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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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100 Creative, Painless Ways to Downsize Your Life After a Layoff

Posted by sunnyspeaks 262 days ago, popular 262 days ago (http://www.jobprofiles.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: career frugal job layoff life money
You will be pleased to discover how much you can do for so little money without having to live like a monk. The following tips provide plenty of oppo[...] read more »
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Frugal Ideas To Help Your Home Sell

Posted by moneymatters 262 days ago, popular 262 days ago (http://freefrombroke.com)
Category: Business | Tags: real estate
A list of good ideas of ways to help your home sell in a down market. read more »
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Why Budgets Fail - Use Accrual Accounting to Ensure Success

Posted by pimpyourfinances 262 days ago, popular 262 days ago (http://www.pimpyourfinances.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: accrual based accounting budgeting
One reason why many budgets fail is that they don't plan for all the expenses that will be encountered throughout the year. By taking an accrual bas[...] read more »
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The Advantages of Passive Investing via Index Funds

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 263 days ago, popular 262 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: expenses index funds mutual funds
Common sense math tells us why index funds have a historical record of beating the majority of actively-managed funds. (Hint: It comes down to costs.[...] read more »
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How much is $787 billion?

Posted by pimpyourfinances 263 days ago, popular 262 days ago (http://www.pimpyourfinances.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: 787 billion economic rescue stimulus
How much money is $787 billion? It's hard to understand, when we really have nothing to compare it to. I break it down into more meaningful comparis[...] 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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New Site Uses Crowd Sourcing to Help Users Find the Best Mortgage Rates & Deals

Posted by Tommy 322 days ago, popular 322 days ago (http://www.loanzen.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: money mortgage personal finance
With mortgage rates heading even lower in January 2009 learn how a new site--Loanzen--uses crowd sourcing to help users find the lowest rates & fees.[...] read more »
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Building a Better Mood About Your Money

Posted by ToughMoneyLove 323 days ago, popular 323 days ago (http://toughmoneylove.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: gratitude optimism psychology
Brief feelings of gratitude can improve your mood, including your money mood. It's science. read more »
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Personal Finance: 20 Dos & Don'ts for 2009

Posted by abartonkc 324 days ago, popular 323 days ago (http://biz.yahoo.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: economy finance personal finance saving
BusinessWeek asked financial planners for some advice on what to do -- or not to do -- with your money in the New Year. As we bid farewell to a dread[...] read more »
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Performance Chasing: What it is and how to avoid it.

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 324 days ago, popular 324 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: chasing performance mutual funds
Many investors make the mistake of chasing performance (investing in funds that have recently outperformed). Unfortunately, that's a surefire way to[...] read more »
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What are you offering

Posted by anjamerret 324 days ago, popular 324 days ago (http://www.marketingfundi.com)
Category: Entrepreneurship | Tags: marketing usp
One of the biggest problems facing a new entrepreneur is deciding what service or product he is in actual fact offering to future customers. It reall[...] read more »
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Some dumb moments of 2008

Posted by anjamerret 324 days ago, popular 324 days ago (http://anjamerret.com)
Category: Business | Tags: 2008 business economics
Inevitably at some stage during the dying embers of a year, a list of blunders is compiled by somebody and published for all to chuckle over. One of [...] read more »
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