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financial info author Ric Edelman

2005-06-13T12:23:00.000-04:00

I just discovered Ric Edelman has a web site. Edelman is the author of several well-known finance books, including The Truth About Money(I highly recommend it for a good overall view of personal...

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Just got out of debt? How to stay off the bench

2005-06-13T12:06:00.000-04:00

Starting over. Great, you’re out of debt. You haven’t used your credit cards in a while, and you’ve just made that last payment to the balance. Now what?It’s a level playing field. It’s as if you’re...

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Cutting drug costs

2005-06-13T07:02:00.000-04:00

Great article by Andrea Rock of Money Magazine today with tips on how to cut the high costs of buying drugs. I can relate. My HMO has a prescription drug program for $20/drug, but I learned to my...

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Weekend money

2005-06-13T06:54:00.000-04:00

I've spent most of the weekend writing for a couple of other non PF blogs (which are not yet on-line), so I didn't get anything posted here. I did spend money though!I saw Mr./Mrs. Smith which was...

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Waste not...

2005-06-10T06:54:00.000-04:00

want no e-garbage. What do you do with your ‘old’ technology? I know that in the office, our old tech is getting newer. We used to have lags of more than 5 years to get a new computer, or copy...

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Your Best Investment

2005-06-09T16:12:00.000-04:00

I couldn’t resist. When I saw the link over on Slashdot about the New York Daily News article on a geek dating service, I just had to write about it. You no longer have to hang out at geek fests like...

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Old home vs. new home

2005-06-09T13:06:00.000-04:00

Time magazine's recent Web Guide: Real Estate reminded me of a topic a friend and I discuss frequently. She’s quite a bit older than me, and is currently renting from a relative, but is saving to...

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Fun Money

2005-06-09T06:48:00.000-04:00

Design your state quarter -As part of the 50 State Quarters Program, some states are inviting you to submit ideas for your state quarter. A couple of current submission sites are for the Washington...

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Consider spending more time on...

2005-06-08T12:15:00.000-04:00

just about everything. One of the most common excuses for: not taking public transportation, shopping at expensive 'convenience' stores, frequenting 'fast food' places, not exercising, impulse...

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Buy a Pet

2005-06-08T07:24:00.000-04:00

Are you ready for a pet? First, you need think about all of the issues concerning having a pet in your household. Too many parents act on impulse and give a pet for Easter (bunnies are extremely...

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Driving costs and public transportation

2005-06-08T05:53:00.000-04:00

There's a nifty little site I found through a link on MSN Money called Sperling's Best Places. Their most recent study is about the most expensive cities to drive in. Funnily enough its the Southeast...

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Life savings: stop smoking

2005-06-07T12:10:00.000-04:00

In "Quit Smoking, Get Rich" the Motley Fool examines the personal price of smoking. Consider the actual costs of tobacco products to the consumer,"Multiply $4.50 by 365 days, and you're looking at an...

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Small goals, big picture

2005-06-07T06:48:00.000-04:00

Seth has a great article over on Seth Godin's Blog called "Small is the new big" that shows a great perspective on goals and other aspects of business and life.In business, Seth points to comparisons...

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Bank security sucks II

2005-06-06T13:42:00.000-04:00

"NEW YORK(CNN/Money)- Citigroup said Monday that personal information on 3.9 million consumer lending customers was lost by UPS while in transit to a credit bureau - the biggest breach of customer or...

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Jumpstart your career

2005-06-06T06:31:00.000-04:00

Yahoo news has an interesting article this morning, "Web Sites, Blogs Can Boost Your Career." The article makes a distinction between the advantages of web site portfolios, which may include a resume...

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When buying a home...

2005-06-05T15:43:00.000-04:00

ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is stupid. I was watching a rerun of TLC’s Moving up show, in which a woman named Rebecca was buying a house. The real horror of the woman’s ordeal was not simply...

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Free internet telephony

2005-06-05T09:33:00.000-04:00

A friend of mine asked me about Skype the other day at work, his teenage son uses it and he wanted to know what the deal was. I went to the company site and saw that Skype downloads surpassed 100...

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Great deals at the auction house

2005-06-03T12:55:00.000-04:00

An article about auctioneering today reminded me of what fun an auction can be. You can also get amazing deals. During a professional auction a couple of months ago, I basically sat in my chair...

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Sharp unveils largest LCD TV

2005-06-03T06:25:00.000-04:00

Sharp's new 65-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) television is purportedly the biggest in the world, although this CNN article admits most consumers won't pay $15,000 for a tv. Still, I bet there...

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Trust me..it's just money

2005-06-02T12:28:00.000-04:00

Washington Post staff writer Shankar Vedantam explained in "Hormone Spray Is Found To Bolster Trust in Others." about a recent experiment using oxytocin. In testing, subjects administered the nasal...

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Shopping for a web host

2005-06-02T12:05:00.000-04:00

I'm looking for a new host to post some blogs I've been working on for a while so I can have my own domain name. There are so many companies out there it's hard to pick one. Anybody think their host...

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The gullible online shopper

2005-06-02T06:49:00.000-04:00

The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the U of Pennsylvania's report Open to Exploitation, written Joseph Turow, Lauren Feldman, and Kim Meltzer, consists of a survey and results of adult consumers...

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Give H.S. Graduates Gift Of Credit

2005-06-01T17:41:00.000-04:00

Wow. Never thought I'd see this. Nathan Dugan of ShareSaveSpend recommends giving credit cards as gradauation gifts. But you know what? It really makes sense. Wouldn't it be better for you to help...

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Does the cost of your teen's insurance drive you insane?

2005-06-01T12:49:00.000-04:00

Liz Pulliam Weston has a great article over on MSNMoney on cutting the cost of teen driving insurance. Tips such as:Find out how your insurer assigns drivers to carsKeep those grades up Take driver’s...

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Do you have rich friends?

2005-06-01T05:38:00.000-04:00

In "Old friends: One rich, one not" Jeanne Sahadi explores the depths of envy and friendship. While Sahadi focuses primarily on the first post college years, most of us have come across this issue at...

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