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    Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Keep Investments & Insurance Separate (3 clicks)
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June 24, 2008 at 1:20 pm ET I had a meeting with my accountant last week to discuss some business related items and we got on the topic of insurance, specifically life and disability insurance. He told me that his personal philosophy was to keep insurance and investments separate. The reason for this is that when you start mixing insurance and investment, [...] ... (more) Four Appliances Worth Replacing Early (3 clicks)
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June 24, 2008 at 7:07 am ET A few weeks ago we replaced a relic of a dishwasher (a Whirlpool made in the early 80’s) with a new Frigidaire model (the FDB2810LDC) for a mere $150. We weren’t in the market for a dishwasher at the moment but it was certainly on our To Do list. From a functional perspective, the Whirlpool [...] ... (more) Monday, June 23, 2008 Blueprint on PersonalFinance.Alltop.com (6 clicks)
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June 23, 2008 at 9:42 pm ET Blueprint for Financial Prosperity is one of many personal finance blogs that now appears on Alltop.com’s Personal Finance channel. Alltop is a creation by Guy Kawasaki, internet maven and author of one of the few books I’ve read from start to finish The Art of the Start (though when I read it the cover was [...] ... (more) Get A Stimulus Check Every Year! (8 clicks)
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June 23, 2008 at 12:49 pm ET With Presidential hopeful Barack Obama mentioning a potential second economic stimulus check, many folks are clamoring to know more. Unfortunately, there’s much else to say about it other than that he’d push for one in the short term.
I, however, offer a different solution. In order to find an additional $600, you only need to cut [...] ... (more) From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 23, 2008 at 7:54 am ET You might not realize this but last year you probably cheated on your taxes.
Yep, even if you used TurboTax or hired an accountant, you probably cheated on your taxes and you didn’t even know it! We’re not talking about some obscure tax law that no one has ever heard of like a barrel of [...] ... (more) Sunday, June 22, 2008 Financial Infidelity Giveaway (3 clicks)
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June 22, 2008 at 11:31 am ET Yesterday I reviewed Financial Infidelity by Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil and today I’m happy to announce that I have three copies to give away to folks who were interested.
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Leave a comment bringing up any sort of “couples and finance” question you may [...] ... (more) Saturday, June 21, 2008 From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 21, 2008 at 11:22 am ET Financial Infidelity by Bonnie Eaker Weil is a book all couples should review. When I first saw the title, I immediately thought to myself - “Awesomedude (yes, I call myself Awesomedude in my brain), you and your wife communicate openly about everything so probably won’t get much out of this book.” So I let it [...] ... (more) Friday, June 20, 2008 From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 20, 2008 at 7:14 am ET Is there still a stigma against “synthetic,” or man-made, diamonds?
Nearly a year ago I wrote about an ethically-sensitive fiance-to-be’s dilemma: should he buy a larger synthethic diamond engagement ring or go with a smaller but “real” diamond engagement ring? The experts naturally advised him to be honest but the question remains whether there still is [...] ... (more) Thursday, June 19, 2008 From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 19, 2008 at 1:34 pm ET Whenever you change jobs, there’s always some vacation days left over that you can either take or cash out (some employers won’t give you an option, this is for those who do have a choice). For me, the choice has often been pretty clear: take the days off. You’ll be paid for both but by [...] ... (more) Net Worth By Age Is Meaningless (9 clicks)
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June 19, 2008 at 7:54 am ET Net Worth By Age charts are mere entertainment at best and misleading at worst.
Check out this CNN Money charting tool in which you enter in your age and your annual salary and it calculates some fun facts and figures. It takes your age and gives you what the median net worth figure is for each [...] ... (more) Wednesday, June 18, 2008 From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 18, 2008 at 1:22 pm ET Since I couldn’t buy electronic Series I bonds in time because of user error, I went to the local bank and purchased paper Series I bonds instead. The next step is to convert the paper bonds into electronic bonds and the Treasury Department makes that pretty easy.
Why Convert?
I’m converting is because I don’t want to [...] ... (more) From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 18, 2008 at 10:13 am ET I recently purchased a bunch of Series EE Savings Bonds because of the favorable fixed interest rate (1.20% if you managed to score some in April 2008) and the favorable future inflation-pegged interest rate (~2.4%). The Series EE is popular because you do get to lock in both a fixed rate plus an inflation based [...] ... (more) Advanta Business Card for Bloggers, eBay, PPC (11 clicks)
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June 18, 2008 at 8:47 am ET As an online marketer of sorts, I was delighted when American Express Business Gold offered a 5% discount on my pay-per-click ad spend at Yahoo Search Marketing (I don’t spend a lot but 5% is still 5% off). I had hoped that someone would start offering cash back business cards on other advertising networks but [...] ... (more) From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 18, 2008 at 7:20 am ET If only managing risk were as easy as playing a game, we’d all be experts and life would be safe and predictable. Unfortunately, risk comes in all shapes, colors and sizes, so we must always be diligent in our management of it. But, if we ever need a diversion, the Parker Brothers’ classic is always [...] ... (more) Tuesday, June 17, 2008 From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 17, 2008 at 9:12 pm ET If you’re a fan of behavioral economics (think Freakonomics and Undercover Economist), you should pick up a copy of Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. I reserved both the print and audio book versions (I didn’t know which would be available first) and have been listening to the CDs in my car as I drive around.
I [...] ... (more) Don’t Carry Your Social Security Card (5 clicks)
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June 17, 2008 at 1:06 pm ET Every month, go through you wallet or purse and ensure that everything in it has a reason for being there.
The other day, while standing in line at the DMV to take a photo for my driver’s license renewal, I saw a man pull his Social Security Card out of his wallet. As we all know, [...] ... (more) 10 Frugal Hobbies (3 clicks)
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June 17, 2008 at 7:34 am ET It’s easy to jump into the car and head to the movies if you want something to do this weekend, but it’s mighty expensive when tickets are $9-$10 and gas is $4 a gallon. However, it costs far less if you visit your local library and borrow a movie and watch it at home. It [...] ... (more) Monday, June 16, 2008 No Credit Needed in CNN Money (5 clicks)
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June 16, 2008 at 10:07 pm ET Big props to NCN (I guess he’s okay with people knowing his first name is Jason!) on being profiled by CNN Money! For those who don’t know who NCN is, he’s the mind behind No Credit Needed. He’s also the first person I think of when you talk about people overcoming debt, especially credit card [...] ... (more) Predicting Federal Reserve Rate Changes (2 clicks)
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June 16, 2008 at 1:47 pm ET Do you ever read the news or watch television and wonder what those speakers mean when they say “the market predicts the Fed will [increase rates/cut rates/do nothing]?” I have.
What they are referring to is the federal funds futures market where traders buy and sell options contracts linked to the federal funds rate. Unlike other [...] ... (more) HSBC Direct Review (11 clicks)
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June 16, 2008 at 7:36 am ET When HSBC Direct raised their savings account interest rate to 3.50%, I opened an account. I didn’t open it because I was planning on moving funds from a 3.00% ING Direct account, I did it because the cost of opening an online savings account was near zero and because I could then start funneling income [...] ... (more) Saturday, June 14, 2008 McCain on Alternative Minimum Tax (1 click)
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June 14, 2008 at 2:51 pm ET Ahhh the lovely Alternative Minimum Tax. For years the government has been putting patches on the AMT so that it ensnares fewer and fewer people, though without the corresponding adjustment in spending, and we once again dance the same dance now that we have set candidates to the two major political parties. Where do each [...] ... (more) PFBlogger Spotlight: Blunt Money (2 clicks)
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June 14, 2008 at 1:19 pm ET This latest PFBlogger Spotlight is a few month in the marking and I unfortunately lost it in my drafts folder for quite some time. However, it’s been unearthed and it’s a email chat I had with Blunt Money. Blunt Money describes herself as “a re-married mother of one who lives in the southwestern U.S. I’ve [...] ... (more) Roundup: New Roof Monday (5 clicks)
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June 14, 2008 at 10:31 am ET If the weather holds up for Monday, we’ll be getting our new roof installed. Ahhh the joys of home ownership. We’ve made a bunch of repairs / improvements to the home in the few years we’ve lived here and I’m seriously wondering when my bag of riches is supposed to arrive. Everyone told me that [...] ... (more) Friday, June 13, 2008 From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 13, 2008 at 1:18 pm ET In the pantheon of credit card reward programs you essentially had those cards which offered you straight cash back or those cards which offered you points that could be redeemed for various rewards. Until the last year so, I’d always used a cash back credit card rather than a points reward card because I wanted [...] ... (more) Leftover Calendar: Reduce Food Spoilage (2 clicks)
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June 13, 2008 at 11:34 am ET My wife and I have been trying to cook more often as a way to combat rising everything prices to the tune of three dinners a week (Friday is happy hour, duuuh). One unfortunate side effect of this is that we’ve been throwing out our leftovers as we discover them pushed into the back of [...] ... (more) Items 26 - 50 of 413
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