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Adsense Income Update

  No, the above check is not mine, though I sure do wish it was! That’s a picture of Markus Frind’s check, who runs the dating site Plenty of Fish. I don’t ever hope to make THAT much in one month, but I have been working to build up adsense into a viable stream of [...]

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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 [...]

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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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A House in 5 Years?

Housing is just one of those things that seems to top my list every time I  break down my monthly expenses. It costs money to live wherever I happen to be. Now, I should note that I share an apartment with my girlfriend and roomate, so my living expenses are actually pretty low. If you [...]

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Dividend Breakdown: March ’08

  It’s that time of year again! A few of my holdings paid out dividends in the month of March, and it’s a favorite past time of mine to check them out. After all, nothing says thank you from a large corporation like sending you some of the company’s profits, right? It’s not a hard [...]

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