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Breaking: Jim Cramer on The Daily Show Thursday!

Posted by pimpyourfinances 1174 days ago (http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: daily show jim cramer jon stewart
According to Comedy Central, Jim Cramer is going to come on the Daily Show and take on Jon Stewart in person. He's scheduled to appear on Thursday a[...] read more »
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Ten Terrific Top Tippers We’d Like to Thank

Posted by msaleem 1174 days ago, popular 1174 days ago (http://blog.tipd.com)
Category: Entrepreneurship | Tags: community financial news tip'd users
We wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some members that are going above and beyond in their participation. These users are not just great so[...] read more »
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Is the Debt Snowball an Atkins Diet?

Posted by BradleyJohnson 1175 days ago, popular 1175 days ago (http://personalfinanceandinvesting.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: debt debt snowball personal finance
The "Debt Snowball" is a method for debt reduction that has gained huge popularity due to gurus like Dave Ramsey. While it has undoubtedly helped [...] read more »
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Avoid Early Tax Refund Loans like the Plague

Posted by FineTunedFinances 1177 days ago (http://www.finetunedfinances.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: life money taxes
How would you like to borrow money against your tax refund at 700% so that you can get it four days earlier than you would have otherwise? Talk about[...] read more »
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How to stop the drug wars - The Economist

Posted by blenheimeducation 1177 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: drugs economist
In fact the war on drugs has been a disaster, creating failed states in the developing world even as addiction has flourished in the rich world. By a[...] read more »
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Protectionism: A Prisoner’s Dilemma?

Posted by BradleyJohnson 1178 days ago, popular 1178 days ago (http://personalfinanceandinvesting.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: protectionism trade
While protectionism is often seen as a Prisoner's dilemma, does history even bear this out? If you are the last to resort to tariffs and hindering [...] read more »
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The Best Investment In The World

Posted by BradleyJohnson 1179 days ago (http://personalfinanceandinvesting.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: retirment taxes
Are you investing in something else without maxing out your tax-deferred savings. Unless you need that money soon you're missing out on the best in[...] read more »
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401k Mistake: Not Accepting Free Money

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1180 days ago, popular 1179 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: 401k free
We've all heard of people who don't bother to take advantage of employer matches in their 401k. Even worse: Out of employees who are already 59.5, [...] read more »
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The Dangers of Investing in GLD

Posted by PMac 1180 days ago (http://www.petermacfarlane.net)
Category: Commodities | Tags: international living protect wealth
When is gold not gold? When it’s GLD!
More and more questions are being asked about GLD, the world’s largest Gold exchange Traded Fund by far. Fo[...] read more »
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Handling the Bank Bailouts

Posted by BradleyJohnson 1180 days ago (http://personalfinanceandinvesting.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: banking crisis economics
Claim that at a bare minimum the common stockholders of failing banks should be wiped out, regardless of what kind of "bailout" is offered. read more »
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Google: Clean Energy Goes ‘Straight to the Bottom Line’

Posted by clubbin714 1180 days ago, popular 1179 days ago (http://blogs.wsj.com)
Category: Green | Tags: alternative energy
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has a simple message: The clean-energy revolution is a money-spinner. read more »
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Leveraged and inverse ETF pitfalls

Posted by RipeTrade 1180 days ago (http://ripetrade.blogspot.com)
Category: Stocks
The best way that I can explain this underperformance of leveraged and inverse ETFs is that they are designed to track the underlying index based on [...] read more »
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New IRS Refund Scam Coming Soon to an Inbox near You

Posted by FineTunedFinances 1181 days ago (http://www.finetunedfinances.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: money scams taxes
The internal revenue service does not contact tax payers via email. I would also wager to guess they know how to spell the words “you”, “whether”, “r[...] read more »
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Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders: 2008

Posted by Snouty 1183 days ago, popular 1183 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: buffett investing letter
Highlights, followed by a few thoughts on why Buffett doesn't need to buy stocks for Berkshire. read more »
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