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Do you know who is watching and listening to you at work? It’s probably not just the person in the cube next to you. The chances are very good that your employer has the ability to monitor your e-mails, phone calls, instant messages, and internet usage. Our company’s IT department actually has the ability to [...] Related Articles:How to Lower Your Cell Phone BillPayPal Phishing ScamH
I can't remember where I saw it, but someone recently said they "only" had $1,000 in their Emergency Fund. The first thing I thought when I read that was, GREAT!!! Do you know how many people don't even have a dollar in their emergency funds? Or even know what an e. fund is? A lot. And even scarier is that many of them are living paycheck to paycheck :(So if you've got it, flaunt it! Oh wait, tha
It’s easy to be down in the dumps these days. The economy is bad, and may or may not be improving. Unemployment remains high, savings account interest rates low, and the stock market shaky. It’s getting colder outside, which some people (ok, me!) may hate. And yet, there is much to be thankful for. If [...]
I've had both good and bad experiences loaning out money to family members, but renting from them and paying their mortgage is beyond my comfort level. In theory it should all work out fine (after all, you're blood right?) but in the real world people tend to get hurt or taken advantage of.Unfortunately, an ol' college friend is experiencing just that - getting stepped on because he doesn't want
This is a guest post by my man Blake Shultice.Do you feel as if you make highly independent financial decisions, free from the influence of others?If you do, congratulations - you are in a very slim minority. For the rest of us, our decisions are affected to an extent by what sociologists refer to as 'reference groups'. My favorite source for information in the world, Wikipedia, describes referen
What if I told you that delayed gratification was the most important factors of success?I bet you’d probably believe that it was plausible, but probably not likely. There’s probably something else in the mix right?Well, while that may be true, Joachim de Posada, in this six minute TED talk, explains how delayed gratification was a [...]Be Successful by Learning Delayed Gratification
You have probably been asked some variation of this question before, but I still find it interesting to hear the different responses. Over time I have found things I used to think highly of are now much less relevant in my life, and are not things I would risk life and limb to save.  Actually, [...]
Once in a while, an event reminds me why we aren’t as frugal as our parents. Yesterday was such a time - my glasses broke. More specifically, the screw that holds the frame together popped out and so did the glass, sending everything flying.It was actually quite funny. I was writing my review of Ally Bank at the time, and I almost literally said “The bank was eye-popping… lit

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