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“Negative” Jobs Report Dampens Stocks and Links

The recent rally of the stock market stumbled at the end of the week with a release of a “negative” jobs report. I say “negative” because the headlines you saw were things like “Negative jobs report dampens markets” and “Silver lining in poor jobs report”. This left me confused and somewhat annoying with business and [...]

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President Obama Signs STOCK Act – No Congressional Insider Trading

by Glen Craig

If you’re a retail or individual investor you may feel like the little guy can’t win in the stock market. The individual investor is a little fish in the vast ocean we call the world’s investment market and only the biggest of the investors can actually get ahead. Many of us have said that in [...]

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In Honor of Financial Literacy Month: Back to Basics

by Miranda

April is National Financial Literacy Month, and that means it’s a great time to reflect on your finances, and think about what we can be doing to improve financial literacy for our children, and for others around us. One of the best places to start when it comes to improving your finances is the basics. [...]

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What Do Your Property Taxes Pay For?

by Glen Craig

So often we look at our property tax bills and decide—based on the whole bill—that our taxes are too high. I know I do. The problem with that view though is that property taxes are never a single number, but a combination of several. Most of us tend to think our property taxes are too [...]

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7 Online Service Alternatives that Save Money

by Guest

It seems you can do everything online these days except wash your clothes — and some genius will no doubt figure that out fairly soon. One of the great benefits of the Internet is the many ways it helps us save money. From tax filing to wedding registries, the World Wide Web has a lot [...]

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Carnival of Passive Investing #16

by Glen Craig

Welcome to the 16th Carnival of Passive Investing! For those that aren’t familiar, a blog carnival is a place to show off the best articles in a particular niche. Publishers submit articles they think would be a great fit for a carnival and the site running it that week determines what articles make the cut. [...]

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Visa® Black Card™ Review – A Carbon Card That’s Expensive But Full of Benefits

by Glen Craig

For years, American Express has had the luxury/executive card market to itself with its wildly successful Platinum Card®. Visa® has entered the upscale luxury card market with its Black Card (the card is backed by Barclays Bank Delaware). The Visa Black Card is working to differentiate itself from other credit cards with its appearance and exclusivity. [...]

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Monster Mega-Lottery and Links

by Kevin Mulligan

Three tickets were sold for the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot. The lump sum payment is $462 million. Split three ways that is $154 million each. Not a bad payday assuming each person only played a couple of bucks in tickets. Overall, playing the lottery is a guaranteed way to lose money. Some estimates believed [...]

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How the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 Can Help You Save with Your Business

by Miranda

For many small business owners, being able to find every advantage is important — especially during tough economic times. What many small business owners don’t realize, though, is that there are some provisions that help them save with their businesses. The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 provides you some opportunities to reduce your tax [...]

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What is Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) and How Does it Affect Your Taxes

by Glen Craig

We toss different terms around to describe our incomes, one of which is adjusted gross income, but what exactly is adjusted gross income (AGI), and is it an accurate way to describe what we make? What is Adjusted Gross Income? In its simplest form, adjusted gross income, or “AGI”, is the broadest measure of income [...]

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