February 2008

February 2008 Networth

February 29, 2008

Us DINKs have been on a net worth hiatus lately. In the scheme of things it doesn’t feel like the most important area to focus on. Given the market and so forth, we’ve also been extremely flat. This probably doesn’t help. Such is life. What is working and what’s not. It seems that gains seen [...]

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The Skinny On Investment Clubs

February 28, 2008

Hi All, We DINKs are hard at work, so today’s posting is a quick 4 minute interview with Dr. Boyce Watkins. Watkins gives a quick rundown on what investment clubs are and discusses some of the pitfalls of getting them set up. Its worth a look if you haven’t heard about investment clubs or are [...]

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Ownership and Building Wealth

February 27, 2008

As you’ve probably observed already, there is a LOT of information available on personal finance. When going over the literature I try to take a critical view of what I’m reading. Like you I’m mostly focused on bits of wisdom might be helpful for achieving our goals. Also, like you I’m mostly interested in information [...]

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How Bad Is Inflation Really?

February 26, 2008

This posting is on something that effects everyone, namely: inflation. Unlike large gifts of cash or lottery winnings, inflation is not really everybody’s favorite topics. Even though its unpleasant, dear reader, it does affect you! What is inflation? Inflation is technically defined as the rate of the rise of prices of goods and services in [...]

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Two Cents Worth

February 25, 2008

I remember buying penny candies at the only store in our small town. I thought they were tasty and within my twenty-five cent budget. My mom wasn’t so keen on me buying twenty-five tootsie rolls just because I could. I now have a better understanding of why she wouldn’t want my twin sister and I [...]

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LendingClub.com

February 24, 2008

Good Morning All, Its Sunday, January 24th. Another bright sunny day in America’s capital city. Todays posting is about peer to peer lending. As many of you know, there are lots of ways to make money on-line. One of those is by lending your cash directly to borrowers using an internet lending service. The most [...]

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A Hassle Free 6 percent…

February 22, 2008

Seems relatively elusive these days. As readers of our blog know, Miel and I have set the priority of paying off our second mortgage. We currently owe $16,700 at 9% on that loan. One way we wanted to address the debt is to refinance part of it into accounts with smaller balances. For example, we [...]

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Guest Post: 10 Travel Tips to Save Money and Time

February 21, 2008

Whether you are enduring travel for work or enjoying travel for pleasure, your time away from home can be very expensive. There are plenty of resources offering tools and advice on saving money on your plane tickets, car rentals, and hotel rooms, but these big-ticket items are only the start of your expenses. There are [...]

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Back and Taking Stock

February 20, 2008

Hello All, You may know from my wife’s earlier posting that I’m back from Switzerland. After getting home last night and taking care of getting our apartment back in shape I find that I’m taking a brief look at our financial situation. Traveling is terrific, but I’m more of a homebody than my globetrotting wife [...]

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Wealth in Switzerland

February 19, 2008

More adventures from the land of the Swiss… James took off this morning back to the grind of DC, but I figured I’d share a few tidbits from a self-service internet place in Bern. If onlz I can get the kezboard to verk…. I’m currently reading The Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner. His is [...]

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