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    Friday, January 4, 2008 Consumption Equality (10 clicks)
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January 4, 2008 at 1:02 pm ET There’s great debate about the growing income inequality in the U.S. While I’ll let others debate if this is true (I believe it is), or even if it matters (which I do), not many people actually discuss the narrowing consumption gap. The December 22nd issue of The Economist features an excellent article [...] ... (more) Thursday, January 3, 2008 From AskDong - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 3, 2008 at 12:47 pm ET I’ve mentioned in the past that I’ve somewhat hedged my brokerage portfolio by buying puts on the NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ). These hedges have performed as hedges would be expected to perform. They’ve sheltered my portfolio from the some of the volatility that has been rampant in the market. Below are a couple charts [...] ... (more) Wednesday, January 2, 2008 New Day, New Year (7 clicks)
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January 2, 2008 at 10:29 am ET I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year on this first business day of the year. While I’m still putting the finishing touches to my personal finance goals for this year, I do want to share some of the topics that I will be writing about in the next couple weeks.
Mortgage [...] ... (more) Monday, December 31, 2007 From AskDong - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 31, 2007 at 12:55 pm ET I got my girlfriend an iPod Touch for Christmas. Her Palm Pilot and iPod Nano were both getting long in the tooth. I had given her the Palm Pilot for her birthday 3 years ago, and the Nano about 2 years ago as a Valentine gift. I thought the the [...] ... (more) Sunday, December 30, 2007 One Topic: Year End Activity (6 clicks)
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December 30, 2007 at 4:18 pm ET On this 2nd to last day of the year, I thought I roundup some various year end related posts. There’s still one business day to act quickly on some of this advice.
My Money Blog discusses some end of the year tax moves
Jim give us some dumb year end moves. I guess [...] ... (more) Friday, December 28, 2007 Splitting the Vacation Rental (10 clicks)
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December 28, 2007 at 12:29 pm ET I was talking earlier today with a coworker about the vacation rental he was splitting with a few friends of his. He’s renting a ski house with a few buddies of his for the winter. Anyone who has rented a ski house knows that not all the rooms are the same, and [...] ... (more) Thursday, December 27, 2007 Locked in a Mortgage rate (5 clicks)
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December 27, 2007 at 12:45 pm ET As I announced last week I’m making a home purchase. I actually locked in a rate right before the Christmas, though I wish I locked in rate a week before I actually did. During the week of 12/3/2007 rates were some of the lowest we’ve seen in a long [...] ... (more) Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Revisiting mint.com (12 clicks)
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December 26, 2007 at 11:58 am ET I got an email late last week from mint.com. I hadn’t logged into my account in the last few months and mint.com was checking in up on me. I appreciate the check in even if it’s from an automated email bot. Ioriginally signed up for mint under it’s invitation only beta [...] ... (more) Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Merry Christmas (13 clicks)
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December 25, 2007 at 2:01 pm ET Just wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas on what is a warm and sunny day in the Boston area. I hope everyone enjoys time well spent with family and friends. The shopping is done, and now is the time to appreciate the personal connections we have in this time of rest. ... (more) Sunday, December 23, 2007 Last Minute Shopping (9 clicks)
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December 23, 2007 at 11:09 am ET As is almost always the case every year, I’ve left quite a bit Christmas shopping until the end. As I’ve stated many a time in this blog, I’m not much of Christmas giver or recipient. I find giving gifts difficult. I think some of this has to do with [...] ... (more) Friday, December 21, 2007 Buying My Place (8 clicks)
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December 21, 2007 at 11:46 am ET I’m in the process of buying the apartment I live in. My landlord who I know personally was selling, and I decided to make him an offer, and he agreed. He was able to avoid the whole sales process, and I was able to buy a place I know I like living [...] ... (more) Thursday, December 20, 2007 AMT Patch Passed (5 clicks)
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December 20, 2007 at 3:35 pm ET In a victory for the Republicans, the House passed a one year patch of AMT. As I had posted earlier, Democrats and Republicans had been at impasse. Democrats wanted to provide AMT relief only with corresponding tax increases somewhere else, and Republicans didn’t seem to mind more debt. It seems as [...] ... (more) Wednesday, December 19, 2007 From AskDong - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 19, 2007 at 12:12 pm ET We are in the season of giving, so in that vein I’m answering this question from a reader.
I am thinking about putting money in a Donor Advised Fund, but don’t really know what the pros and cons are of using a Donor Advised Fund versus givingn money directly to charity. What do you think?
-S
I looked [...] ... (more) Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Checking in on My Not So Passive Income Streams (20 clicks)
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December 18, 2007 at 12:08 pm ET The bulk of my income (98%) comes from my job, however like many other personal bloggers I’m actively concerned with growing my other income streams. Earlier in the year I detailed some methods of making money. These income streams are primarily:
Rental Properties - I have just one right now, my old condo. [...] ... (more) Monday, December 17, 2007 AMT, What’s Going On? (13 clicks)
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December 17, 2007 at 2:26 pm ET Congress has made the news in the last couple weeks for it’s inability to fix AMT, the Alternative Minimum Tax. The alternative minimum tax was established in the late 60s (1969) to prevent the uber wealthy from continuing to exploit the many tax loopholes that existed from paying little or no taxes. [...] ... (more) Saturday, December 15, 2007 Cable, DSL or Nothing? (5 clicks)
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December 15, 2007 at 6:37 pm ET As has been indicated I’ve been without high speed internet access the last month. It’s amazing how you miss things when they’re gone. It’s true of people, and apparently High Speed Internet Access. I was hoping to have been up and running by today as my DSL in service date was [...] ... (more) Friday, December 14, 2007 Regular Schedule or Flexibility? (9 clicks)
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December 14, 2007 at 12:55 pm ET I set a new record on consecutive daily weekdays posts On Wednesday. I only set it because I broke the streak yesterday when I failed to make a post. Even though I set a new record, I can say with a clean conscience I’m am not in the Mitchell report. Like Roger [...] ... (more) Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Ranking of Ethnic Food By Cost (15 clicks)
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December 12, 2007 at 12:24 pm ET I eat out alot, more than I’m willing to admit to myself (I am trying to pitch frugality after all). One factor that ends up helping me out is that I tend to eat ethnic, and by a large measure sit down ethnic food is often quite a bit cheaper than American food. [...] ... (more) Tuesday, December 11, 2007 From AskDong - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 11, 2007 at 12:34 pm ET Over at CNNMoney, they’ve put together a portraits of the financial lives of some of the presidential candidate. I know this much, I’m pretty sure none of them will be reading AskDong anytime soon to learn how to score a little extra cash by signing up for credit card deals. Barack Obama [...] ... (more) Monday, December 10, 2007 Catering a Holiday Party (6 clicks)
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December 10, 2007 at 12:01 pm ET The past three years, my girlfriend and I have hosted an annual holiday party at our apartment for about 30-40 people. This party is pretty much the one big social event that we host a year. We have people over for dinner throughout the year, and I host poker games every so often. [...] ... (more) Friday, December 7, 2007 Nickel and Dimed (11 clicks)
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December 7, 2007 at 12:11 pm ET Nickel and Dimed is a journalist expose by Barbara Eherenreich into to the world of the working poor. I’ve been meaning to read the book for over 4 years now. It’s sat at my desk at work for nearly three of those years, even making the move to the new office. [...] ... (more) Thursday, December 6, 2007 From AskDong - view blog entries - visit this blog
December 6, 2007 at 11:56 am ET I’m in the process of switching my Internet connection to DSL. Currently I’m reduced to using my mobile phone as a modem. I also gave my Dad my old wireless router since he needed one, and I usually manage to snag better deals than my Dad can. Yes, we’re still talking even [...] ... (more) Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Festival of Frugality #102 Linklings (1 click)
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December 5, 2007 at 11:15 am ET Lazy Man published the most recent Festival of Frugality #102. I was selected as an editor’s choice for my ode to premium toilet paper and on top of that I got a link at MSN’s Smart Spending. Woohoo!
Below are a few other articles that I enjoyed from this most recent festival.
Silicon Valley [...] ... (more) Tuesday, December 4, 2007 IRA Update Dec 2007 (5 clicks)
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December 4, 2007 at 3:06 pm ET The overall performance of my IRA account(s) hasn’t changed much since last month despite what has been a rather volatile market. November saw broad market declines with a dramatic uptick in the last couple days as Wall Street got excited about a potential rate cut by the Fed. Of course the uptick [...] ... (more) Monday, December 3, 2007 Ten Things to Do by Year End (22 clicks)
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December 3, 2007 at 12:09 pm ET On the first Monday of December, I though I would review a couple things to do at the end of the year.
Sign up for loyalty programs, such as frequent flier programs. Frequent flier program typically award status level based on flights taken in a calendar year. As a result it makes sense to [...] ... (more) Items 109 - 133 of 152
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