personal finance

BudgetPulse.com, a personal finance website that allows you to manage your money more effectively, has recently launched a new feature that can help users set and meet their financial goals.  The online fundraising tool allows family and friends to directly contribute money through Paypal and/or Amazon into one centralized location which should eliminate any problems [...]

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What one thing do investing legends Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger do that is responsible for their financial success? The answer is simple–they read. And I mean they read everything. And that brings me to the topic for today’s article–How do we teach our children to read at an early age? [...]

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For someone who is prepared, buying a vehicle on eBay can be a financially responsible decision.  For those who are unprepared, it can be a very scary, very disastrous move.  Four years ago, I purchased a 2003 Ford Mustang with 23,000 miles from a dealer in Florida on eBay and the car runs just as [...]

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As has become recent tradition, some friends and I decided to head to the movies and see Saw VI.  Even though I haven’t really liked the last 3 Saw movies that have come out, I feel compelled to continue to watch them, as if I’m addicted.  Well, Saw VI certainly lived up to my expectations, [...]

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Perhaps the most frequently asked question in all of personal finance is this–How do you become a millionaire? Although we often focus on the idea of becoming a millionaire, there’s really a different question lurking just below the surface–How do you become financially independent? It’s financial independence that we are really seeking, although [...]

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While I usually don’t find myself getting caught up in the national media and the story of the week, I have to say I find the drama surrounding the boy who was thought to be carried away in balloon to be quite interesting.  Not that the story or characters involved are particularly intriguing but that [...]

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Almost every breathing human being covets the life of a professional athlete.  The conception is that for a few hours a week, a professional athlete can earn millions of dollars a year in addition to the fame and lifestyle.  The skill set required is usually running fast, throwing far, or being able to shoot a [...]

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One of the most notable discount brokers, TradeKing, is offering a free $50 to anyone that opens a new trading account before October 31st 2009 November 30, 2009, funds the account with a minimum of $2,500 and makes one trade within 180 days of opening.  Do your best to keep at least $2,500 in the [...]

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