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5 Things Every First Time Homebuyer Needs to Know
Having recently purchased my first home I was able to learn a great deal about what’s important – and what’s not so important – when it comes to taking out a mortgage to buy a home. I’ve put together a list of useful advice that anyone buying a home and taking out a mortgage [...]
Continue reading...The Sorry State of our Economy
28. August 2009
By now the whole world knows just how bad the state of our economy is. It’s no secret to anyone. You hear every day how Wall St. did this or is going to do that. There’s plenty of blame being thrown around and no one willing to admit fault to anything. I’m not going to argue that some corporate hotshot on Wall St. helped to land us in this mess and I’m also not going to argue that he/she didn’t. The fact is that we’re all partially to blame for the sorry state of our economy.
Continue reading...I’m Buying A House. Here’s Why (and why not).
8. April 2009
It was bound to happen eventually.
I’ve been wanting to buy a house for several years now. It was partly emotional, partly financial and partly a desire to establish a more permanent residence, thereby helping to fulfill my safety needs (Maslow anyone?). Well that day looks like it’s finally come. My wife and I have been [...]
Did You Learn Financial Literacy In School?
19. March 2009
While biking to school this morning I started thinking about education, finance and money. This led me to wonder how many people are actually taught anything about finance and money while they are attending school. I for one didn’t learn anything about managing money throughout any of my early education years (in fact this goes [...]
Continue reading...Methods To Save Money And Survive The Recession
16. March 2009
There is no doubt that times are hard. And though you are not part of the pack who have lost their jobs in recent months, you’d still feel the crunch when prices are sky high and you just understand why money is harder to come by these days. You are not probably thinking of ways [...]
Continue reading...Best Of Debit versus Credit, February 2009
5. March 2009
Another month has come and gone and with the new month comes the desert heat – in fact it was in the low 90’s just the other day. That’s the bad news. The good news is that it also means that it’s time for another Best Of post. That’s right! All of the best posts [...]
Continue reading...An Economist’s View On The Bank Bailout
18. February 2009
It’s clear that for all of the money spent by the U.S. Government in trying to revitalize the U.S. economy (and hopefully by extension, the world economy) not much has actually been accomplished. We seem to be throwing money at anyone who will take it, but nothing good really seems to be happening from it. [...]
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