple hours listening to her favorite National Public Radio shows: Car Talk and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. I'm happy to [...] |
| More...(Source: Get Rich Slowly - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:00:31 +0000) |
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| Daily Links: 200 Comments Edition |
| Wow. What the heck got into you guys? Nearly 200 comments on the cash stash question? Amazing! I wish I could bottle that energy for future posts on topics like 401(k)s or certificates of deposit. Perhaps your response is just a reminder that the most interesting part of personal finance is the personal aspect. Speaking of [...] |
| More...(Source: Get Rich Slowly - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:57:29 +0000) |
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| Ask the Readers: How Much Cash Do You Stash? |
| «How much cash do you carry in your wallet?» my friend Michael asked at lunch last Sunday. «I don't know,» I said. «Somewhere between $40 and $100, I guess. That's how much I take out of the ATM when I need it. Why do you ask?» «Well, I read something the other day that said the [...] |
| More...(Source: Get Rich Slowly - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:34 +0000) |
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| Updated Latest Savings and Checking Account Rates (and Blog Roundup) |
| There's no doubt that the banking industry has had a tough time over the past month. Interest rates have fluctuated. Most notably, ING Direct's Orange Savings Account is now at 2.75% APY and Washington Mutual's Online Savings Account is now tun by JP Morgan Chase and offers 3.0% APY. Here are more updated [...] |
| More...(Source: Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:54:31 +0000) |
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| Exclusive: Earn a $25 Bonus at E*TRADE Bank |
| I've been waiting for the right time to open an online savings account at E*TRADE Bank. My company stock is held at E*TRADE, and as soon as I sell my stock purchases from the past twelve months, I will move the proceeds into a savings account with the brokerage's banking division. E*TRADE's online [...] |
| More...(Source: Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:06:36 +0000) |
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| Economist's Advice on the Local News Program |
| Here's what an economist had to say about investing on ABC 7 Eyewitness News tonight: Third quarter 401(k) statements are reaching homes now. Don't look at your statement. If you put more money in your 401(k), put it into Treasuries. If you are thinking about stocks, think again. They look cheap now, but they'll be cheaper later. I suppose [...] |
| More...(Source: Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:16:54 +0000) |
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| ING Direct Drops Rate to 2.75% APY |
| I warned yesterday that more banks were likely to follow Chase's lead in lowering interest rates for savings account customers. A few minutes ago, I received an email from ING Direct to inform me that the interest rate offered on the Orange Savings Account has been reduced to yield 2.75%. Over the past few weeks, [...] |
| More...(Source: Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog - Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:16:57 +0000) |
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| Mostly Jargon-Free Economy Reporting |
| One of the most well-received stories about the 2008 financial meltdown is the This American Life episode titled «The Giant Pool of Money». It's from «way back» in May and goes into great detail without sounding like Ben Stein's bored teacher character from «Ferris Bueller's Day Off». Don't worry if you find Ira Glass off-putting; [...] |
| More...(Source: Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog - Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:09:03 +0000) |
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| WSJ Profile of Muriel Siebert, First Woman on NYSE |
| Muriel Siebert was the first woman to hold a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the namesake behind SieberNet, a discount broker. If you have three minutes, check out this brief profile of her and experiences getting that seat (here's the full article). The video is just a little taste of her personality, the [...] |
| More...(Source: Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:48:38 +0000) |
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| Roundup: Explaining Financial News in Pokemon Cards |
| Jason Kottke shares a great explanation of the financial crisis using Pokemon cards. What's also missing is the part about how the bank then took the card and used that as collateral for «insurance» (a CDO, which doesn't have the same capital requirements as true «insurance»)… now you have a more accurate picture of the [...] |
| More...(Source: Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:58:33 +0000) |
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| RealtyTrac Review: Service For Vultures |
| When it comes to making money, I'm all for capitalism. I like a free market and you can try to make money from as many means as possible. However, do you really need to be a vulture and swoop in on a foreclosure? There may or may not be a family living in that house [...] |
| More...(Source: Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:31:22 +0000) |
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| Stop Watching Market News, Start Watching LOLCATS |
| I know this is a personal finance blog and I typically talk about money related subjects like investing (ugh), frugality, budgeting, etc. But let's be honest, the financial news has been bleak. Bleaker than bleak. The stock market is hurting bad, retail is down with talk of a horrible retail holiday season, the commercial paper [...] |
| More...(Source: Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:09:02 +0000) |
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| Your Take: How Do You Talk Yourself Out of Purchases? |
| Ben Popken of The Consumerist shared a tip from Janice on how she talks herself out of purchases: If you find yourself in one of those moods where you just «have to have it», and end up in the store staring at it, talk to yourself about it. List all the reasons you want it (want, [...] |
| More...(Source: Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:44:56 +0000) |
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