Archive for February, 2009

In a Job Hunt, a Good Attitude Beats a Bad Economy - New York Times


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In a Job Hunt, a Good Attitude Beats a Bad Economy
New York Times, United States
I started reading books about personal finance, and all of a sudden it clicked: that field was perfect for me. Investing has always been a personal passion of mine, and I thought, why not choose a career as a financial adviser?
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The week's top Personal Finance stories - MarketWatch

The week's top Personal Finance stories
MarketWatch
By MarketWatch In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Feb. 23-27: For most taxpayers, the "make work pay" credit that will start showing up in paychecks in about a month will be easy money


Check your receipt for costly checkout errors. - Seattle Times

Check your receipt for costly checkout errors.
Seattle Times, United States
"You have to really scrutinize receipts, especially for big-ticket items," said Jane Bennett Clark, senior associate editor at Kiplinger's Personal Finance. During a recent interview, Clark identified three tiers of pricing errors. 1.


Money for College: Getting Through the Maze - New York Times

Money for College: Getting Through the Maze
New York Times, United States
Filling out the application is also the responsibility of the students themselves, and represents the beginning of their maturation process as adults in charge of their own personal finance management. What better way to foster this transition than as


Teaching Yourself to Plan your Spending

With more marketing hypes now then ever, we are more indulged into heavy consumerism. With this phenomenon, more people are tempted to acquire debts beyond their capacity to pay. Debt is simply responsibility and we are getting more irresponsible.


Getting Out Of Debt And Control Of Your Life

I view debt as a choke hold on your finances, and until you deal with the problem you will never be free. Do you ever think about the amount of credit cards you own, and then think about the amount of interest you are paying on those credit cards every month? I bet it is a staggering figure. Most people dont even think about it because they dont want to know how bad they are hurting financially.


Life skills and homeschooling - Examiner.com


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Life skills and homeschooling
Examiner.com
What looks like "life skills" to most people can translate to Home Economics, Automotive Technology, Woodshop and Personal Finance for transcript purposes. It's all in how you package things. For example, in my county, high school students can study


Mutual Funds & Personal Finance - Investor’s Business Daily (subscription)

Mutual Funds & Personal Finance
Investor’s Business Daily (subscription)
BY PAUL KATZEFF Times are tough. And if you want to convert old jewelry, especially gold, into hard cash, call this 800-number. Then mail your glittery goods, and they'll pay you. After all, the price of gold is soaring. Well, times are tough.


Rhode Island program aims to enhance personal-finance education - SmartBrief

Rhode Island program aims to enhance personal-finance education
SmartBrief, DC
Ten Rhode Island high schools intend to participate in a program, known as the Rhode Island Youth Financial Education Expansion Program, aimed at increasing students' understanding of personal finances. Some education officials say the country's


PERSONAL FINANCE Property & Mortgages - Financial Times

PERSONAL FINANCE Property & Mortgages
Financial Times, UK
“There is a real danger that in 18 months to two years, interest rates could be rising again, at a time when many could be coming off two-year fixed rates,” said Melanie Bien at Savills Private Finance. “Five-year fixes are a good option over




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5 Mar 2010 at 4:20pm
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Videos on Personal Finance


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Suze Orman - 4 Oct - Attitude On
14 Oct 2008 at 4:32am

Discuss the attitude for personal finance base on the "Can You Afford It?" section

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The Three Principles of
2 Apr 2008 at 6:41pm

Mint.com is the first free, automatic and secure way to manage and save money online. CEO Aaron Patzer teaches you 3 free money management tips to ...

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16 Sep 2008 at 5:06pm

Having financial management goals is important, because it allows the investor to make informed financial decisions that must be made in order to ...

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23 May 2008 at 4:26pm

Visit www.LowerMortgagePayment.blogspot.com for today's Mortgage News & Daily Rate Update. Suze Orman on index funds, ETFs and investing ...

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How to Create a
21 Jan 2008 at 5:01pm

Budgeting tips in thisfree series of personal finance video from our professional Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Expert: Tom Noah Bio: Tom ...

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