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July 2009

"Cash For Clunkers" Cashed Out?

July 31, 2009

Word on the street is that the “Cash for Clunkers” program may already be over – less than a week since it started! I won’t bore you with all the details here (mainly because I’m lazy and there’s already so much circulating around the webs right now anyways), but I did think it was prudent [...]

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Weekly Round Up: Fire Drills, Stock Speculation, & "See ID".

July 31, 2009

Personal Finance Articles I Enjoyed: What do you NOT care about spending money on? @ I Will Teach You To Be Rich – Yes! Something most people never really consider or ponder about. Spend money on the things you enjoy, and cut out the things you could care less about. Absolutely brilliant. Why writing “See [...]

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A Personal Finance Lesson Learned the Hard Way

July 30, 2009

1 Year, 5 months, and 17 days ago I wrote my very first post here on a personal finance lesson I learned the hard way. It was broken down into two parts: Operation Heloc: The Good, and Operation Heloc: The Bad, and it was all about how I tried to game the system to save [...]

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3 Cheap & Sexy Summer Activities!

July 29, 2009

The other weekend I experienced something pretty damn exciting – I participated in THREE new activities in 1 day! I didn’t realize it at the time, but looking back it was one of my favorite Summer days I’ve ever had (at least as an adult). And you know what? It was pretty cheap! So I [...]

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Blogger Showdown #1: J.D. Roth vs. Trent Hamm

July 28, 2009

Welcome to the 1st ever PF Blogger Showdown! Your support and excitement have been incredible the past few days since introducing the series, and my thanks goes out to each and every one of you :) We’ve got a great community here, and I appreciate everyone’s passion in helping spread the good word! Some of [...]

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How The New Credit Card Legislation Affects You.

July 27, 2009

As many of you know, The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act was passed a while back and some of the stuff coming out of it is just plain AWESOME. Not only will it improve a lot of the shadyness going on, but it’ll hopefully get the average American back on track and *paying [...]

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Fashion with J. Money & Unfunded.

July 25, 2009

Ever wonder how your boy J. sees fashion? Click on over to my first review of celeb chicks in celeb clothing. It’s not finance related, but it’s still good entertainment. You girls might appreciate it ;) Hell, even you guys – there’s great scenery! Thx for the opp. Unfunded – diggin’ your site.

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Introducing The Blogger Showdown Series!

July 24, 2009

I’m so excited I can barely keep my pants on. Starting next week, I’ll be pitting two Personal Finance Bloggers against each other in what I hope will become a glorious new series at Budgetsaresexy! (If you were following me on Twitter, this is that “secret” I was jabbering about) And guess what? We’ve got [...]

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PF RoundUp: "Check out the 30+ from yesterday" ed.

July 24, 2009

I think it’s fair to say that linking to more great articles would be a buzz kill after yesterday’s massive listing ;) So instead, I’ll just stick with the carnivals I participated in and remind you to go back and check a few out for some inspiration. The good thing about it is that it’s [...]

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Carnival of Pecuniary Delights #17 – "Online Slang" ed.

July 23, 2009

Welcome to the 17th Carnival of Pecuniary Delights – “Online Slang” edition! Like other carnivals this one travels from one blog to another, but the main purpose of THIS guy is to showcase quality articles that may have lapsed into obscurity over the days. So today we dust ‘em off and thrust the best ones [...]

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