January 2010

Links 01-31-10

by Glen Craig

Ever have one of those weekends that you are both looking forward to and dreading all at once? We had that last weekend.  Two kid’s birthdays in one day will do that to you.  First up was our oldest daughter’s tenth birthday (happy b-day honey) where we took some of her friends to the roller [...]

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Need Your Vote! Free Money Finance March Madness Contest Round 1

by Glen Craig

Ok, I need all of your help! Free Money Finance holds an article contest to vote on the best personal finance article of the last year.  Today my article is up in a tough bracket against The Centsible Life. My article Traits Keeping You From Being Rich is up. In order to vote all you [...]

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The Government Thanks You For Your Taxes

by Glen Craig
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On behalf of the government I’d like to thank you for your generous taxes.   Thank you for paying too much in taxes every paycheck.  We love the interest free loan!  We’re trillions in debt and every bit helps.  When we borrow from other countries by selling Treasuries we have to offer them interest for [...]

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New Financial Tools Make It Easier to Plan for Retirement

by Glen Craig

If you’re like most people, you find the process of retirement planning somewhat intimidating.  There are lots of numbers, calculations and assumptions to make before you can decide how much you need for to save each year, how much you’ll ultimately need to retire, how big a mortgage you can handle and what type of [...]

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What Will The Next Ten Years Be For You Financially?

by Glen Craig
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Do you remember 2000? I do.  Technology stocks were all the rage, the US had a bitter, close election between George Bush and Al Gore, and the word terrorism meant nothing to the average person.  These past ten years have flown by and these next ten years will fly by just as quickly.  If you [...]

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Make More Money and Live Your Passion: Become a Cre8tor

by Glen Craig
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Your financial life has a certain trajectory—similar to a train on a track.  There will be twists and turns, but you can easily determine where you will end up if you stay on the financial track you’re currently on.  What if the traditional methods of working hard, cutting expenses, and saving don’t work for you?  [...]

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Haiti Relief – Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres

by Glen Craig
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As you know a brutal earthquake reading 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on January 12th.  The quake struck about ten miles southeast of the nations capital, Port-au-Prince.  From what I’ve last heard there are up to 200,000 dead and many more whose whereabouts are unknown.  The area is left without electricity or communication.  [...]

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Links 01-17-10

by Glen Craig

What a hectic week we have ahead for us. We have two birthday parties coming up for our two oldest kids (will be 10 and 3).  We ave all sorts of planning and cleaning to get done in the next week.  This will be the first time we host a number of people since we [...]

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Is Shopping Online For Insurance A Myth?

by Glen Craig
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I’m sure most of you remember what the internet used to be like. My family got our first computer in the mid-1990’s – and it was slow… and heavy… and expensive.  Now I carry more than 10x the computing power in my pocket for less than 1/10th the cost. Perhaps more importantly, my tiny, relatively [...]

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