June 2007

Go Green & Save!

June 29, 2007

We all know that going green will help the planet, but it can also be a way to keep more green in your pocket. Here are some simple tips that we’ve done to save money by going green: Unplug electronics when you aren’t using them Bring your own bag to the store and save five [...]

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Finances and Caring For Your Elderly Relative

June 28, 2007

If you’re like most people, you probably have parents. And like most people, your parents are probably going to get old at some point. This suggests you might be in charge of helping with their finances. If you find yourself in this position, there are a few things you might consider. 1) Do some tax [...]

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What To Do Before You Get Pregnant

June 26, 2007

Since we’ve blogged about prenups and weddings, we wanted to briefly discuss the next step in the life cycle: having children. Financially speaking, here are a few things you might consider before your little ones arrive. 1. Check Your Insurance Benefits: If you have medical insurance you might determine if there are provisions in your [...]

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Credit Card Debate – Post Thought

June 25, 2007

The dust has now cleared and everyone has voiced their opinions for or against using credit cards for their incentive programs. It was evident from the vigor with which people expressed their opinions and the sheer volume of comments that passions run high when it comes to credit cards.This leaves me considering: why? What is [...]

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Mutual Funds with Extra Cash

June 23, 2007

Money, it’s an issue whether you have it or not. If you don’t have it you want it. If you’ve got it you want to figure out how best to use it. In my case at the moment, it is the later. I’ve got $7k in extra money and need to figure out what to [...]

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What to Discuss Before You Get Married

June 22, 2007

Personal finance blogs are great places to find tips on saving money, but we bloggers tend to say less about complicated financial dynamics like the ins and outs of getting married. To help fill this gap, we’re offering three brief points you might consider before tying the knot. 1. Talk Money: The idea here is [...]

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The Basics of Getting Around Probate

June 21, 2007

Today’s posting is on a more esoteric part of personal finance: probate. Probate is the legal process of settling the estate of a deceased person. The word probate stems from the latin root probatus, meaning “a thing proved”(1). If there is a substantial sum of money or property to be transferred to ones heirs, the [...]

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You Should Get Paid for Pollution

June 20, 2007

So, if you’re like us DINKs you’ve probably heard a lot about global warming. You might also have noticed a lot of the screwy weather and super hot summers we’ve been having over the past few years. So, you’re probably familiar with the main idea behind the global warming debate, which is the idea that [...]

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Our Experience With Prosper.com

June 19, 2007

So, a reader contacted us and asked us to say more about our experience with prosper.com. For those of you who aren’t personal finance blog junkies, prosper.com is a person-to-person money lending service. In other words, the site has everything you need to loan money to people over the internet. How it works is you [...]

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The DINKs June Networth

June 17, 2007

Hello All, Yesterday afternoon we sat down and calculated our networth. June looks about the same as May. That is to say, last month our wealth was $356,000. Now its $359,000. Its not bad, but its less than 1% growth in the past 30 days. Three observations. 1) We have a great deal of unallocated [...]

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