Personal finance

Ron Popeil Gives Great Personal Finance Advice

by Glen Craig

You remember those late night commercials starring Ron Popeil from Ronco, don’t you? Remember the Showtime Rotisserie? Do you have the catch-line for it in your head yet? That’s right “Set it, and forget it!” Those five words did wonders for the sales of Showtime Rotisseries! But those five words mean a lot more than [...]

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7 Credit Card Tips From ING Direct

by Glen Craig

I was just on the ING Direct site checking out my savings accounts and decided to check out their tips. They list seven great credit card tips. Check them out (descriptions are mine): Make your payments on time – Very important! Late fees can be very expensive on credit cards and can negatively affect your [...]

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Watch Out if You Have a Bank of America Credit Card

by Glen Craig

Do you have a Bank of America credit card? Better watch your mail! According to Businessweek’s A Credit Card You Want To Toss Bank of America is notifying many of their better customers and telling them their rates may go up to double their current rates unless they opt-out of the card fast. Rates could [...]

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FFB’s Festive Link Love Carnivality #4

by Glen Craig

Welcome back! Here are the Carnivals/Festivals I’ve been in since the last edition: beingfrugal.net hosted the 111th Festival of Frugality – Personal Finance Bowl brip blap hosted the Carnival of Financial Goals III 2paupers hosted Living CheaplyFinance Freelance Life hosted the 110th Festival of Frugality – Simple Categories Edition The Dividend Guy hosted the 137th [...]

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Tagged In A Book Meme

by Glen Craig

There’s a lot of tagging going around lately. Yesterday I was tagged at beingfrugal.net to give an update on my 2008 financial goal. Today I’m tagged by Finance and Fat in a book meme. Ha, I just got a mental image of a bunch of bloggers running around playing tag like they were in third [...]

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Roth IRA Goals Update

by Glen Craig

I‘ve been called out by Lynnae over at beingfrugal.net asking for an update on my goal of putting $8000 into our Roth IRA’s. Let’s start off with a definition of Goal from Merriam-Webster.com: The end toward which effort is directed. Now a recap of my Roth IRA goal: My plan is to fund both my [...]

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I Can’t Wait To Get My Hands On Some Cash!

by Glen Craig

I‘ve been chomping at the bit to spend some dough! We’ve been frugal for too long and I need to buy stuff! I can’t wait to get my tax refund and my government stimulus check. I can’t say it better than Peter Gabriel: Ive had enough, Im getting out To the city, the big big [...]

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The Stock Market Is Crashing!

by Glen Craig

The market is crashing! The sky is falling! Cats are living with dogs! It’s the end of the world as we know it!OK, maybe it’s not that bad. Maybe it is if you see article titles such as Fed Cuts Rates To Stop Bloodbath. A little hyperbole, no? From what I understand foreign markets are [...]

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FFB’s Festive Link Love Carnivality #3

by Glen Craig

Before we get started on this week’s edition I’d like to define what a Blog Carnival or Festival is in terms of blogging: From the Blog Carnival About page a Blog Carnival is a great way for bloggers to recognize each other’s efforts, organize blog posts around important topics, and improve the overall level of [...]

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We Went To The Library!

by Glen Craig

Did you know that the public library will let you take out books, CD’s, and DVD’s for free?!? How come no one told me about this? I’m being silly of course. Let me explain. We got our bills for December recently. I was a bit surprised at how much we spent. I guess the holidays [...]

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