December 2006

Little Resolutions

December 31, 2006

Okay, so we are all thinking about New Year’s resolutions, whether we believe in them or not. Chances are, not. At the same time, there is something about a New Year and a fresh start. As Warren Buffet said, “The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to [...]

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Financial Year in Review

December 30, 2006

In preparing for the New Year it is always good to look back at the current year to assess your accomplishments as well as ups and downs. Here are the financial highlights and lowlights of our financial year: Established DINKS.com to discuss our financial insights and inquiries Reached wedding savings goal four months early Property [...]

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Payday Loans & the Fringe Economy

December 29, 2006

We DINKs know that you have better things to do then sit around and cruise the net for personal finance article, so we wanted to let you know about an interesting piece on payday loans and the fringe economy from Alternet. The basic point of the article is that payday loan making organizations like check-cashers, [...]

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Website Review: CreditCardClient.Com

December 29, 2006

A couple of days ago, we received an email from Ziv Yirmiyahu, the publisher of CreditCardClient.com, asking that we check out his site. Since the site looked interesting we wanted to comment briefly about it today. How CreditCardClient.com works is that you enter your current amount of credit card debt, as well as some other [...]

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Funny: Wu-Tang Financial

December 29, 2006

[REMOVED] Just saw this skit from the Dave Chapelle show. The video makes fun of the differences between hip hop and mainstream financial cultures. Its only a one minute and a half or so, and its its good for a chuckle so feel free to check it out. Warning: There is some profanity, so its [...]

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Negotiate!

December 28, 2006

One thing about Americans is that we don’t negotiate often. That is to say, most of the time when we want to buy something, we usually don’t attempt to negotiate the price. This is a shame because very often negotiations can result in pretty substantial discounts for the consumer. For example, Miel and I recently [...]

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Review: The Online Millioniare

December 27, 2006

Wiley and Sons was kind enough to send us DINKs copy of The Online Millionaire: Strategies for Building a Web-Based Empire On EBay and Beyond by Amy Joyner. I’ve given the book a read over the past couple of days and have found it to be pleasant, informative and brief. For those who haven’t read [...]

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The DINKS Latest Stock Purchase

December 26, 2006

As some of you may remember, my wife and I nailed down a plan to deal with our current budget problems. Well, as part of our plan, we decided to purchase shares in high yielding stocks to supplement our monthly incomes. Now that things have settled down after the holidays, we sat down and selected [...]

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Financial Resolutions

December 26, 2006

Strategies for the New Year One of the age-old tips for holiday savings is to share gifts that don’t necessarily cost much. Our dear friend Suz does a great job of doing this. She clipped a financial tips section from a magazine (sorry, don’t know which one). We thought we’d share this with you. Some [...]

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

December 25, 2006

The DINKS want to wish you all the best this holiday season! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

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