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The Root Of Our Financial Crisis: Education!

Posted by TheFinancialBlogger 1305 days ago, popular 1305 days ago (http://www.thefinancialblogger.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: crisis education personal finance
People will blame commercial banks of lending to people who can’t afford mortgages. I think the problem has a deeper root; financial education. read more »
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What Are Mutual Funds?

Posted by ABC 1305 days ago, popular 1305 days ago (http://www.abcsofinvesting.net)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing mutual funds
A short and concise explanation of mutual funds. read more »
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Fed Cuts Rates to 1%

Posted by debitversuscredit 1306 days ago, popular 1305 days ago (http://debitversuscredit.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis economy fed rate
Many of you may have heard by now that the Federal Reserve cut their key fed-funds rate to 1%, bringing it in line with the lowest level that it’s ev[...] read more »
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7 Key Questions To Ask Yourself When Starting a Business

Posted by Curt 1306 days ago, popular 1305 days ago (http://www.pennyjobs.com)

| Tags: market validation starting a business
If you can honestly and completely answer these questions, then your business has a chance of success. read more »
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Save Yourself Money & Headaches On Travel During The Holiday Season.

Posted by mytwodollars 1306 days ago, popular 1305 days ago (http://www.mytwodollars.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: frugal holidays saving travel
For those of you just starting to think about what you are going to do this year, there are a few ways to both save money and save yourself some head[...] read more »
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Bamboozled: The Social Security Lie

Posted by TheMoneyHawk 1306 days ago, popular 1305 days ago (http://money-hawk.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing obama social security
Author details how bad social security really is in terms of an investment and how much it costs the average person in the long run. Other problems [...] read more »
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Timing the Market is Loser's Game: What We Can Learn from Dollar-Weighted Returns

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1309 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing timing the market
An explanation of dollar-weighted returns (as opposed to time-weighted returns) and what we can learn from them. read more »
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Financial Crisis vs. Economic Crisis

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1309 days ago, popular 1309 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis economy investing
Discussion of the difference between an economic crisis and a financial crisis. Explains why a financial crisis is no reason to sell your investments[...] read more »
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Companies start competing for bailout money

Posted by wangarific 1310 days ago, popular 1309 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout
Insurers, automakers and American subsidiaries of foreign banks all want the Treasury Department to cut them a piece of bailout! Surprise![...] read more »
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OPEC Despises You, Stop Buying So Much Oil

Posted by drake 1312 days ago (http://www.bargaineering.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: oil_prices opec energy_policy
Oil was less than $70 as recently as 2007. Now that demand for oil is falling, along with the price (which is in the $70s), it seems as though OPEC i[...] read more »
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Why I Rent Instead of Own a Home

Posted by masteryourcard 1312 days ago, popular 1312 days ago (http://masteryourcard.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: money personal finance
After I wrote my article, ‘A Little Something Learned About Apartment Living,’ a coworker asked me why I didn’t just buy a house. I got the entire sp[...] read more »
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35 Low-Cost Ways To Green Your Lifestyle.

Posted by mytwodollars 1313 days ago, popular 1312 days ago (http://www.thegoodhuman.com)
Category: Green | Tags: frugal green money saving
From the list: #30 - Shut off your computer and monitor when you leave work for the day.[...] read more »
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How Low Can You Go? Cutting Back to Minimum

Posted by longdongsilver 1313 days ago, popular 1312 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: expenses frugality
"Have you been able to reduce the amount or frequency with which you use certain products? What sorts of things have YOU cut back on?" read more »
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Financial Planner Advises Shorter Life Span

Posted by cap 1313 days ago, popular 1312 days ago (http://www.theonion.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: humor personal finance
From The Onion. Financial adviser determined that his client can best make use of his portfolio by dying early...[...] read more »
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How to Compute Your REAL Hourly Wage

Posted by longdongsilver 1315 days ago, popular 1315 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: career
"We don’t earn as much as we think we do, write Dominguez and Robin. You may be paid $15 an hour, but your real hourly wage is less than that..."[...] read more »
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