February 2007

Eight Steps to Seven Figures

February 27, 2007

Today’s posting is a review of Charles Carlson’s Eight Steps to Seven Figures. Charles Carlson is the CEO of a small investment firm, an author and newsletter editor who writes prolifically on the topic of investing in common stocks. Carlson’s book, Eight Steps to Seven Figures is a handbook on how to achieve a million [...]

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Fighting Your Homeowners Association

February 26, 2007

So, we’ve posted about the joys of being a landlord in the past. Well, it turns out that there is a recurrent problem with the hot water in the bathtub in our investment property. For the fourth time, the bathtub spigot has sprung a leak. As you’d imagine, this recurrent problem seems to be fraying [...]

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Who says organic has to be expensive?

February 24, 2007

Today we have a fabulous guest posting from a friend who was raving about all the great deals she has found to reduce her family’s food costs and eat better at the same time. Here in DC grocery prices are really ridiculous. You can easily go over $400 a month for two people, even if [...]

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Our March Financial Goals

February 23, 2007

I sometimes feel like a broken record saying this, but if you have goals you’re far more likely to get ahead in the world. We’ve been able to successfully save for a our wedding and the down payment on our apartment, partly because we have goals and follow up on them. Accordingly, we wanted to [...]

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Phone Bill Fraud

February 22, 2007

Most of us would rather avoid looking at our phone bill in detail. At the same time, this is a common way for fraud to occur. Check out this short clip from consumer reports to know how to avoid extra charges on your bill. Also keep in mind that phone fraud happens in bizarre ways. [...]

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Using Mutual Funds to Select Stocks

February 22, 2007

We were sitting at home last night chatting and my wife remarked that her ING mutual fund were doing well, getting nearly 13% gain in one month. Well, thirteen percent in one month is obviously very good performance so we decided to investigate a bit further. It turns out that she bought shares in IDROX, [...]

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Tax Tips For 07

February 20, 2007

[REMOVED] Here is brief video from consumer affairs. It gives a couple of tips on some deductions you might want to think about taking for 2007. It’s only a minute forty, so feel free to check it out. Best, James

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Billionaires Divorce, Keep it Real

February 20, 2007

I was cruising the personal finance news this morning and came across a great story on Tim and Edra Blixseth. The story with Tim and Edra is that they have a LOT of money, but decided to divorce without getting the courts involved. According to the story, they sat down one afternoon in a hotel [...]

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FICO Basics

February 19, 2007

Today’s posting is about the FICO score. The term FICO stands for the Fair Issac Corporation score. The chances are that you if you have a credit card, a loan or any sort of borrowing history, you probably have a FICO score. It is the most widely used means of measuring credit worthiness in the [...]

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David Swenson: Yale’s Money Man

February 18, 2007

There is a great read in today’s New York Times. The story is about David Swenson. Mr Swenson is the chief investment officer for Yale University’s endowment. While David has been at the helm, he’s averaged an annual return of 16% for the Universitie’s Endowment. This performance has handily outstripped the average 11% market return [...]

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