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Obscure Types of Insurance Policies That May Help You in the Future

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:20:56 +0000

Most people know a thing or two about auto insurance, home insurance, health insurance, and life insurance. It makes sense, as these are common policies that tens of millions of people pay for, month after month. But while these may be the most common types of insurance, there are others that offer very targeted coverage [...]

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Luxury Items for Your Dog: What to Buy, What not to Buy

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:29:05 +0000

People love their pets. This is particularly true with dog owners. Our beloved dogs are pampered, groomed, and even clothed. We make them into a regular part of the family. As more and more canine “luxury items” have begun to hit the marketplace, we’ve jumped on board to spoil our furry friends with these things, [...]

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The Kardashian Sisters Launch Their Own Prepaid Credit Card

Christine — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:37:04 +0000

Beauty, fashion, reality TV, frangrance and now a financial product? Mobile Resource Card, a provider of custom prepaid card programs, has partnered with the Kardashian sisters – Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim – to add a prepaid credit card to their empire of products. The Kardashian sisters say, “We are excited to partner with mobile Resource [...]

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Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck

Christine — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:30:16 +0000

A few years ago, our family lived by being dependent on receiving a weekly paycheck. Both the husband and I maintain great jobs, but we were hardly able to pay the bills. Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul – we would push one bill to lapse its due date to pay another we ‘forgot’ about. [...]

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Frugal to survive or frugal to be rich?

Christine — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:30:32 +0000

My goal with starting this blog was to hold myself accountable for getting out of debt. When that goal was reached I could track building my wealth. Frugal to Survive So, for the past couple years my frugal way of thinking was led by a need to survive or scrimp to pay off debt. Being [...]

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Peter Thiel wants to give 20 under 20 Kids $100,000 to Drop Out of College

Christine — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:30:15 +0000

Billionaire Peter Thiel recently announced at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco that he will award 20 people less than 20 years old cash grants of $100,000 to drop out of school. The Thiel Foundation was created to help innovate the next generation of tech visionaires. He believes there is more value for the [...]

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Psych Yourself Rich Book Review

Christine — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:00:34 +0000

Psych Yourself Rich is the best book to help you understand the personal relationship with money. Author Farnoosh Torabi shows you how to develop the mindset, discipline, and habits to grow wealth and achieve you goals on your own terms- without fear, anxiety, misery, or too much sacrifice, by combining the latest approaches in behavioral [...]

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Plastic Wars: Credit or Debit Card?

Christine — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:00:28 +0000

Do you think there are certain purchases that make better sense to use the credit card over the debit card? No doubt that debit cards are still main plastic used for shopping, because as consumers we choose to spend below our means (that is your reason right?). But the question popped up in my thoughts [...]

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GetCurrency and PF Comics!

Christine — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:09:04 +0000

Generation X and Y now has help navigating a financial minefield. American Express recently released a content-rich, social-media platform called Currency (getcurrency.com). Tell me More! For young adults in their 20’s and 30’s, Currency offers tips and suggestions on saving and spending, in a voice that speaks to them from more than 25 leading personal-finance [...]

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What is Debt Recycling?

Christine — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:44:18 +0000

What is Debt Recycling? I asked myself the same question when I saw the phrase and discovered it is a rather interesting concept; especially to those that own a home. Debt Recycling kind of reminds me of a loopty loop process in a fashionable way. The idea is to reduce you non tax-deductible interest on [...]

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