Stop what you are doing and read the following statement three times.
Don’t trust anyone who is giving you advice on a decision that he/she wouldn’t make.
It’s so obvious isn’t it, but many of us (myself included) fall into this trap on a regular basis. At the store, we let the salesperson convince us that [...]
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This is a guest post from Sambit, who helps run an internet directory Respond.com. I will be checking out the financial planners section as I’ve always thought about working with one someday.
No advice is good enough unless you have the determination to follow the rules that you have set regarding handling your personal finance; [...]
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I want to send my regards to everyone that is worried about their finances as the stock market seems like it’s going into a free fall. Many of us feel the same way so you are definitely not alone!
Hang in there. We will get through this just like we got through every other downturn.
Anyone [...]
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One of the readers recently asked:
I see that you do quite a bit of trading via E*trade and I think it would be pretty cool to have a post about how you went about making your first stock purchase.
Naturally, I agreed to this because I would gladly share my experience with everyone. Let me [...]
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It is always a good idea to do a checkup on the progress we’ve made with our savings and measure that against the savings plan that we make during the beginning of the year. This way, it allows us to make necessary changes if we are falling behind schedule and make sure that we [...]
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December is here and it means that 2008 is just around the corner. Most people tend to start relaxing and enjoy the holiday celebration. With work starting to slow down, it is the perfect time to start looking into a few things before the year is over!
Roth IRA – If you haven’t already done so, [...]
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An article on bankrate gives the best online personal finance advice from 8 experts.
Be afraid when people are greedy, and greedy when people are afraid.
first, pay yourself
By the time you see it or read it, it’s done; it’s happened (don’t buy stocks based on headlines)
It’s about the meaning, not the money. (investments should be tied [...]
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Especially in the United States, free offers are EVERYWHERE. Every so often, companies will give out free offers as promotion. If we include the mail-in rebates that let us make money, we can almost live without paying a dime on supplies.
However, why is it that many of us don’t take advantage of this [...]
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Like you, I read many articles about personal finance. More often than not, there will be tips embedded in these paragraphs that talk about how we can save and earn more money. The article will say something like “do this and you will become rich.” Some of this article may be from [...]
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After HSBC has lowered their savings yield from 5.05% to 4.50%, I started searching for another method to grow my emergency fund. One place I stumbled upon was PayPal, which gives you a 5.21% yield as of this writing.
I started wondering why PayPal can give a higher yield than online savings account, so I logged [...]
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Today’s educational guest post from Chief Family Officer summarizes some advice of a topic we all need – Self-Esteem.
In his book, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, Dr. Nathaniel Branden defines self-esteem as a combination of confidence in one’s ability to think and cope with the basic challenges of life, and confidence in one’s right to [...]
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Transformers were part of my life growing up as Google was to some of you. When the movie about those beloved robots came out 2 months ago, I was really excited. However, since I hold a doctorate degree in procrastination, I put it off until last week. Thrilled as I was that [...]
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An email came into my inbox the other day from Bank of America requesting me to log into my online account and update my account information. The thing is – I don’t bank with BofA! In the email, it also has a link directly to the login page. Woohoo. Another phishing [...]
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Usually the loan with the highest APR, payday loans are designed to be short-term loans to cover a borrower’s urgent expenses. These loans are usually of very small value, from a couple hundred to a couple thousand dollars with very short terms (a few weeks).The fact that terms are short and loan amounts small [...]
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