Posts under ‘Personal Finance’

If the economic turmoil of recent years is any indication, one thing that certainly seems to ring true is that the old model of banking just isn’t working as well as it used to. Banks across the world have faced huge losses after a number of investments that turned sour, and since that occurrence they [...]

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If there is one trap that seems oh-so-easy to fall into financially, it is the monthly subscription service. Such services like cable, phone, internet, etc. all automatically deduct from your account each month, poking invisible holes in your monthly income and causing leaks that go unnoticed. I recently did a review of services I shell [...]

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For as much as I like to pride myself on being an optimist, I also tend to be a bit of a worrier. While I fully understand that there’s now ay to accurately predict what life is going to throw your way, I still try to anticipate the next obstacle that’s going to show up [...]

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For a long time now, I have dreamed of traveling the world. At first, I thought that once I was self employed I’d be able to go country hopping like some of my favorite bloggers. Yet I find that, unlike my more nomadic counterparts, I wanted a base of operations before setting out and globetrotting. [...]

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When I first got into Personal Finance, I was convinced that the best way to go was simply save as much as you possibly can, build up a portfolio of income, and retire to wherever seems interesting at the time. As time went on, I realized that in order to do that, chances were that [...]

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