Do You Play the Balance Transfer Game?

Debt

Do you constantly find yourself chasing the next great credit card deal, whether it be no annual fee or 10,000 free airline miles or 0% interest for six months?  Is it an obsession or a compulsion?  Do you do it for the thrill of having yet another available credit line, or are you like a [...]

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Weekend Reading: October 4

Weekend Reading

Good morning and happy weekend to all of you! It’s been an interesting week, with the stock market being so volatile and the $700 billion bailout being passed and signed into law. I’m still of the opinion that the latest government action will not be enough to bring us out of our economic slump that [...]

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The Bailout of Fannie and Freddie: Redux

Miscellaneous

You may remember the post I published a month ago which was about the government bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and what it might mean to us as the American people.  I haven’t made it a habit to revisit old posts often because a large amount of my content is focused more on [...]

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Investing For Beginners: Stock Market Basics

Investing for Beginners

This is the first of a multi-part series entitled Investing for Beginners.  Over the next several parts of this series I’ll be covering basic skills needed for investing such as Accounting, Economics and Stock Market Basics.  Today I’ll begin with Stock Market Basics. An accounting professor of mine once told me that if anyone wants [...]

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The Economy’s In Shambles, So What Do You Want To Know?

Personal Finance

There’s been a lot of crazy stuff going on out in the world lately.  We’re facing wars and economic issues and even weather phenomena.  Sometimes it’s hard to focus on what’s important when you are bombarded with different forces in every waking aspect of life.  It may be difficult to concentrate on your financial situation [...]

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Essential Money Saving Tips For Students

Personal Finance

Today we’ll be featuring a guest post from hopeark who will be sharing some money saving tips for students.  Enjoy! It is easy to get caught in the rush of things when you are in college. In the midst of studying, part-time jobs, socializing and extracurricular activities that you have, you are most likely to [...]

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5 Reasons We Don’t Need No Stinking Bailout

Miscellaneous

A wise man once said, “with great power comes great responsibility.”  Whether you are into Spider Man or not it’s hard to ignore such a profound statement, especially when the U.S. is facing times of great turmoil and our nations’ leaders are asking for unprecedented levels of power in order to shore up the financial [...]

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