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Personal Finance

Personal Finance – How to Avoid Car Payments

August 28, 2009
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Many of you who know me know that I am a complete geek when it comes to personal finance.  I spend an inordinate amount of time managing our finances and researching the best ways to invest, save, and achieve our financial goals (when I say “our”, I mean my soon-to-be wife and myself).  Thankfully, we’ve [...]

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Online Marketing Costs

January 13, 2009

Especially in tough economic times, the cost of online marketing can be quite a concern for business owners.  If you’re a small business owner, this can be especially troubling.  How can you justify a $5000 pay per click budget, when you’re having trouble making payroll?
The short answer to that is, if your online marketing isn’t [...]

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A simple explanation of our tax system.

October 16, 2008

I stole this from a friend on Facebook, who I’m sure stole it from somewhere else.  Doesn’t mean it isn’t perfect!
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all
ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes,
it would go something like this:
The first [...]

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Maybe all this Wall Street Jazz isn’t so bad.

September 16, 2008

One of my favorite business “journalists” – Stanley Bing – has a great post about how the fall out on Wall Street is really just karma.
You know – I have to agree. We’ve watched businesses rise and fall at the whims of these guys, who cared more about their bottom lines than the success [...]

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Personal Finance Spreadsheet

March 20, 2008

So, I’m a personal finance geek. I worship at the altar of Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman. I love it – it’s interesting and fun to plan. Most importantly, it’s one of the most important things you can do for yourself. Managing your money and credit is vital to your future [...]

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What’s wrong with the economy?

January 24, 2008

“The danger is that housing prices continue to tumble and accelerate, people’s ability to pull out equity will evaporate, and you’ll see a serious downturn in consumption.”
This from Dean Baker – chief economist at the center for economic policy.
My translation: “People no longer have access to money they don’t really have – so they won’t [...]

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