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Lending Money to Family and Friends

Posted by deborah 1160 days ago, popular 1159 days ago (http://www.fivecentnickel.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: budget finance money saving tips
Lending money to family and friends is a bit like a walking a tightrope, and it’s very easy for things to go wrong. With the ongoing recession affect[...] read more »
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Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYTimes.com

Posted by globaleconomics 1160 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Business | Tags: aig bonus payments financial crisis
Amidst all the hysteria, the true AIG story is not being told. read more »
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Government Plans to Help Buy $1 Trillion of Toxic Assets

Posted by MoneyNing 1161 days ago, popular 1161 days ago (http://banksavingsreview.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy government tarp
$1 trillion dollars but this time everyone likes the plan. Is it really good or another plan that will cost tax payers lots of money? read more »
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Story of the Mexican Fisherman | StupidCents

Posted by StupidCents 1162 days ago (http://www.stupidcents.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: family retirement
You may have seen this short story before. It is definitely one of my favorites. Are you the fisherman or the tourist? read more »
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Boom Goes the Dynamite! March Madness is Here and Billions Out the Door | StupidCents

Posted by StupidCents 1166 days ago (http://www.stupidcents.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy money work
Last year, it was estimated that March Madness at the workplace cost nearly $2 billion dollars in lost worker productivity during the 2 weeks of the [...] read more »
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Financial Advice From 10 Fictional Billionaires

Posted by amabaie 1166 days ago, popular 1166 days ago (http://www.billshrink.com)
Category: Business | Tags: advice billionaires fiction
Enjoy some advice from Scrooge McDuck, JR Ewing, Willie Wonka and more. Photos seem to be broken right now, but the advice is worth reading. read more »
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Reduce Debt With a DIY Balance Transfer

Posted by nickel 1166 days ago, popular 1165 days ago (http://www.fivecentnickel.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit cards debt reduction finance
A quick trick for building your own balance transfer with a 0% APR credit card and a bit of creativity. read more »
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Psychological Benefits of Index Funds

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1167 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: index funds psychology
The largest benefits of index funds are their low cost and low portfolio turnover. But I'd argue that they come with psychological benefits as well-[...] read more »
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Living Above Your Means: Thoughts from the High Seas

Posted by deborah 1167 days ago (http://www.fivecentnickel.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: budget finance money tips travel
Over the weekend, we returned from a very enjoyable vacation. We spent the week aboard the Disney Magic* and we had a great time touring the Western [...] read more »
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Budget Living: 3 Good Habits That Outlived Their Usefulness?

Posted by jnickles 1167 days ago, popular 1167 days ago (http://mysuperchargedlife.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: budget habits saving
Are these three financial good habits just too simple for today’s world?These are certainly very basic personal finance practices, but it doesn’t see[...] read more »
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Are You Honest With Your Money? Yourself?

Posted by pimpyourfinances 1167 days ago, popular 1166 days ago (http://www.pimpyourfinances.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: honesty personal finance perspective
It's easy to feel good about the little victories in life, but we're lying to ourselves - and cheating ourselves out of thousands of dollars - if w[...] read more »
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AIG and Populist Rage

Posted by BradleyJohnson 1167 days ago, popular 1167 days ago (http://personalfinanceandinvesting.com)
Category: Business | Tags: aig bailout crisis finance
The AIG bonus situation is infuriating, but are we willing to throw out the rule of law over it? Very little about the situation is fair, yet we see[...] read more »
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Wells Fargo Security Weakness Identified

Posted by MoneyNing 1168 days ago (http://banksavingsreview.com)
Category: Business | Tags: bank online bank security
You are currently log into the Wells Fargo online bank system without the exact password. What are the IT people smoking? read more »
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The Latte Factor and Becoming a Millionaire

Posted by MoneyNing 1169 days ago, popular 1169 days ago (http://moneyning.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: latte factor millionaire retire rich
It's not really about the coffee and not having it definitely doesn't make you a millionaire.
In fact, I'm typing this up while drinking expens[...] read more »
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Cramer vs. Stewart: Don’t Confuse News with Entertainment

Posted by jimmyatkinson 1172 days ago, popular 1171 days ago (http://bankling.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: cnbc daily show jim cramer jon stewart
It made for great television. But, let’s not forget, that’s all it was. The economic crisis wasn’t solved, and CNBC isn’t going to change its stripes[...] read more »
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