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    Tuesday, April 29, 2008 From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 29, 2008 at 8:00 am ET By the time I was in third grade, I knew the answer to the age-old question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” The question is always formed this way, with these particular words. The object of this question is to determine not the philosophy of the individual, but the [...] ... (more) Monday, April 28, 2008 From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 28, 2008 at 11:30 am ET Last week, I spent several days in San Diego with family and friends, including my mother and her long-time boyfriend, my brother and his girlfriend, and my girlfriend. One benefit of visiting family for vacation every April is the fact that my mother seems quite willing to spend money to ensure everyone’s enjoyment, at [...] ... (more) From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 28, 2008 at 8:00 am ET This week, the Internal Revenue Service of the United States will begin sending direct deposits to those who qualify for the economic stimulus tax payment and checks soon after. Everyone who is interested in the tax ramifications of this payment should now know that the money received as a result will not be counted [...] ... (more) Sunday, April 27, 2008 Back From California and Blog Roundup (1 click)
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April 27, 2008 at 4:58 pm ET I spent this past week visiting family in California. My girlfriend (A.) and I joined my family’s west coast contingent for a few days in San Diego, staying at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay. Among other things, A. and I visited the San Diego Zoo, where I exercised my new Canon Digital Rebel [...] ... (more) Tax-Deductible Weddings, Part 2 (12 clicks)
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April 27, 2008 at 12:06 pm ET We’ve talked about tax deductions related to your reception site, but there are a few other nice opportunities for wedding-related deductions that shouldn’t be missed, both for during and after your wedding.
The I Do Foundation has a number of creative ways to incorporate giving into the wedding itself, which you can do through them or [...] ... (more) Friday, April 25, 2008 Why I Still Have No Money (10 clicks)
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April 25, 2008 at 8:32 am ET I recently explained my history of having no money and as promised, will now come clean with the mistakes I’m still making:
I’m driving the wrong car
I’ve never owned a car long enough to get it inspected. The first Jeep Cherokee was a lease, and I foolishly let them talk me into not converting the lease [...] ... (more) Thursday, April 24, 2008 Tax-Deductible Weddings, Part 1 (10 clicks)
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April 24, 2008 at 1:20 pm ET We’re entering the peak wedding season, it seems.
Ever since I got engaged earlier this year, I’ve been bombarded by sales pitches from every angle. They’re certainly tricky. They come disguised in several colors of tulle, bearing elegantly inscribed messages to remind me that I only live once and want my special [...] ... (more) Why I Have No Money (10 clicks)
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April 24, 2008 at 8:52 am ET Near the end of my college career there was a sort of “Psychic Fair” on campus. As I recall, nobody charged us anything, so I got a reading from a Numerologist.
She basically had me fill out a form with some information about myself. I remember “full name” and “birthdate”, for example. Multiple calculations later, the [...] ... (more) Wednesday, April 23, 2008 From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 23, 2008 at 8:44 am ET This should prove to be a good study of professional prognostication. Last December, Fortune Magazine predicted the best stocks to hold in 2008, directing investors to ten specific stocks the magazine thinks will perform well this year.
How are these stocks holding up so far, compared to the indexes? The S&P 500 Index is [...] ... (more) Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Ethical Consumerism, An Introduction (5 clicks)
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April 22, 2008 at 8:19 am ET As I shared with you a few weeks ago, I choose to pay more for my electricity. And in 2007, 71 percent of my total grocery budget went to support local agriculture and small businesses.
Each year, I buy a harvest share at a local community supported agriculture farm. I promise to [...] ... (more) Monday, April 21, 2008 Complaining Can Save You Money (4 clicks)
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April 21, 2008 at 8:24 am ET About the author: This article was written by Emily Starbuck Gerson whose personal mission is to help people learn about credit and debt. She writes for the blog, Taking Charge (read her posts here).
I love cookies. They’re one of my favorite things to eat, and everyone who knows me knows this. I avoid fried [...] ... (more) Sunday, April 20, 2008 Going to California and Blog Roundup (2 clicks)
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April 20, 2008 at 7:28 pm ET Tomorrow morning, my girlfriend and I will be on a Virgin America flight to California. We plan on visiting my family and enjoying a week-long vacation away from our day-time jobs. Posting on Consumerism Commentary will be light during the week. Meanwhile, take a look at these picks from the MoneyBlogNetwork.
The Same [...] ... (more) Following Your Bliss: Good Advice or Bunk? (15 clicks)
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April 20, 2008 at 8:52 am ET One of my favorite musical “acts” is Blue Man Group. The Blue Man Group explores, with primitively modern musical instruments, society, detachment, and collectivism. You may remember them from Intel’s old Pentium commercials. You may also remember them from the television show Arrested Development, in which the character Tobias, played by David [...] ... (more) Saturday, April 19, 2008 From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 19, 2008 at 11:23 am ET Jim submitted this news today, but I’ve been unable to find a confirmation online. Perhaps holders of the Emigrant Direct MasterCard have received this announcement.
The party is over on the Emigrant Direct Savings account and Mastercard program.
As the Fed has cut interest rates, so too has Emigrant Direct (2.75% as of 4/19.2008). [...] ... (more) Friday, April 18, 2008 From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 18, 2008 at 8:00 am ET When I first read The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko, it didn’t inspire me. It’s not that I disagreed with the authors, but I found the book uninteresting. It was one of the first financial books I read after beginning Consumerism Commentary, and it came highly recommended from readers [...] ... (more) Thursday, April 17, 2008 From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 17, 2008 at 11:36 am ET Last year, a reader wrote into Consumerism Commentary with a story about how her elderly father was convinced to buy a variable annuity, locking away his money until after his likely passing. He had wanted to talk to a financial adviser, but found his way to Banc of America Investment Services.
Recently, Dateline took a [...] ... (more) Unintended Consequences and Money (10 clicks)
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April 17, 2008 at 7:51 am ET Ethanol: a study of unintended consequences
As recently as two years ago, ethanol was considered by many to be the solution for this country’s reliance on imported oil. Ethanol can be produced domestically, and it costs no more to make a car that runs on ethanol than it does to make a car that runs [...] ... (more) Tuesday, April 15, 2008 From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 15, 2008 at 6:55 pm ET If you were given the responsibility of changing laws, and the government and people of the United States had no choice but to uphold your laws (other than being thrown in jail), how would you reform the tax code?
Do you think that either the “flat tax” or the “fair tax” would be appropriate for [...] ... (more) From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 15, 2008 at 8:23 am ET I own shares in one exchange-traded fund, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Sector Index Fund (IYZ). I picked up the shares with free money from a Sharebuilder bonus, and since it was free money, I decided to attempt to choose an investment more narrow than my typical investing philosophy. Rather than a [...] ... (more) Monday, April 14, 2008 From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 14, 2008 at 7:22 pm ET This morning, I published an article outlining 50 tips to help add a little something-something to your emergency fund. This article is part of the April MoneyBlogNetwork Group Writing Project, in which a number of bloggers are working together to write about emergency funds from a variety of perspectives.
As of right now, [...] ... (more) From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 14, 2008 at 8:10 am ET I spent a few hours yesterday completing my tax return. Although I had wanted to work with a tax professional, my procrastination interfered with the plan. It wasn’t as complicated as I expected, but there may have been some deductions I missed. I owe a few thousand dollars, which was less than [...] ... (more) From Consumerism Commentary - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 14, 2008 at 7:36 am ET One of the first steps to cleaning up one’s financial situation before embarking on the journey to become financially independent is the establishment of an emergency fund. An emergency fund, in its most basic form, is an accessible savings account where you keep cash for true emergencies, like the loss of a job or [...] ... (more) Sunday, April 13, 2008 SmartyPig Smartly Drops $25 Redemption Fee (5 clicks)
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April 13, 2008 at 9:44 am ET A few weeks ago, I previewed the SmartyPig savings account, an interesting way to collaboratively save money for goals while earning interest on that money. I like the ease of sharing goals with friends and family and allowing them to contribute, but the redemption options were limited.
By design, SmaryPig prefers that once [...] ... (more) Saturday, April 12, 2008 Updated High-Yield Savings and Checking Rates (13 clicks)
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April 12, 2008 at 5:25 pm ET I took a moment today to update the list of high-yield savings and checking account interest rates. While the rates are in decline, with the best annual yields around 3%, it will still beat the 0.2% to 0.4% many brick-and-mortar banks are offering on their savings accounts.
An email from Justin, a reader, reminded me [...] ... (more) Weekend Reading (11 clicks)
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April 12, 2008 at 11:50 am ET Here are several articles I’ve enjoyed this past week.
What Do You Splurge On? My answer, as given in this article at Get Rich Slowly, is my preference for dining out with co-workers for lunch every day.
Making Your Own Laundry Detergent: A Detailed Visual Guide. When I asked if frugality necessitates missing out on [...] ... (more) Items 26 - 50 of 357
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