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Are You Happy w/ The Low Interest Rates Right Now?

February 6, 2012
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It just occurred to me that I haven’t made much money at ALL on any of my savings or money market accounts I have… Or even checking accts for that matter, though that one is *always* in the $hitter. In fact, I haven’t really blogged about the Fed or its affects on the interest rates [...]

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A Perk of The Crap Economy?

January 3, 2012
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Remember when we found out our house was de-valued by like 30% the other month by our county?  And because of it we owe LESS taxes on our house now?  Well, somehow I hadn’t put two and two together, and when I grabbed the mail the other day I noticed a fat new check there [...]

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U.S. Savings Rates vs. The World

November 29, 2011
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According to the latest Smart Money magazine, who nabbed the stats from the World Bank, the United States’ savings rate is only around 10% – MUCH lower than many other countries like India (28%), Switzerland (32%) and even China (51%!!!). Scary, huh? There’s a whole bunch of reasoning behind it which I’ll share here in [...]

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What Income % Are YOU Occupying Wall Street With?

October 25, 2011

I’ve only been half-heartedly following this Occupy Wall Street stuff (I still don’t understand the point of it all?) but whenever I come across financial widgets I’m right on that $hit ;) And this whole protest thing got the Wall Street Journal to come up with a crazy simple calculator that shows you what % [...]

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Is Gold The Answer to a Market Meltdown?

October 18, 2011

I just got off of a call with one of my friends, and my mouth is literally wide open in shock. He just told me he’s completely unloaded of all his investments (stocks, mutual funds, etc) and is almost 75% in GOLD right now. Like, physical solid gold locked up in his house (The other [...]

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My Realtor’s Two Main Clients: The Wealthy & The Poor

October 11, 2011

I actually ran into him the other day at a coffee shop, and asked him what he thought about this current marketplace.  He said he’s never been busier!  For him, that’s saying something :) He was killing himself 5 years ago when we bought, and now with all the foreclosures and short sales, he’s been [...]

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How Have Your Finances Changed Since The Downturn?

October 4, 2011

I’m currently up in the high skies, unfortunately forced to fly United again (no word on whether I’ll be getting charged $75 again for nothing) and for the first time ever I picked up an issue of Time Mag. Granted, it was their special “Money” issue that caught my attention and lured me into picking [...]

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Property Tax Bill Almost Gave me a Heart Attack!

September 15, 2011

Have y’all got your property tax bill recently?  Not sure if they’re staggered out to homeowners individually, or there’s some shotgun style they do them all in, but either way ours just came in and it almost gave me a heart attack!  I mean, I know that our home value’s been going down or at [...]

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Net Worth Update: $219,283.45 (Down $14,000)

September 7, 2011

Uh-Ohs.  The markets are a crashin’!  But not like it’s that much of a surprise, eh?  When you play the game, you gotta be ready for the ups and the downs! (If only the downs could have happened BEFORE I got my huge influx of 401(k) though, haha…) But yeah – not a pretty site [...]

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Being Prepared for Emergencies is Sexy!

August 10, 2011

(Guest Post by Joseph) There are approximately 31 million American’s without a job right now. There are probably at least that many people who have taken a pay cut or a reduction in benefits which served to lower their overall cash flow. Times are tough right now; I don’t need to tell anyone that (except [...]

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