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How to Prove Your Usefulness, Keep Your Job, and Maybe Even Get Ahead: Be Indispensable

One of the lessons many learned from the recent economic troubles is that almost no one is indispensable. You never know when your job could be on the chopping block. You can, however, decrease the chance that you will be the one laid off when these decisions are made. The key is showing that you [...]

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Live from the First Annual Financial Bloggers Conference and Links

by Kevin Mulligan

The First Annual Financial Bloggers Conference wraps up today in beautiful (but chilly) Chicago, Illinois. All your favorite bloggers, including many we link to on a regular basis, are getting their conference thing on for the first time in an organized way. It’ll be nothing but talking about how to write better articles to have [...]

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Cheap, Inexpensive, and Frugal Halloween Costume Buying Tips

by Glen Craig

Halloween is great fun! I remember how exciting it was going around town in my Halloween costume, getting candy from all of the neighbors. I still get to enjoy that now through my kids! Do you remember those old Halloween costumes? You know the ones that came in a box and it was made up [...]

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Citi® Dividend World MasterCard® – $300 Cash Back | Review

by Glen Craig

Are you looking for a cash back card that can give you up to 5% back on your purchases? CitiBank has a limited time offer on their Citi Dividend World MasterCard that can earn you $300 cash back in three months as well as 5% on rotating categories. Let’s review the Citi Dividend World MasterCard and [...]

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Save Money: Attend Community College First

by Melissa

The cost of college is skyrocketing. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average price for public tuition, room and board during the 2009-2010 school year at a four year institution was $12,804. For private institutions, it averaged a staggering $32,184. As government funding has changed to loan-based aid, rather than grant-based aid, [...]

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What is a Solopreneur?

by Glen Craig

Solopreneur is a word that applies to many people and yet they don’t know it. ”What is a solopreneur,” you might ask? Simply stated, a solopreneur is an entrepreneur who works solo; and this makes perfect sense. Now just because the word solo is in there doesn’t mean to think small – always think big. Thanks [...]

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Buying Physical Gold: The Basics

by Miranda

Economic turmoil has many concerned about the future — including the future of the dollar. All of the talk about another round of quantitative easing has some worried that hyper-inflation is right around the corner. Since gold is seen as a hedge against inflation, it isn’t surprising that some feel that physical gold is a [...]

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Federal Reserve’s Operation Twist and Links

by Kevin Mulligan

This week the Federal Reserve went back to the playbook and pulled out a trick that is 50 years old. They called it Operation Twist. In Federal Reserve terms, the twist is selling off some short term debts it is holding in order to buy long term Treasuries. The goal is to bring down long [...]

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Budgeting for Christmas Shopping Before it’s too Late

by Glen Craig

Yes, it is only just Fall and the leaves are barely starting to change color but before any of us realize it, the snow will be on the ground and Jingle Bells will be playing at the mall (OK, the holiday music will start once Halloween is over). Budgeting for Christmas shopping now may sound like a [...]

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Rebates are a Sham and I Hate Them

by Jon the Saver

Rebates, ahh yes, rebates. They have to be the greatest “catch” of them all when it comes to buying products at a discounted price. I’ll say it: rebates are a sham! How many times have you really wanted something and written a check for a rebate thinking you’d see your money back soon but don’t? Then you [...]

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