By DonnaFreedmanDealPro(view all posts by DonnaFreedman)
at 12:45PM Wednesday March 14, 2012
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Personal Finance
So you've finally taken charge of your spending. Good for you! Next step: Don't self-sabotage by thinking, "If only I'd done this sooner." Plenty
of people think that. They can't believe they used to spend $300 a
month just on lunches out, let alone multiple thousands per year on
clothes, happy hours, or concert tickets.
They
wish they'd been more careful.They wish they'd deferred gratification.
They wish they'd held on to even a fraction of the funds they frittered. News flash: You will never see that money again. You can't change the past.However, you can change the present – and in doing so change the future. You can change the way you handle money now. It doesn't matter when you start.It matters that you start.
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By jeffcrewsGuest Blogger(view all posts by jeffcrews)
at 9:45AM Tuesday March 6, 2012
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Personal Finance
Saving money should be one of the key principles taught from a young age. I remember my grandparents would give me $1 and say, "Now don't go and spend
it all!" In high school, it was all about saving for college. You graduate from college, and
you begin to start saving for those other big events. From there, saving often
becomes one of the key components of life. While saving money is a great goal, we all spend on fun, food, housing and the
occasional cup of coffee.
Credit cards are known for being the "King" of
the spending mindset. However, there are ways to save money while using a credit card. Below are four tips to get you started.
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By savingtools.comGuest Blogger(view all posts by savingtools.com)
at 10:57AM Wednesday January 11, 2012
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Personal Finance
Everyone has a friend who likes to go out and blow cash on a big night or the latest electronic gadget. It's fun to be around someone who feels comfortable spending money, especially if you're always working to keep within your more limited budget. That fun can turn to frustration if you start to feel pressured to match your friend's spending habits, though.
Here are some ways to keep your free-spending friends without blowing through your own bank account.
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By brwood(view all posts by brwood)
at 8:54AM Wednesday January 4, 2012
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Personal Finance
Happy New Year everyone! It's only the 3rd and I'm sure some of you have already given up on resolutions made three days ago. I have not, but only because I never make life changing pronouncements due to arbitrary dates on the calendar. There are however certain things that are easier to do at the end/beginning of the year than at any other time.
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By brwood(view all posts by brwood)
at 9:58AM Wednesday December 7, 2011
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Personal Finance
Recently (
Monday?)
PayPal pissed off a lot of people. You may have seen the story on
Jezebel,
Consumerist, or a bunch of other outlets: Regretsy collected $2 donations from thousands of users to buy toys for needy kids for Christmas via a PayPal "Donate" button. PayPal froze the account and went on to provide a very nice example of how not to treat your users. Anyway, last I heard it was being worked out--someone at PayPal issued an apology and promised a donation to the Regretsy cause.
Still for many people online it was one more nail in the coffin of PayPal. All you have to do is a little Googling to read page after page of complaints against them. So here are a handful of viable alternatives I was able to find while looking online. There are pros and cons to all of them, and most likely you will still need a PayPal account in order to pay some online sellers. But you should definitely check these out:
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By MoneywiseMoms(view all posts by MoneywiseMoms)
at 7:54AM Wednesday November 30, 2011
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Personal Finance
Image by tamburix via FlickrIt's December--a month filled with joy, family, and fun. But it's also a month associated with overspending and overindulging. If you find yourself full of regret when January rolls around, use these three planning strategies to get this month under control:
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By Mark.RiddixGuest Blogger(view all posts by Mark.Riddix)
at 7:56AM Tuesday November 1, 2011
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Personal Finance
Betterment is the website that prides itself in offering low cost investment choices to individual investors. It's an online broker that helps to make investing easier for novices that may not know exactly what assets to invest in. The company's website does all of the work for you.
Here's how it works:
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By Mark.RiddixGuest Blogger(view all posts by Mark.Riddix)
at 7:53AM Tuesday October 25, 2011
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Personal Finance
Investors in the stock market have a tale of some missed investment opportunity that could have made them lots of cash. It might have been missing out on
Walmart in its early days or failing to buy shares of
Apple when Steve Jobs returned to the company. Everybody has regrets when it comes to investing. The important thing is to learn from the investing mistakes that you have made and not to do them again.
Let's take a look at a few things that investors can do to improve their investing experience.
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By Mark.RiddixGuest Blogger(view all posts by Mark.Riddix)
at 8:58AM Tuesday October 18, 2011
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Personal Finance
The holiday seasons are rapidly approaching as the year 2011 is nearing an end. This means making sure that you have your Christmas shopping list in order. Lots of consumers will be running to the stores in order to get their gifts for their family members and loved ones. It is always a winning proposition when you can bring a smile to someone's face and save some money in the process.
Here are a few tips that you can use to make holiday shopping easier on your wallet.
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By AgathaKulesza(view all posts by AgathaKulesza)
at 10:59AM Wednesday October 12, 2011
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Personal Finance
We've all heard that if we want to help change our broken financial
system we need to support Main Street, NOT Wall Street.
They say we need to put our money where our mouth is by buying
our goods and services from the local businesses that are the nuts
and bolts of our American economy.
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