Category: Thrift
Two ways I save money
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A couple of people responded to yesterday’s post saying that writing about saving money once in a while is not a bad idea at all, so here is a post with two ideas that have helped me save some money this year. Sticking to my new year resolution At the beginning of the year I
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Zero credit card interest
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One of the things I haven’t touched upon in a while here is thrift and credit card debt. As the year comes to a close I thought I will do a post on credit card debt and interest on credit cards because I think I’m fairly close to a year in which I pay zero
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Poll Results: How much money do you save?
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In the last poll I asked you much money you save, and I am actually quite surprised with the results. A large majority of you save more than 20% of your salary, which is actually pretty good. First Gen American noted that the result for this poll is probably going to be skewed because it
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New Poll: What percentage of your monthly income do you save?
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Yesterday I asked for poll ideas at my Facebook page (why haven’t you liked it yet?), and reader Raja Panda suggested the following question: About what percentage of salary(net) people save at what income level. I have simplified this a little bit by removing the income level because it’s easier to conduct the poll that
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5 Factors that cause impulse buying
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I engaged in a bit of impulse buying recently, and bought a Sony Blu Ray Player, that I totally didn’t need. I don’t regret it because I have been eyeing one for a long time, but I was thinking about what leads to impulse buying. I did a little research and found several interesting articles
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Traits of early retirees
in Opinion, Thrift
Image by Glenneroo My Wealth Builder had a very interesting post about his observations on people in the Early Retirement Forum. It is a forum for people who have either retired early or plan to do so. He picked up the following things while going through some threads there: Members show above average understanding of
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Bing cashback
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Bing Shopping has a feature that lets you earn cashback on certain items. Currently, this option is only open to people who have a valid mailing address in the US, and are over 18 years of age. In order to use Bing Cashback, you need to open a cashback account using your Windows Live ID
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Simple Tips to Drive Away Your Financial Blues
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This is a guest post by Financial Information Blogger Recession! Recession! Recession! No other word has impacted us more in the present times than this, and why not? You know as well as I do that we need food to fill our stomachs, and that comes with a price. You might be apprehensive about keeping
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Where does all my money go?
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Disappearing Act by Coffee Monster Almost everyone has asked this question at one point, or the other. It seems, that you make a lot of money and then, at the end of the month – you find that you don’t have anything left in your bank account. You can’t think of any ‘big ticket’ items
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It Works But it Does Not Wash
in Articles, Thrift
Image by Amycqx One of the very first jobs I did was — intern with a washing machine company. For a brief time, I used to call up customers and seek their feedback on the company’s washing machines. There was one call that I will never forget. When I called up a customer and asked,
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