October 2008

Money Hack Carnival #36 – Scary Finances Edition

by Glen Craig

Welcome to Free From Broke and the 36th Money Hacks Carnival – Scary Finances Edition! With Halloween around the corner and some stomach turning days on Wall Street I thought it would be fun have a scary theme for this week’s carnival. EDITOR’S PICKS Make sure you pay your credit card bills on time otherwise [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #30

by Glen Craig

This coming Wednesday, October 29th Free From Broke will be hosting the 36th Money Hacks Carnival right here.  Of course I hope you always stop by but on Wednesday make a special effort to come check out the carnival.  It will be full of great articles from many great bloggers.  Check out the previous carnival [...]

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What Are Your Kids Gift Expectations?

by Glen Craig

I hear some people complain that they have to buy expensive things for their kids because it’s what they expect.  Some don’t know what they are going to do this holiday season as times are getting tight.  How are we going to get little Johnny the latest (insert expensive popular toy here)?!? Here’s what I [...]

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Next Economic Stimulus Package May Not Be Checks To Taxpayers

by Glen Craig

According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the focus of the next possible economic stimulus package would be on “infrastructure spending, aid to states, and help for the poor through food stamps and jobless benefits.”  This is in contrast to the package passed this past Spring which sent $600 checks to taxpayers [...]

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Second Economic Stimulus Package Gains Momentum

by Glen Craig

Talks of a second economic stimulus package gained steam as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke voiced approval of a new package.  From his remarks to the US Representatives Committee on the Budget(via the Wall Street Journal): I understand that the Congress is evaluating the desirability of a second fiscal package. Any fiscal action inevitably involves tradeoffs, [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #29

by Glen Craig

Is anyone else getting tired of the stock market roller coaster? It goes up, it goes down.  I’m resigned to the fact that My 401(k) was set back some and won’t look like it used to for a while.  The silver lining is I’ll be buying cheaper stocks.  I think if you have a long-term [...]

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What Is The Dow?

by Glen Craig

What Is The Dow Jones Industrial Average? We’ve hear a lot about the Dow in the news. It goes up and folks are happy.  It goes down and folks panic.  But what is this mystical Dow that everyone is talking about? The Dow actually stand for Dow Jones Industrial Average.  It’s made up of the [...]

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What We’re Looking To Do With Our Finances Contest Winners

by Glen Craig

The “What we’re looking to do with our finances in the next year” contest yielded a total of 775 entries via comments, links, subscriptions, and social love. I loved hearing about everyone’s financial plans for the next year.  The stories were uplifting and it’s great that so many people have positive financial goals. Here are [...]

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Blog Action Day 2008 Contributors

by Glen Craig

As you know from my earlier post, today is Blog Action Day.  This year’s topic is poverty and what we can do about it. I thought a great way to increase exposure to the topic of poverty would be to list other people who are writing about poverty today: Learning to Give: What *I* Can [...]

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