How Can I Pay Less For This?

How can I pay less for this? That’s a question you can ask yourself when it comes to any purchase, big or small. You can apply this question to just about anything you spend your money on. The economy is slowly improving but it never hurts to save money whenever you can; no matter what the state of the economy. ...

Should You Transfer Your Credit Card Balance?

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As the economy gets better, I am beginning to see balance transfer offers in the mail more often. One of the best offers right now is the 0% balance transfer for 15 months from Citi Platinum Select MasterCard. Balance transfer is a tempting option if you’re in debt and want to transfer your balance from higher interest rate credit ...

Announcing My Upcoming Book – The Simple Dollar: How One Man Wiped Out His Debts and Achieved the Life of His Dreams

As many of you know, over the last year, I’ve been writing a book outlining the specific details of how exactly I went from being tens of thousands of dollars in debt and working at a job that caused me to miss my family and made me long for the career I wanted to doing exactly what I wanted to ...

3 Power Tips To Take Control Of Your Finances

When it comes to personal finance, you essentially have two major areas of focus: your income and your expenses.  On the income side, you’re dependent on a number of external factors such as the economy, your employer, your tax rate, your industry, etc.  These external factors can sometimes work against you, making it can be difficult to make strides in ...

The Unemployment Situation in Perspective

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By any measure, the unemployment rate is on the rise. But exactly how bad is the problem and what are the implications for the broader economy? To put things in perspective, we need to consider how the ...

Different Paths You Can Take Toward Financial Independence

Financial independence is a term typically used to describe a state where you have sufficient assets to live a certain lifestyle indefinitely without having to work or be employed.  Whether your income is derived from interest on savings, investment income, real estate income or something else, it really doesn’t matter.  The key is that you’re financially independent.  What an incredible ...

Lemonade: It’s Not A Pink Slip, It’s a Blank Page

The first thing I thought of when I watched Lemonade was – “Wow, I’m surprised no one else has made a movie like this before.” The economy is slowly recovering, job losses are slowing, but we’re living in a world where 10%+ of the people who want to have a job, can’t get one and it was only until today, ...

Deflation? Hyperinflation? What Do I Do?

I absolutely love tuning into talk radio stations. It’s hucksterism at its most entertaining – the selling of fear is palpable and the line between content and commerical is so blurry I can’t tell if the host is on an economic rant or trying to sell me on a gold broker.

Regardless of whether you think such talk show hosts ...

Flower Power: A Look at February’s Booming Floral Economy

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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, love is in the air and solicitations from flower companies are flooding your inbox. While most significant others would prefer to receive flowers year-round, there’s no question that the month of ...

How Valentine’s Day Helps the Economy

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For many Valentine’s Day is something of a Hallmark Holiday but whether you take it seriously or not, one thing’s for certain. The money earned from all those flower, perfume, and candy sales can have powerful repercussions for the economy. Cupid will be busy this year. The ubiquitous, pudgy winged icon is expected to elicit over $14 ...

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