Author: Admin
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Saving Money Myths
Cash savings are at an all-time low for most people and the rate of credit card debt is at an all-time high. Most individuals nowadays spend more money than they can afford because buying on credit has become so easy and convenient. People are drowning in debt and the idea of opening a savings account is not…
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Recent Financial Experiences – New Places to Save
Since May we’ve made a couple of big purchases and taken a couple of trips for which we’ve found some groovy new ways to save. Singularly the savings were pretty impressive, but all together, I look like a budgeting superhero.
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Oh, you’ll pay! Interest, that is.
Doesn’t it seem like the word ‘interest’, along with most of the good curse words, has lost most of its scariness? I’m not talking in terms of, “how interesting;” unless Hannibal Lecter is saying it, that’s not that scary. I’m talking in, “you’ll have to pay me back with interest,” kind of terms (Oooo, did…
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Money Carnivals
I’m pleased to be featured in the Festival of Frugality this week at Wealth Junkies. Read my article Your Credit Score – Know, Interpret, Improve, as well as some other rockin’ reads. Rockin’ reads? What is wrong with me?
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5 Painful Ways to Save Money
It’s easy to start cutting back on those not-so-fun expenses like car insurance, your dental plan, and septic tank maintenance. Do you have what it takes to cut where it hurts (metaphorically speaking, of course)? Or are you just a sissy?
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6 Childish Lessons in Finance
I spent this past week in Home Sweet Colorado with family, including my 5 nieces and nephews, all of whom are under the age of 4. A few meltdowns, a few dirty diapers, a few scrapped knees later, I’ve come away with some financial lessons that all children know; even if they don’t know it.