April 2007

Investing Our Tax Return in ERH

April 30, 2007

Yesterday afternoon I was pleasantly surprised to see that our tax return had been deposited into my checking account. This puts us in the pleasant position of deciding what do with the money. After some thought, I’ve decided to take a position in the Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund (ERH). ERH is an exchange [...]

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Utilitarian Tourist

April 30, 2007

Along with travel comes the inevitable tourist traps. The cultural events focused only for tourists in mind or the ‘special prices’ in the market are bad enough, but the tchotchkes can often be the demise of any travel budget. You know, the knick knacks needs for friends, family, co-workers and neighbors. When I first started [...]

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The DINKs Friday Round Up

April 27, 2007

Hi All, Its time for the Friday round up here at Dual Income No Kids. This week our wanderings through the internet have turned up two noteworthy postings. The Consumerist managed to dig up some fee schedules from the major banks. Apparently the big lenders are hiding this information on their websites. They don’t want [...]

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Our Networth Goal for 2007

April 27, 2007

Yesterday evening, I took some time to review the growth in our networth over the past 24 months. As you can see from the graph, since May of 05, our wealth has increased from $247,300 to $329,400. This is an approximate boost of 33% in the past two years. While its healthy level of growth, [...]

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A Million Ways to Save the World

April 27, 2007

In my travels I found this tidbit from Mellody Hobson, Good Morning America’s financial commentator and president of Ariel Capital Management (go figure that I have to leave the country to come across this!) Hobson advocates that “In our cashless society of maxed-out credit cards and corporate excess, positive financial role models are few and [...]

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Suck My NASDAQ

April 25, 2007

Okay, first off, we’d like our readers to forgive the title of this posting. We aren’t actually implying that you should to anything of the sort. I repeat, do not try this at home. That said, we wanted to introduce to the latest You Tube sensation. Suck my NASDAQ is a You Tube channel run [...]

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Book Review: The Complete Idiots Guide To Managing Your Money

April 25, 2007

Last week I picked up a copy of the the Complete Idiots Guide to Managing Your Money. Since my subway commute up the University isn’t exactly scenic, I wanted something that I could easily peruse. The book turned out to be a surprisingly a pleasant and informative read. So, after some thought, I recommending it [...]

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Where to get free and legal online movies

April 24, 2007

If you’re like us DINKs, you probably enjoy good movies. Since you’re reading our personal finance blog, you’re probably also like to cut costs in an ethical way. This means you probably would like to know more about free, legal online movies. There are two sites where you can watch free and legal movies on-line. [...]

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Battle of the Personal Finance Gurus

April 24, 2007

In my wanderings through the internet, I came across this neat clip on google video. Its a 9 minute segment from the David Latko show. In the segment, David Latko invites David Bach on his program and then starts to criticise him for offering bad financial advice. In case you don’t know who these people [...]

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Ukraine – Posh Corps or Peace Corps

April 23, 2007

For the project that I am working on in the Ukraine, we were with Peace Corps to place a volunteer in the community. Chris was place in the village in January and has been teaching English and learning Ukrainian, and the Ukrainian way of life. Meeting up with other Peace Corps Volunteers yesterday for a [...]

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