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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Mortgage Due Diligence Firm Granted Immunity, Cooperating with Prosecutors (5 clicks)

From Calculated Risk - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 10:49 pm ET

Jenny Anderson and Vikas Bajaj at the NY Times report: Reviewer of Subprime Loans Agrees to Aid Inquiry (hat tip James) Clayton Holdings, a company ... that vetted home loans for many investment banks, has ... (more)

Société Générale’s Selloff Triggered Stock Market Crash (7 clicks)

From Money-Rx Blog - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 10:29 pm ET

New York Times: Paris - As panic swept European markets on Monday, word spread that a big hedge fund was in trouble and dumping stocks. Someone was selling, all right - Société Générale. The French ... (more)

Invaluable Personal Finance Lessons Learned Over the Years (19 clicks)

From Girls Just Wanna Have Funds - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 10:19 pm ET

I've been thinking about the various lessons I've learned over the years and its funny how being in a bad situation will teach you to do better because you now know better. As they say hindsight is 20/20, I just wish I saw most of this coming. But ... ... (more)

USAA Car Insurance (26 clicks)

From Active Duty Military Money and Matters - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 10:16 pm ET

I have recently switch my car insurance from Geico to USAA. It was a pretty easy switch. I called up USAA and got a quote from them. They were about a hundred dollars cheaper per ... (more)

Day in the Life of America's Least Eligible Bachelor (31 clicks)

From Frugal Bachelor - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 10:14 pm ET

6:00 AM - Woke up, drank Pepsi, took shower.7:00 AM - Drove to Goodwill, dropped off some junk at donation center - I only go before it opens because I'm too afraid they will reject ... (more)

Miss Kate (3 clicks)

From No Credit Needed Network - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 10:06 pm ET

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The Gift Card Deluge Continues… (2 clicks)

From Uncommon Cents - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 10:05 pm ET

I got (at least) two more gift cards for my birthday (I haven’t gotten things from two folks who say “it’s coming”, although I’m sure one isn’t a gift card because the delay is supposedly ... (more)

Will Mortgage Rates Go Up or Down? (17 clicks)

From One Frugal Girl - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 10:05 pm ET

As I mentioned yesterday my husband and I decided to refinance our home. We considered waiting to see if rates would continue falling, but ultimately decided this was the right time for us. Of course it never hurts to find financial experts who agree with our decision. So I poked around the Internet and found the Rate Trend Index on bankrate.com. If you are considering refinancing your home anytime in the near future you may want to subscribe to the Rate Trend Index alerts.For the week of January 24 - 30 the majority of polled experts believe mortgage rates will ... (more)

goal # 1 progress report (5 clicks)

From The Moneygardener - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:59 pm ET

In a post back in November, 2007 I disclosed # 1 of our 4 goals for our non-registered portfolio.Goal # 1 is : Save an average of $1,000 / month, to be added to this ... (more)

Reviewing Some Past Stock Picks: HOLX and BEAV (4 clicks)

From Trading Goddess Stock Blog - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:54 pm ET

There are a lot of 'girls' on this website. I wouldn't have it any other way. Aren't they gorgeous? And one of my favorite stocks I discuss below is Hologic (HOLX) a ... (more)

Day 633: Our First Monthly Grocery Budget Was Under (13 clicks)

From We're In Debt - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:47 pm ET

Today was our last grocery shopping trip for the month of January, and that means it’s time to check in and see how we did. When it was all said and done, we came in ... (more)

15K in Retirement (29 clicks)

From Dog Ate My Finances - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:31 pm ET

I went to a baby shower for a friend of a friend. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure it was just fishing for gifts. I went anyway. This was ... (more)

Timing The Markets - Impossible? I think not. (21 clicks)

From A-Train Finance - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:28 pm ET

Too many times I’ve read posts of these personal finance bloggers that keep repeating their mantra ‘Well, it’s impossible to time the market so I’ll just invest my money whenever into an index fund.’ Fact: It ... (more)

This weeks round up - heating costs are down (7 clicks)

From Early Retirement Extreme - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:22 pm ET

The heating strategy we recently implemented decreased the utility bill by $30 compared to last month. This is promising. Not only did we not use this strategy for the full month. It has also ... (more)

Then I go and spoil it all by doing something stupid like... (6 clicks)

From Tasha Gets Money Smart - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:12 pm ET

withdrawing money from our online bonus saver account before the month ends!!! I opened a term deposit account with my other significant bank by transferring some amount from our main savings. I... [[ This is a content ... (more)

Mega Debt (12 clicks)

From No Credit Needed Network - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:04 pm ET

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Overstaffing and Underscheduling (20 clicks)

From Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 9:00 pm ET

Sometimes my library job confuses me. It overstaffs but underschedules. We have a zillion part-time people, but we're only allowed to work 16 hours per week. Tops. Wouldn't it be easier to increase hours and ... (more)

Spending (14 clicks)

From Sense To Dollars - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 8:56 pm ET

yesterday boyfriend and I had a quiet night in. I paid for blockbuster rentals, he paid for snacks. I heart Amanda Bynes, and her Sydney White movie is really cute.My share was $25.55.There's ... (more)

Crossing my fingers (13 clicks)

From Thoughts From an SF Renter - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 8:49 pm ET

After the phone interview that almost didn't happen (the HR person didn't call me during the scheduled time and I waited about 15 minutes before calling worried I might have seemed too "desperate.") The calendar ... (more)

Unnecessary Grocery Expenses And The Need For Corrective Lenses (13 clicks)

From Just Squeaking By - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 8:40 pm ET

In our never-ending quest to find deals and save money, my wife and I shopped at a locally-based supermarket today. We tried the same thing last week with a regional supermarket - what a letdown. ... (more)

Bank Deals Weekly Summary for January 26, 2008 (15 clicks)

From Bank Deals - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 8:35 pm ET

Quick Link for Rates, Recap of this week's posts This week we saw the largest one-day federal funds rate cut since the 80's. The 75-basis-point rate cut at the fed's unscheduled Tuesday meeting was a shock. ... (more)

Companies with happy employees have better stock returns (11 clicks)

From Money and Values - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 8:32 pm ET

Employee satisfaction is correlated with higher stock returns, according to an award-winning paper by Alex Edmans, finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school.Edmans found that firms making it onto Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list earned more than double the returns of the overall stock market between 1998 and 2005, and also consistently performed better when matched directly against companies in the same industries and with similar characteristics.The 100 Best list, which is two-thirds based on employee satisfaction surveys, is full of employers who offer high pay, great benefits-- like fully-paid health insurance, on-site child ... (more)

A Market Still Shaken, Not Stirred, Except For The Talking Heads (7 clicks)

From Matrix - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 8:28 pm ET

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, there has been a surge in refi applications this week has resulted in a refi-boom. Mortgages rates are falling. Its been a week since the Fed’s rate ... (more)

Stimulus Package....... (6 clicks)

From Retirement Think - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 8:27 pm ET

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Redbook, Win Me Over. (6 clicks)

From This Writer's Wallet - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 26, 2008 at 8:20 pm ET

Very mysteriously, I’m still getting my unordered, unpaid-for Redbook magazines. In fact, after I originally posted, wondering where they were coming from and why they were bothering me, they didn’t disappear; they procreated. Now, I’m also ... (more)