Archive for April, 2008

Money is on it’s way to YOU! Spending Plans?

1. How do you plan to use your economic stimulus check?

Save it
31%

Spend it
24%

Put toward my mortgage
6%

Pay down credit card
39%

total responses to this question: 48727
That’s the poll taken from cnn.com today. The question? How will you spend your government stimulus check! For those of us in the U.S, I’m definitely curious. So let me know, how […]

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Winding Down Friday: Debt and Free Money

As one of my favorite quotes says: “A Wiseman should have money in his head, but not in his heart.”
I follow my money quite closely. I wouldn’t say I track every penny, but I do know where my money goes and why. I wouldn’t call it an obsession but I would call it a passion, […]

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The Dangers of Pride in Your Frugality

 
 
I’ll be the first to admit that I take pride in how I handle my money. I genuinely like saving it, investing it, growing it. Building alternate streams of income through a variety of sources has been a great experience, and I expect more in the years to come. If anyone wants to hear about […]

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Investing: When to Sell

When investing on your own (as in buying individual securities that you picked), there’s a number of challenging questions that need to be answered for you to succeed. You need to know how to analyze and choose your holdings, what overarching strategy you’ll be using and the frequency of trades that entails, when to buy […]

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Going to the Movies is More Fun When it’s Free

I’ll be the first to admit that I just don’t go to the movies very often. This is a combination of being picky about what movies I want to see on the big screen in general, but also the fact that it would be like $15.00 just to get a movie ticket and popcorn! When […]

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