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Graduate School - Are these 8 reasons the leverage isn't worth it?

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 262 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: education investing leverage school
Penelope Trunk shares eight reasons she thinks graduate school isn't a good idea. I focus on number eight - the investment needed to attend. Is gr[...] read more »
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Are you Investing or just Consuming? Why not both?

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 283 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumption economy investing
Are you investing your money? Or just spending it? Why not do both? The best kinds of spending - especially in times like these - are those that are also an investment. Here are a few ways to spend and invest your money at the same time. read more »
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The Most Depressing Calculator You'll See Today

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 302 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: calculator economy investing money
This is certainly the most depressing calculator you'll see today, or possibly anytime in the next few years. It calculates how long it will take u[...] read more »
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Depression Likely for the United States

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 310 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: depression recession
Societe Generale said on Thursday that the United States' economy looks likely to enter a depression and China's could implode. One strategist the[...] read more »
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Krugman & the Economy of Hope

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 330 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bubbles confidence hope krugman
Back in 1998, Paul Krugman described that economic crisis in an article in Fortune - and it applies perfectly to today's situation. So: bubbles are[...] read more »
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My Failed Assumption: Bonds Are A Safe Investment

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 341 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bonds investing risk
Bonds are a safe investment, right? Not exactly. Despite the common belief that bonds help to diversify a portfolio from risk and protect principle[...] read more »
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TrendMints: Using Mint's anonymous data as an insight tool

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 348 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: data finance mint
TrendMints is a series of posts where I use the anonymous, aggregate data of Mint to see how much the consumer is really spending. Mint, the persona[...] read more »
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Frugalista: The New Style of Consumption

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 362 days ago, popular 361 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers frugalista
The age of conspicuous consumption is, at least temporarily, gone. Enter a new era - that of the Frugalista... read more »
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Consumer Spending: A Precipitous Decline - The Next Great Depression?

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 369 days ago, popular 369 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: consumer depression finance recession
Here are twenty reasons consumer spending will continue to fall - possibly bringing us to a depression as severe as the one in the 1930s. read more »
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The Paradox of Thrift (consumer spending & its effects)

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 383 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Personal Finance
The Paradox of Thrift (consumer spending & its effects). We've lived beyond our means, and need to cut back our spending. But, cutting spending ac[...] read more »
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Stagnant Wages and Increased Debt = Credit Card Crisis

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 395 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit credit card debt wages
Stagnant Wages and Increased Debt = Credit Card Crisis. It's the next phase of the current credit crisis, and likely to hit consumers even harder. read more »
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The case against Debt

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 398 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: atlantic debt finance leverage
In the newest issue of The Atlantic, Virginia Postrel writes an interesting article, The Case For Debt. I was surprised the author could miss the sea[...] read more »
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