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Patriotism and Personal Finance - A Brief Walk Through American History (http://www.wisebread.com/feed)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:02 GMT

By Xin Lu To all the Americans out there, happy Independence Day! I think this a great day to reflect upon how personal finance and patriotism is so intertwined in America. So I dug up a few tidbits from American history and summarized them here. Before 1776 "No taxation without representation" is an iconic slogan that points to one of the main reasons why the American colonists sought...

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Fiscal Zen - Investing, Personal Finance and Smart Spending (Blog Catalog Blog Directory)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:00:46 GMT

Fiscal Zen provides tips and insight on investing, personal finance and smart spending to help individuals make the most of their money. You won't find us touting penny stocks, get-rich-quick or multi-level marketing schemes here. Instead, we firml

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Personal Finance Cowby (Blog Catalog Blog Directory)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:06:47 GMT

Watch me as I make more money, save more money, and have fun the whole while!

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Personal Finance Daily: Nest egg is security for tomorrow not salve for today (Market Watch)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:29:01 GMT

When times are good, there is no end of bad guys wanting to separate you from your money, which presumably is growing so that it makes a tempting target. When times are bad, those same bad guys are all still out there trying to pry away your dwindling cash in any manner they can. But in bad times, like those we are in now, the scam meisters and fraud perpetrators are joined by an even more sinister...

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Mint Takes a Fresh Approach to Personal Finance Software (Sramana Mitra on Strategy)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:23:14 GMT

Mint is a smart, easy-to-use online money management tool. The service is free, easy to set up and requires little user involvement while offering several advantages: it is a useful way to see where your money goes and what your largest expenditures are every month, and it can show you how to budget your personal [...]

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SplashMoney personal finance manager for Blackberry available now (Gear Diary)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:07:02 GMT

Splashdata just release a Blackberry specific version of their popular SplashMoney personal … [visit site to read more]

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Your Money: When Credit Gets Tight, a 401(k) Loan Becomes Tempting (New York Times)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:51:33 GMT

Examining the rationales for supporting or damning the practice of borrowing against a retirement fund can be a useful exercise.

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Market Values: The Upside of the Debt Called High Yield (New York Times)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:03:19 GMT

If you fear losing too much in stocks and earning too little in cash or ultra-safe bonds, then high-yield corporate debt may be worth considering.

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Shortcuts: ‘Two for One’ ... ‘Free Delivery’ ... Hooked Yet? (New York Times)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:01:36 GMT

Shopping at sales is just one of the ways we fool ourselves when it comes to money.

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How to cash in on the value of your home (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

After more than a decade of phenomenal growth, UK house prices have finally started to slide over the past few months, with some parts of the country already recording double-digit falls since the peaks hit in 2006 and 2007.

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Savings: The best places to keep your money safe – and beat inflation (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

The rising costs of food, petrol and heating have pushed inflation up past 4 per cent over the last few weeks, and for some of us – most notably the elderly – the cost of living has been rising at a much faster rate. Although the pressures of rising inflation are being felt firstly in consumers' wallets, another unfortunate side-effect of rising prices is that your savings also need to work much harder...

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Questions Of Cash: Nectar helps to finally get the ball rolling (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Q. Nectar offered me a free treat last year and I chose its offer of a sphereing session. But when I tried to book this with SphereMania, I was informed the voucher was only valid for one person and it was not possible to book a session for one, so I would need to pay an additional £40 to make the booking. JS, Alveston

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Wealth Check: 'How can we prepare for our move to Australia?' (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Mike and Julie Henson, from Hertfordshire, are about to make the biggest move of their lives. In November, along with their sons Isaac and Alex, they'll be emigrating to Australia, where Julie has secured a job as a midwife.

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The Analyst: Why it's time to get back into bonds (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

As I write, the UK stock market is approaching the lows it reached back in March. The economic news continues to be poor and, given that the housing market seems set to continue to fall, I can't see the news getting better any time soon. House builders have been slaughtered, despite the fact that they have enjoyed a 10-year bull market.

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No Pain, No Gain: Small-cap carnage leaves Addworth feeling sore (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Mark Watson-Mitchell, a flamboyant veteran whose career has embraced many aspects of City life, has emerged as an enthusiastic fan of Plus, the increasingly important share market I discussed last week.

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Private Investor: B&B 'lifeboat' tows my punt to safer water (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Just when I thought the worst for the banks was over, the news comes through that Bradford & Bingley has lost another investor. That's twice the rescue rights issue has failed. To borrow from an old Bradford & Bingley advertising campaign and the even more venerable Oscar Wilde, "To lose one rights issue, Mr Bradford and Mr Bingley, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."...

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Investing in stocks: Is it time to get back into the market? (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

It is the question on every investor's lips: is now the time to start buying cut-price equities, which have taken such a hammering – or is it better to seek refuge from turbulent global stock markets by moving into bonds and cash?

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In The Red: To stop spending on new clothes, I'm paying for a gym (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

My kit kat habit is starting to show. Well, I say "starting", but what I really mean is that I'm at the stage where none of my clothes fit. Several months' fast food got me through a mountain of work, but they are proving rather less helpful when it comes to me getting dressed.

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How did it come to this? $58,000.00 of credit card debt! (Finance For Youth: The Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:18:52 GMT

Last week, a guy came to my office and asked if I was the Wil Stanton that taught Personal Finance. He had a problem that he needed help with, and he didn’t know where else to turn. He and his wife have a mountain of debt, and they are afraid that they can’t get out [...]

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JLP’s Roundup (July 4, 2008) (AllFinancialMatters)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:44:22 GMT

It’s been a while since I last did a roundup. Here’s some of what’s been going on around the personal finance blogosphere: Nickel talks about the hidden costs of renting a car. Consumerism Commentary talks about the problems of investors trying to follow the wisdom of the crowd. - I think the “crowd” has proven time [...]

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