The Money Writers

If you’ve been listening to the media lately you may have heard something about the Hindenburg Omen. It sounds kind of ominous, and I guess it should because it predicts a severe market crash. The Omen has been behind every market crash since 1987, but significant stock-market declines have followed only 25% of the time. So [...]

About the Author: Jeremy is a retirement planning specialist and founder of Generation X Finance and the guide to Financial Planning at About.com. To learn more, follow Jeremy on Twitter.

Poll: What’s Your Take on the Hindenburg Omen?

Like most people nowadays, I’ve worked several different jobs over the course of my career. I’ve worked for some folks who were great managers and I’ve worked for some that were their own worst enemy. My first job out of college was working for an individual who built his own investment firm from the ground [...]

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Why Entrepreneurs Make Bad Managers

Since we all have WT Direct accounts from their huge bonus offers back in the spring, it’s time to beef up the amount of money you have in your account for some extra bonuses! It’s our double dose of early Free Money offers this week since both the Citi $50 Sign Up Bonus & 10% [...]

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Your moving checklist is not complete without adding to-do’s to protect your money. One of the important things to realize about moving is that it comes with financial consequences. Whether you are moving across town, or moving across the country, it is important to make a list of the money moves you will have to [...]

The following guest post is by Craig Ford.  Craig blogs at Money Help for Christians where he teaches people how to budget.

Budgeting: Is it More About Yes or More About No?
Your perspective of budgeting is dependent on how you answer the question listed above.  There are some people who think budgeting is all about no.  [...]

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If you aren’t happy with high interest rates, but you need a handy way to make purchases, then a charge card might be a good alternative to a regular credit card. One charge card that is widely accepted and has a rewards benefit is the American Express Gold card. So what’s so great [...]

American Express Gold Card Review: Get $100 Gift Cards

I got an interesting email a yesterday from a person who says his name is DeeDee (yep he really chose the email address of notverynicedude@gmail.com) that I’d like to share with all of you. It isn’t very much related to personal finance, but I know a lot of you are interested in my MonaVie [...]

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Citi is really keeping up with some great offers. Their latest $50 statement credit is this week’s Free Money offer! Note from Madison: You’ll have to hurry, this offer expires this Friday… so we’re changing the schedule this week and running back-to-back free money offers early to make sure you get a chance to get [...]

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This is a column by regular contributor Clark.
This blog has recently featured a number of posts about real estate. I figured that a tenant’s perspective on the relationship would do justice. I have shared an apartment during my school days and currently rent one level of a house on my own. I’d like to list [...]

I have been investing money at Lending Club for over a year now, so it seemed like a good time to review my progress. While I started small, I have been adding a small amount to my modest portfolio each month. I’ve been lucky to this point; none of my loans have charged off. Here is [...]

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Our Blue Cash rewards card got a major boost last week thanks to our home remodeling projects.  With a tiered rewards system like the Amex Blue Cash uses you earn the most cash back after you’ve reached the highest tier.  The faster you reach that level, the more cash back rewards you earn over the course of [...]

I’ve preached the gospel of “going it alone” for years on this blog, and I stick by it. I’ve seen far too many of my colleagues hung out to dry by the corporations they work for to think that being an employee is a good career path.  But being a consultant has one ugly secret, [...]

how to become a successful consultant is an original article from the website brip blap.

This guest post is by Mrs. Accountability, who writes for the awesome site, Out of Debt Again. She talks about how you can find your dream job by employing a fresh approach.
First I’ll tell you how to get a job by volunteering, and then I’ll share two real life stories.

Determine your dream job.
Once you [...]

How To Get Hired & Get The Job You Want By Volunteering

Like many of those in the football world, I’m still in shock in seeing Wes Welker’s comeback on Thursday night. I’m typeless (speechless on a keyboard), so I’m just going to go to the personal finance links:
Money Writers:

Brip Blap writes learn one lesson: who is the client?
Digerati Life wonders should you invest in [...]

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I consider myself a lifetime learner.  Maybe that is one of the reasons why I feel compelled to read anything I can get my hands on.  My past experience as a book reviewer for an arts and entertainment magazine put me into contact with nearly every publishing house in the United States.  I will be [...]

About the Author: Jeremy is a retirement planning specialist and founder of Generation X Finance and the guide to Financial Planning at About.com. To learn more, follow Jeremy on Twitter.

Book Review of Leah Ingram’s Suddenly Frugal

Think you’ll save more money by waiting? Want to window shop a bit more before committing? Are you considering waiting until after school starts before picking up all the necessary supplies? If so, you’ll likely lose out on tidy sum of savings. The time to stock up for school and still save money is now, [...]

Original Post on The Sun’s Financial Diary

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• Citi Forward Card $200 Gift Cerfiticate
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Stock Up for School NOW for Savings

With the talks of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) bidding on the company Intoll for $3.2 billion, it got me curious to do more research on the deal.   InToll owns 30% of the Toronto toll highway 407 and 25% of a toll highway Westlink M7 in Sydney Australia.  The CPPIB interest in the company was [...]

Over the weekend I did a little personal finance housekeeping, sorting and filing statements and other paperwork. My “To-Be-Filed” stack was growing rather large, and I recently had two occasions to hunt for a receipt and warranty card and instead of going right to the folder, I had to dig through the stack of stuff.
While [...]

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I’ve written about unusual properties before. Here’s one odd piece of real estate not far from where I live. And then there was the fire station that was bought and converted into a lovely green home. But what can be more cool than buying your very own island?
I [...]

You Can Buy An Island For Half A Million

When we got our loan in April, we thought we got a pretty good deal with our 15-year fixed mortgage at 4.25% APR. Now, four months later, our good deal doesn’t look that good any more. I know mortgage rates have fallen to historical lows lately, but I haven’t paid really much attention to it until [...]

Original Post on The Sun’s Financial Diary

Special bonus offers

• Scottrade 3 Commission Free Trades
• Discover Bank Savings Account 1.35% APY
• Chase Freedom Card $50 Bonus
• EverBank $75 Bonus
• Citi Forward Card $200 Gift Cerfiticate
• OptionsHouse New Account Promotions: 90 Days Free Investment Coaching, 90 Days of Two Morningstar Newsletters, or 1-year free subscription to The Wall Street Journal

Weekend Linkage — August 22, 2010

As you can tell from the first two groups of articles below there are two things on my mind this weekend: houses and saving money.  I’m spending all weekend moving boxes into our new house; I told my wife I haven’t been this sore since soccer pre-season training back in college.  I think every muscle [...]

One of the most difficult steps to organize your life – finances, relationships, etc. – is decluttering, I think.  I’ve been thinking a lot more recently about the idea of decluttering and minimalism.  I don’t consider myself a minimalist, but I have simple test that works:  if I clean up, do I feel more relaxed?  [...]

minimalism, and links is an original article from the website brip blap.

I never turn down a great chance to keep up with the investment world and to learn more about the markets. There are actually a lot of great online trading promotions going on right now for new investors, such as TradeKing’s $50 sign up bonus for those who open an account with them (this [...]

Free Wall Street Journal Subscription & Morningstar Subscription

We have the Comcast Triple Play package and have been a Comcast customer for 10 years but may soon switch to AT&T Uverse when we move. If you’ve ever had to pay the fees involved when selling your house and buying a house, you’ll know the last thing you want to do when moving is [...]

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