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October 2009

A Breakdown of all the Sexy Stocks I own.

October 13, 2009

I don’t talk about stocks too much on here, but I thought I’d follow up on Operation Copy Buffett. If you were around back then, you’ll remember I wanted to invest in stocks but I hadn’t a clue where to start (and I wasn’t going to randomly choose for the hell of it like previous [...]

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Do you think the Dow will hit 10,000?

October 12, 2009

I do, but only because I want it to :) I’m sitting in front of the TV and it’s currently at 9,909.91. That’s less than 100 points away! Remember how just last year around this time we had the largest plunge ever and everything was going to $hit? Cheap stocks to buy aside (more on [...]

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Win a pair of Tommy Bahama sunglasses! (Thx VSP)

October 12, 2009

VSP Vision Care & BudgetsAreSexy is teaming up to bring you the “See Much More” Giveaway! One lucky winner will get their choice of Tommy Bahama sunglasses (men’s or women’s), and the rest will learn about keeping their eyes nice & healthy! Which, in turn, saves you money and keeps your pockets full :) VSP [...]

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Obsessing about Sex, Money, and Cars.

October 9, 2009

That was a line straight out of our pastor’s mouth last month. I can’t remember much of the sermon right now (or the reason why it’s just decided to pop back into the mind all of a sudden), but I’m pretty sure the moral was to NOT obsess about sex, money, and cars :) Catholicism [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Twitter Lottery, Paychecks, & Wizard of Oz.

October 9, 2009

If anyone’s looking for more $25 ING Bonuses, hit up Clever Dude as I’ve run out of my referrals here (and he’s still got a few that I gave him :) so you’ll still be helping the both of us). Happy Friday! Favorite Articles of The Week: 60% of Workers Living Paycheck to Paycheck? @ [...]

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The Internet Transformed Banking & Gave Us Options!

October 8, 2009

We’re all used to online savings accounts and banking now, but remember what it was like pre-internet? When we had to literally walk INTO a bank to get anything done? Or when we had to fill out 15 pages of paperwork and show 13 ID’s just to create an account? Well the times have changed [...]

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J. Money now on LinkedIn and Delicious!

October 7, 2009

Why not, right? We’ve already got a double life on Facebook and twitter, may as well add in LinkedIn, Delicious, and who knows what else to come ;) So click on my links and friend me all over! (that sounded sexual, didn’t it?) LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/budgetsaresexyDelicious: http://delicious.com/budgetsaresexy

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Net Worth: September – Another $6k Squirreled Away

October 7, 2009

I’ll take 6 G’s any month :) Or any increase for that matter. Not as sexy as a previous month’s $27k power charge , but it’s nice having 100% of our money invested or saved once and for all (we had some outstanding issues that have since been taken care of). And now that I’ve [...]

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Blogger Showdown #4: Flexo vs. Jim Wang

October 6, 2009

Get ready for PF Blogger Showdown #4: Flexo vs. Jim Wang! It’s the first time we’re pairing up an anonymous blogger with a real life human – how exciting :) What’s also cool about this match up is that both sides are fairly even when it comes to blog status, but their their personalities are [...]

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Personal Finance Is Sexy, But I Still Mess Up.

October 5, 2009

Every now and then someone asks me if I ever mess up and waste money. And my answer to that is always the same – Yep, mess up all the time. Just because I blog about personal finance, doesn’t mean I’m mr. perfect ;) I’m a lot smarter than I was 4-5 years ago when [...]

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