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An Easy Way To Save Money: Plan.
Today we’ll be featuring a guest post from Michael Caldwell at UseTheDollar.com, a finance blog for college students. Stores Expect to Sell you more than you came for The majority of my unplanned spending is composed of impulse buying of items in stores. Your lack of planning and Store’s tricky methods cause you to spend…
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Buffett’s Buying – But Should You?
If you read any financial news at all, then you’re likely to have read about Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha” and his proclamation to the world that he’s buying stocks. A would-be investor would naturally assume that if Warren Buffett (who has made his fortune from the stock market) is buying then now is…
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Retirement Planning: What You Can Do To Retire In Good Financial Shape
Today I’m featuring a guest post about retirement planning. Stay tuned next week for some great updates including a new Friday Book Club and the continuation of my Investing for Beginners series. Where do you want to be when you retire? Will you be on an island in the Bahamas? Working in a different field?…
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Win a $25 Gas Card and a Personal Finance Book!
With the high price of gas and entertainment these days it’s sometimes better to just stay inside and entertain yourself at home. I want to offer you something more than that though. How about a $25 gas card and a personal finance book? This way you can afford to drive your car to the other…
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Blog Action Day 2008: Fighting Poverty
Today is Blog Action Day 2008. The focus this year is on Poverty and overcoming the devastating effects of said tragedy. Poverty is a terrible thing. So many people around the world are suffering because of a lack of resources, a lack of money and a lack of opportunity. Truly I am blessed having lived…
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The Carnival of Personal Finance #174
Greener Pastures is hosting the Columbus Day edition of The Carnival of Personal Finance, highlighting the best personal finance articles around. My recent article on Debit versus Credit, Stock Market Basics: Investing for Beginners, was featured under Investing. There are some fantastic articles in this week’s carnival. In addition to the Editor’s Pick articles, here…
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4 Simple Ways to Improve Your Credit Score
Be honest with me here. How is your credit? Is it great? Good? Or… not so good? The fact is that hundreds of thousands of Americans have anywhere from decent to borderline terrible credit. It doesn’t take much you know. A missed payment here and there, a bill that you never received, one too many…