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For most people on Main Street, the ...
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How Should I Choose a Credit Card?
Not all credit cards are created equal. In fact, when choosing a card, you'll quickly discover that there are hundreds of options for you to choose from so it makes sense to plan ahead.
How can you determine which card is the best one for you? The ...
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When Good Personal Finance Practices Go Too Far
If a little is good, then it follows that more must be better. Well, okay, maybe not all the time.
Take coupons, for instance. Clipping coupons to save money on groceries is a sensible idea. But so-called extreme couponing takes this otherwise ...
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Black Coffee: A Look Back at How We Got Into This Mess
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Stop the world; I want to get off. ...
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What Is a Credit Card?
Credit cards allow people to borrow money from their bank or a financial institution for the purchase of consumer goods and services. Because almost all businesses accept credit cards, there is virtually no limit to what can be bought with ...
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What I Learned from the Worst Vacation of My Life
Summer is almost here and many people are gearing up for another vacation season full of fabulous food and frolicking fun in the sun with friends and family.
With that in mind, I thought it would be a kick to relive the worst vacation of my entire ...
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Black Coffee: Getting the Rubber Glove Treatment
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I heard somebody the other day say the ...
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100 Words On: Why Laziness Is Usually Someone Else’s Fault
A man had two dogs: a hound, to assist him in hunting, and a housedog, who simply laid around the house. After a good day's hunt, he always gave the housedog a large share of his spoil. One day, the hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached ...
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Contrarian Shopping: 20 Things I’m Willing to Pay More For
There's a lot to be said for contrarian investing. Famous investors like Warren Buffett and Jim Rogers are routinely lauded for going against the herd and purchasing unwanted stocks at bargain bin prices.
Interestingly enough, nobody ever gets ...
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Black Coffee: A Thief In the Night
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100 Words On: Why It Pays to Sleep on It Prior to a Big Decision
When youre facing an important financial decision, theres something to be said about taking a night to think it over. That's because, when it comes right down to it, most financial decisions aren't emergencies -- although a lot of folks might think ...
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21 Reasons Why Corner Lots Are For Suckers
For the six people left in America who are still looking to buy a home, I thought I'd pass on a little advice and save you a serious case of buyer's remorse.
Don't be fooled by real estate agents who try to tell you that a corner lot is highly ...
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Black Coffee: America’s Dirty Little Secret
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And so it goes ... we're almost two ...
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15 Organic Fruits & Veggies That Aren’t Worth Paying More For
I love tomatoes. I don't think many people will argue with me when I say there is nothing better than a fresh-picked home-grown 'mater.
I love them so much I usually grow tomatoes in my backyard every summer. Unfortunately for me, the pesky ...
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Black Coffee: A Growing Hole In the US Treasury’s Wallet …
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10 Thankless Low-Paying Jobs That People Often Accept Anyway
Almost everybody thinks they're underpaid for what they do. But in reality, there are a handful of select jobs where this claim is especially true.
Many years ago, I compiled a list of the 10 most underpaid jobs. The provocative list was a ...
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Black Coffee: A Banquet of Consequences
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How to Properly Plan and Prepare for a Potential Layoff
One of my favorite fables attributed to Aesop is The Ant and the Grasshopper. You know the story; the grasshopper spends all summer long partying it up like a rock star while the ant prepares for the coming winter by building a shelter and storing ...
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Black Coffee: Less Than Nothing
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100 Words On: Why You’ll Never Get Rich Working for ‘the Man’
Many folks who work for others love to complain about the professionally unsatisfying nine-to-five grind of their daily job, yet refuse to change the status quo. That's because the perceived relative safety of their steady job -- and the guaranteed ...
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