November 2010

For Better or Worse, Until Debt Do Us Part.

November 30, 2010

As of today we are going to start a new DINKS series called DINKS Reality, this will accompany our existing DINKS Choice series. DINKS Reality will profile and discuss reality TV stars on shows that discuss everything about money. Reality TV shows that broadcast everything from how to make money to how to manage it [...]

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Black Friday Shopping Frenzy

November 29, 2010

Last week was Black Friday, which is a huge shopping day for US consumers.  We don’t have Black Friday in Canada, but I am fascinated by the entire the concept of Black Friday.  I can’t believe that it takes stores almost a year to bring their gross sales out of the red and into the [...]

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Bills, Blogs, and Banking…It’s Friday

November 26, 2010

Happy Friday DINKS!!! As you know I work as a Financial Planner in a bank branch.  This week we will discuss our Banks…What we love about our bank, and what we do not like so much.  As everything else we do in life is indirectly related to banking.  I am not over exaggerating.  If you [...]

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Have a great Thanksgiving DINKS!

November 25, 2010

We’re taking the day off to spend time with our friends and family :)  Hope you guys are able to also! We’ll be back tomorrow if Black Friday doesn’t kill us. -Team Dinks

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Could Your Partner Become a Liability?

November 24, 2010

As some of us may have lost our jobs, and more and more of us are learning to live on less, it is safe to say that we have all made some adjustments in our financial lives over the past few years.  Two members of my family have lost their jobs due to downsizing, and [...]

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I Love My Student Loans

November 23, 2010

Many people don’t like to take student loans while studying in college because they don’t want to start their lives with debt.  However, I took student loans during 3 of my 4 years of college because it made my life a lot easier while studying. I am still paying off my student loans 5 years [...]

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Carrying Cash Can Be Dangerous

November 22, 2010

Some of us choose to pay for everything with our credit cards to earn points, but some of us old school consumers still like to pay for everything with cash.  I am the first to admit that cash can be dangerous for our spending habits, our impulse shopping, as well as our security.  But for [...]

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My Christmas Shopping Strategy

November 19, 2010

I know it’s only November and we have to celebrate (American) Thanksgiving before we can even begin to start thinking about Christmas Shopping.  However, I start my Christmas shopping as of the first weekend in November and maybe some of you DINKS do too. After Halloween ends the Christmas season begins.  Our shopping malls have [...]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Bankrupt

November 18, 2010

Declaring Bankruptcy has (historically) been the equivalent of being locked away in a Financial Jail.  However, with the current and past economic crisis, it has recently become a more frequent financial trend.  Historically, people who have filed for personal bankruptcy may have felt that they were locked away and waiting to be freed from a [...]

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When Do We Have Enough Money?

November 17, 2010

Last week Michele made a comment on our post titled A Financial Burden: Do Children Equal Debt? that parents do not become financially responsible for their children for the rest of their lives.  Of course, it is a parents’ choice to financially support their children past the age of majority.  But very often is the [...]

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