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If you are a chronic dieter, you know that long term, diets don’t work. You do really well for a while, pushing to lose the weight, but once you reach your goal, you gleefully go back to the habits that got you in trouble in the first place. I know. I’ve been there. In order [...]

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Sometimes, it’s difficult to get a sense of what people in other countries have to deal with. Luckily, the guest post today addresses this, even in a very small scale.
A massive stimulus plan, reduced consumer spending, increased unemployment – we aren’t just talking about the United States here. The effects of the American financial [...]

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The announcements of economic indicators like the Consumer Confidence Index and Personal Income were blamed for market ups and downs in the past week. Economists at large institutional investment firms such as hedge funds keenly watch these indicators and act upon them. Indicators are very important data to them because they act as guideposts in [...]

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I’m happy to announce that there is now a better way to subscribe via the new email newsletter. This new service is more reliable and it will allow me to send you special reports and exclusive offers on top of the blog posts that you enjoy everyday (remember the frugal book I was telling [...]

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This is the 200th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance and all I can say is “Wow”. It’s truly amazing that week after week, so many of you are able to spend some time to write quality articles in the personal finance space to help people achieve financial independence. Take some time [...]

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California is a beautiful place to live in since there’s no shortage of pacific ocean views down here. The gorgeous surroundings and year round perfect weather have attracted many who want to buy a house here. During the last decade, this went to the extreme as home prices went through the roof..
I frequent [...]

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This is a guest post from Manshu, author of OneMint.com who started writing articles when he was majoring in finance.
With the economy reeling under a recession, the word that you read quite frequently is stimulus. But what is it? First, let’s explore a few terminologies: recession, GDP, consumption among others.
A recession is characterized by [...]

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We keep hearing news from people losing their homes to banks needing more capital. One thing I keep hearing over and over again is “It’s so amazing that these mega corporations (banks) can get into so much trouble” but seldom does anyone ever explain why this whole mess happened.
Yesterday, I found these clips trying [...]

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I was reading an article by Fortune magazine about the TARP funds and one fact caught my eye.  Did you know that the TARP application is only 2 pages?  I mean, is it 2 separate pages with fields on the front and page of each page?  Then I found the official TARP form, and all [...]

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In a somewhat surprising move, half of the employees at the facility where my wife works at is being laid off. My wife’s job is still safe, but it definitely doesn’t bold well for confidence and moral.
There were rumors circulating ever since the merge with another company began a few months ago. People [...]

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