December 2011

Friday Roundup: New Year, New Beginnings, Twitter Promises & Our Book Winner

December 30, 2011

Happy Friday Dinks and (almost) Happy New Year to Everyone! Today we have some big announcements on DINKS Finance.  First off today we will be announcing the lucky winner in our Giveaway of a copy of the book Shiny Objects by James A. Roberts.  Secondly we will be announcing the new partnerships that we have [...]

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The Federal Reserve & The Economic Crisis

December 29, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  Our great friends at Bankrate recently published a post about the history of the United States Federal Reserve.  Here at DINKS Finance we are fortunate enough to share a little bit of US History (that you may or may not know) with you. December 13th was the last day that the Federal [...]

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Where are DINKS Investing? In Equity Mutual Funds!

December 28, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  Today is the first post in a new series we are starting called Where Are DINKS Investing? This series will highlight different types of investments, where they invest, what they buy, why we should have them, and how we can buy them.  As a Financial Planner I have my own preference of [...]

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Retirement Planning For Two

December 27, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  We are almost at the end of the year and that means that we are all a year older and also a year closer to our retirement. Is retirement on your personal financial plan? What does Retirement mean for You? Retirement can mean a lot of things for different people.  For some [...]

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Build Wealth Like a Vanderbilt: Part 2

December 26, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  Today we are sharing more tips from Anderson Cooper and his money coach Clark Howard on how to save money in our everyday lives.  Anderson Coopers mother is Gloria Vanderbilt, which means that Anderson has grown up in a luxurious life where money was spent without a second thought.  The Vanderbilt Family [...]

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Friday Roundup: Goals, Resolutions, & Personal Success

December 23, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  It’s almost the end of the year and that means it’s time to start setting our Personal Goals and Resolutions for the New Year.  What do you want to accomplish or achieve in 2011? As usual I want to learn how to cook.  I am proud to say that since I set [...]

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Book Giveaway: I am Obsessed with SHINY OBJECTS!

December 22, 2011

Good Morning DINKS. Before we get started let me ask you a question, do you have a pet? Hold your answer because we will come back to it later.  A few weeks ago Trish from TLC Book Tours reached out to DINKS Finance and asked if we would like to review the book Shiny Objects [...]

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Calculating & Submitting Your Quarterly Estimated Tax Payments

December 21, 2011

(Guest Post by David Bakke) As someone who is relatively new to the world of entrepreneurship, I recently began making quarterly tax payments for the first time. Figuring out what to pay, when to pay it, and how to submit your payments is certainly a learning process. Being self-employed has enough of its own difficulties [...]

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The Best Gifts Come From The Heart

December 20, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  We are in the middle of the gift giving season and I want to tell you about some of my favourite gifts from Christmas’ past.  My favourite gifts were not the most expensive gifts, but they were the ones with the most thought put into them; and that is what makes them [...]

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Have You Become Your Spouse?

December 19, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  As we spend more and more time with the same people we may adopt their gestures and their habits.  As the years pass by and our marriages (or relationships in my case) grow older are you adopting the habits of your spouse?  Think about yourself before you were in a couple and [...]

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