From Steadfast Finances
March 14, 2010 at 8:40 pm
One of the reasons why I loved the recession is the creativity of small business owners to get customers coming through the door and filling the empty seats.
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March 12, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Who uses Groupons?
Rich people. That’s who!
Okay, maybe not just rich people, but you may be surprised to learn that people who make major bank ($100k+ annual ... (
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March 11, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I consider myself fairly immune to the persuasioneering techniques of modern day advertising.
The buy me, but wait there’s more, buy one get the second at ... (
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March 9, 2010 at 2:28 pm
On March 9, 2009, the stock market closed at it’s lowest level in over a decade. The doom and gloom news factories were pumping out negative as loudly ... (
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March 8, 2010 at 3:17 pm
As a self confessed quotes junkie, few things in life can change my thought process or motivate me to change my opinion more than a hard to forget quote.
Not only ... (
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March 5, 2010 at 2:45 pm
As if you needed more ammo in the “education matters” debate, take a look at your chances of becoming a disposable worker (a less than flattering way of saying unemployed)
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March 3, 2010 at 11:34 pm
For some time now, I’ve been considering becoming a real estate investor (>1 property) once again. Even though real estate prices haven’t found their absolute bottom ... (
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March 1, 2010 at 6:03 pm
I ran across an interesting bit of research today suggesting that one of the leading ways investors get suckered into investment bubbles, and subsequently decimate our annual performance, ... (
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February 28, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Being a student of social anthropology, I always find generational studies particularly interesting because they ask wide array of behavioral, economic, and big picture questions ... (
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February 27, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Around this time every year, I’m usually suffering from sporting event purgatory. Meaning, I’ve got a nasty case of football withdrawal and with March Madness still ... (
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February 22, 2010 at 4:04 pm
With so much financial information readily available telling us how to make more money or the nonstop investment advice telling us how to get rich quick, it’s quite obvious ... (
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February 19, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Whether you believe that dividend investing is one of best forms of passive income or not, it’s certainly one of the most reliable ways to boost your ROI over the long haul ... (
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February 17, 2010 at 10:40 pm
One of the most jaw dropping, and completely depressing, animations of U.S. National Debt I’ve ever seen.
Perhaps I’m overly melancholy after seeing that it would
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February 16, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Earlier today, I stumbled across one of Google’s many data mining gadgets called “Insights for Search” and before I knew it, two hours of my day were gone.
Basically, ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
February 15, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Have you ever stopped to consider how much money you’re paying to keep in touch? I’m betting that a good percentage of you haven’t.
Not yet anyway!
If you actually ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
February 14, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I fully admit I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but I’m of the opinion that there are far too many ways to tell people to follow you, tell people to read your ... (
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February 12, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Here’s a perfect example of why Gen X and Gen Y are relying more and more on the 1-2 punch of Jon Stewart and Stephen when it comes to delivering the news… they ask ... (
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February 11, 2010 at 3:33 pm
We’ve all heard our parents say over and over again that we’re supposed to save 10% of our paycheck, but now that you’re all grown up, have you actually taken ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
February 10, 2010 at 12:13 am
It’s not exactly mind blowing to find that people are less trusting post Great Recession when you consider that most everyone is poorer, the stench from the political cesspool ... (
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February 7, 2010 at 2:26 pm
As I said last week, I fully believe that Valentine’s Day is a complete ripoff. Men are guilt tripped into believing that if we don’t give our sweetie a dozen roses ... (
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February 5, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Paying bills is a fact of life. We all have them, and we’re required to pay them. Otherwise, after a few months of not paying them, you’ll probably find yourself sitting ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
February 3, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Amortization is probably one of the most ubiquitous financial concepts that encompasses our daily lives, but yet, few of us know what it means, how it works, much less, how the ... (
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From Steadfast Finances
February 2, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Have you ever taken a long, hard look at your monthly mortgage bill and wondered why you’re paying so much more in interest rather than paying toward the loan principal?
Confusing, ... (
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