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New America Saves Theme: Paying Off High-Cost Debt
The America Saves blog is featuring articles and guest blogs on the topic of paying off high-interest debt through August. America Saves, along with their 52 local campaigns, is featuring information...
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Free Money Day – An UPSide Kind of Day
On Saturday, September 15th, people around the world will participate in Free Money Day by handing out their own money to complete strangers and asking recipients to pass half on to someone else....
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The Red, the Blue, and the Voter
Political analysts try to figure out how each state is leaning using all kinds of data. Why not see how this election year’s swing states (from CNN and NY Times electoral maps) align when compared to...
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No Shoes, No Shirt, No Cynicism for Shop Small Saturday
First it’s Gray Thursday, then Black Friday. It could easily be a children’s rhyme about the Black Death. And if you are someone who believes that “Ring Around the Rosie” is actually about the Plague,...
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What About the Other Cliff?
Much of the concern around the Fiscal Cliff is centered on the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, or spending cuts under the Budget Control Act of 2011. The other cliff I am not hearing much about has to...
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Montgomery Burns on The Fiscal Cliff
Here’s an excerpt from our favorite Springfield sociopathic resident rich man: Burns: I guess it’s time I explain to these good people, the upcoming Fiscal Cliff. [doom and gloom music] Think of the...
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Ten Cool Companies of 2012
1. Newsbound When I was recently researching the Fiscal Cliff (and what financial writer wasn’t at the end of 2012), I stumbled on an interesting article at Huff Po called the Fiscal...
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WWGD: If Grandma Had an iPhone
What Would Grandma Do? (Or, Free Really IS Better) Surfing around the AppStore looking for cool free apps the other day (OK, I was “wasting” time), I stumbled on AppGratis, a free app that gives you,...
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GUEST POST: Why Having Life Insurance Is Important to Look After Your Family
[GUEST POST from a full-time mom in the UK, about the importance of getting Life Insurance on both parents] “As a full-time mom, I always believed that buying a life insurance policy was very much the...
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FEB 26: Free Webinar on Building & Preserving Wealth with Precious Metals
CamaPlan, a personalized self-directed IRA planning firm located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, is hosting a free webinar on precious metals investing and the future of gold and silver. Many believe the...
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Upcoming Free Webinars about Alternative Investments and Mortgage Notes
Diversification Using Alternative Investments Tuesday 3/5 12:00pm-1:00pm This webinar is an exploration of how to diversify your portfolio using alternative investments – specifically, real estate....
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Women’s Money Week 2013 starts March 4th with Posts About Increasing Your Income
Welcome to Women’s Money Week! WMW13 brings together the best and brightest in personal finance the first week in March to discuss money issues as they uniquely relate to women. It’s about taking...
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TaskRabbit: Make a Little (or a Lot) Extra on the Side
Ironically, I first learned about TaskRabbit–the online marketplace that allows you to outsource small jobs and tasks to others in your neighborhood– from an article in the New Yorker*, even though it...
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EverNote: Remember Everything, Even Your Food
Just today as I was writing this post, Evernote was hacked. In an article in the LA Times, Evernote representatives said that hackers were able to gain access to users’ email addresses, user names and...
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GUEST POST: Your Credit Score’s Impact on Cheap Auto Insurance
When you purchase a new policy, an insurance carrier will look at several factors as underwriting tools. One of those is your credit score. Because studies have shown a correlation between a good...
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Pinching the Pennies: Four Ways to Get the Summer Holiday You Dreamed Of
We all need a summer break, but unfortunately, it’s not a luxury that we can all easily afford. If you’re dreaming of unwinding somewhere exotic this summer, here are four money-raising ideas that...
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GUEST POST: Basics You Need to Know About Home Loans
Congratulations! You’ve decided to take the big leap into home ownership. Maybe you’ve had enough of community living, living in an apartment and hearing your neighbors through paper thin walls. Maybe...
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The Golden Way to Save
There are a lot of uncertainties with our economy nowadays. So uncertain, in fact, that both Republicans and Democrats could agree that our national debt is high and needs to be addressed immediately....
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eleGreen: New Industry “Dials Up” Growth
Don’t throw that old phone into the junk drawer. You may get more than you paid for it. The cell phone industry has exploded in the last decade and now it looks like recycling phones could be the next...
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GUEST POST: A Westerner’s Guide to Relocating to the UAE
In the Middle East there’s a revolution taking place. People are moving in their swarms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Lured by the temptation of rapid job creation and high salaries, people...
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