September 2009

My Obsession With Savings Bonds

September 30, 2009

Hi All, Well. I went ahead and did it again. Despite the rate on US savings bonds being so low, I raided the change jar and cleaned out the corners of wallet and picked up another $25.00 Series EE savings bond. Seriously, from a financial standpoint, buying these bonds makes NO sense. Their rate is [...]

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Frugal Reality TV Show

September 30, 2009

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Couples Finance

September 30, 2009

How do couples split up the task of managing finances? James and Miel recently tweeted about this topic and it got me thinking. In many ways, managing your money is no different than any other task, whether it be mowing the lawn or doing the dishes; it’s just another responsibility that needs to be split [...]

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The Power of Mobile Money

September 29, 2009

Miel called buying Nokia! In a world continually shrinking by the power of technology, mobile phones are arguably the front runner for driving change and offer investors a great chance to create wealth. The Economist this week (see magazine I’m holding) has dedicated a special report to The Power of Mobile Money, about telecoms in [...]

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60% of Workers Living Paycheck to Paycheck?

September 28, 2009

A recent survey conducted by CareerBuilder.com seems to indicate that 61% of American workers are living paycheck to paycheck, a figured that has increased each of the last three years. Granted that a survey done by CareerBuilder is not on par with studies done by a government institution such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, [...]

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Four Ways To Build Wealth

September 27, 2009

Hi All, Our posts have been educational recently. This one has more of a practical bent. Here are four things we’re doing to build and create wealth. You can do all of them are relatively painless and can be implemented without a whole lot of time commitment. 1) Selling Blog Links. As you’ve probably gathered [...]

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Economic Recovery

September 27, 2009

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves. – Herbert Hoover

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Preferred vs. Common Stock

September 25, 2009

The topic of different stock classes, subclasses, qualifications and the like is very complicated topic, but it’s good to know the difference between the two basic classes (especially considering many companies offered a preferred stock purchase program as an employment benefit). There are two main classes of stock out there, common and preferred, each with [...]

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DC Real Estate Eludes the Recession

September 24, 2009

With the recession a full year underway, how is it that places like DC can remain largely untouched? The scene here in terms of real estate feels a bit surreal. DC homes for sale are simply off the hook. Back several months ago we happened upon a couple of open houses one weekend and we [...]

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Learn about Derivatives

September 23, 2009

A previously little known financial instrument has made a lot of news lately, as it has become the poster child for those calling on Congress to impose stricter regulations on the kinds of exotic financial structures that contributed to our recent economic collapse. Those financial instruments are of course “derivatives”, a term most people are [...]

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