January 2010

Groupon

January 31, 2010

I might be slow to catch on to this resource, but I think that Groupon is such a great site that I wanted to share with our readers. The basic jest is that the site offers one “Groupon” per day, and it is available for a limited period of time. I was tipped off to [...]

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Tracking Stock Basics

January 31, 2010

Hi All, Financial markets can offer a bewildering array of investments to choose from. For those of you who are interested in hardcore investment management you may have heard of something called a tracking stock. For those of you who have not, here are the basics. What are tracking stocks? Essentially, a tracking stock is [...]

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The Minimum Wage

January 29, 2010

You know you’ve been there. While playing around the U.S. Department of Labor website I came across some information on the minimum wage – which as of July 24th, 2009, is $7.25 an hour. But as you may know, each state can set their own minimum wage levels (the higher of the two – federal [...]

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Craig Cunningham – Financial Terrorist

January 28, 2010

Hey All, Check out this article from the Dallas Observer. Its a story about a guy named Craig Cunningham. Cunningham deal is that he racked up about $100,000 after making some bad business decisions back in 2007. After some online research he started recording his calls with his creditors. In many cases the threats made [...]

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Brett Farve and Delayed Retirement

January 28, 2010

In case you didn’t catch it, the Wall Street Journal had a great article that used Brett Farve as a role model for how we should approach retirement (“At What Age Should You Retire?“). Most bosses wouldn’t be as understanding if we changed our mind about retiring as many times as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback, [...]

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Final Week of MoneyCrashers Giveaway Bash

January 27, 2010

Hi Folks, Just as reminder of the Giveaway happening over at Money Crashers that DINKs helped join other blogger to give away over $9,100 in total prizes, $3,150 in cash, $1,105 in gift cards, 2 Amazon Kindles, and the entire line of iPods. Check it out! Miel

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Buy Awesome Socks and Support Haiti

January 27, 2010

So get this… Sock It To Me socks (you know the hip, Portland-based sock co) will donate 100% of all proceeds from web sales to relief funds for Haiti through Friday. No promo code needed. When: Monday, Jan 25 – Friday, Jan 29 (5pm, PST) Where: www.sockittomesocks.com Why: To extend our love + support to [...]

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Dating and Money

January 27, 2010

It’s been awhile since I’ve dated. I met my wife-to-be while I was a senior in college, and we were married three years after I graduated. And even while I was dating in college, the rules and expectations were much different than they are post-graduation. While in college, everyone was presumed to be a “poor [...]

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Credit Card Companies Seek More Information

January 26, 2010

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article a while back about the methods used by credit card companies to gain more information about your financial situation when determining whether you are credit-worthy or not (“Look Who’s Peeking at Your Paycheck“). The Credit Card Act of 2009 set forth policies that allow credit rating agencies [...]

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Millionares and Financial Decision Making

January 25, 2010

Hello All, For those of you working on making better financial decisions, you might find this of some interest. The posting is taken from Thomas Stanley’s The Millionaire Mind. The author, Thomas J. Stanley is a business professor and a keen observer of millionaires. His work is usually pretty good because unlike a lot of [...]

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