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Posts from ‘June, 2008’

Trading Online

When it comes to handling your investments online, most people have their own ideas of what works for them. Some investors prefer to keep things as simple as possible, setting up automatic withdrawals and having them invested into a diversified allocation of index funds or other investment vehicles. Others, however, prefer to take their investments […]

Continued Experimentation: Mini-Jobs

Buy Office Professional Plus 2013 p style=”text-align: center”> So I’ve been giving some thought to the idea that my brother suggested a few days ago, and I think it may in fact be workable. If I was to work on my own, my income threshold would have to be around $32,000 before taxes (I could […]

Summer Fun: Bird Watching

So I’ve been considering inexpensive hobbies to try out over the summer and my girlfriend suggested bird watching as an inexpensive way to get outdoors and have some fun. Personally I love the idea! We have a national park right down the street from us as well as a number of state parks in our […]

Avoiding Financial Regret: Start Now!

All too often I speak to friends and colleagues of similar age that don’t have retirement on their radar. Its easy to understand why, I suppose, considering that your average twentysomething has a car loan, student loan, rent, saving for a house, weddings, honeymoons, and engagement rings to pay for. Where then, does retirement fit […]

Lifestyle Design Idea: 5 Mini-Jobs

I was speaking to my brother, a long-time web developer for a successful design firm in Philadelphia, about the concept of lifestyle design. We had both decided that the daily grind was not exactly what we had in mind when we signed up for our jobs. 9-5, day in and day out, 5 days a […]