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Graduating College With Out Student Loan Debt

College has gotten ridiculously expensive over the past decade or so - to the point that very few people seem to be able to graduate from college with out student loan debt. I find this very frustrating,...

9 comments    money education debt
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Strapped - Why America's 20- and 30- Somethings Can't Get Ahead

I just finished a very interesting book by Tamara Draut. Strapped - Why America's 20- and 30- Somethings Can't Get Ahead explained in precise detail some of the challenges my family has faced while trying to...

83 comments    money finances book review
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What is the Latte Factor and is it Hurting Your Finances?

Years ago, David Bach coined the term "latte factor". It has become very popular among financial experts and could very well be the reason you are not getting ahead financially. The latte factor is...

2 comments    money budget finances
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Financial Benefits to Tracking Your Spending

Are you trying to get a better handle on your finances? Are you clueless at the end of each month as to where your money went? Are you trying to stretch your hard earned money a little bit farther? ...

6 comments    money personal finance benefits
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Teaching Your Child to Budget

I know the word "budget" is not one that most people want to hear, but technically the word budget means "a plan for using your money" according to Webster's dictionary. A plan for your money doesn't sound...

11 comments    money children kids
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Ideas for Controlling Your Impulse Purchases

Every time you walk into a store, that store is hoping that you will make an impulse purchase. Their business is to get you to spend money and everything about that store is designed to get you to purchase...

4 comments    finance money personal
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Personal Finance Website Review - The Motley Fool

Have you heard of The Motley Fool? Or fools really, two brothers David and Tom Gardner started a finance business in 1993. In fact one of the first financial books I ever read way by The Motley Fools. In...

6 comments    money review personal finance
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How You Can Create a Snowball of Savings

Saving money can be hard sometimes, especially when it seems all our money is spoken for as soon as we get a paycheck.  If you can carve out any money for savings at all, you can use it to invest in items...

5 comments    money personal finance savings
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What is the Difference Between a Recession and a Depression?

So now that we have been in a recession for 16 months, at what point is it considered a depression? Seeing as it took the nation's top economists 11 months to admit we were in a recession, my guess is that...

10 comments    finance economy depression
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How to Prevent Eating Out or Getting Carry Out Food

Food is typically the biggest expense for people after their rent or mortgage. Eating out or getting carry out is often a big part of that expense. Sometimes it seems unavoidable but planning ahead will...

10 comments    finance food saving money
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