It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
It's Super Bowl weekend! Just for the record, I'm one of those people who enjoy watching the commercials more than the game.
And away we go ...
Credits and Debits
Debit: Check out ...
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What Is a Fixed Rate Mortgage?
Readers: This is article 5 of 25 from my no-nonsense "Mortgage Basics" quick-reference series.
A fixed-rate mortgage is a home loan that uses the property being purchased as collateral. However, unlike an ARM where the interest rate is subject to ...
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Consumer Rights: What to Do When You Get Defective or Dangerous Products
It happens to everyone: You open a box, only to find out that your shiny new object is defective. Or, you use it the first time and get hurt through no fault of your own. Here's what you should do if this happens to you:
What Happened? Is There ...
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Your Basic Preppers’ List for the Apocalypse
The other day I got a note from one of my Insider subscribers asking me to expound on my Economic Collapse 101 article entitled Ten Ways to Prepare for the Unknown. In short, he wanted a more-detailed list of what to have if things really go upside ...
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Black Coffee: Haughty Hot Dogs, Naughty Potatoes & Dead Men Walking
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Let's get right to it this week ...
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4 Important Tax Tips For Small Business Owners
Decisions about your business tax return can have a huge impact on your company profit. If you do some planning, you can reduce the amount of taxes you need to pay. Planning also helps you avoid any penalties and interest on your tax return. Use ...
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Black Coffee: The Deflation Bogeyman and America’s Decline
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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Money is the barometer of a society's ...
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What is an ARM Loan?
Readers: This is article 4 of 25 from my no-nonsense "Mortgage Basics" quick-reference series.
An adjustable rate mortgage, otherwise known as an ARM mortgage, is a home loan that uses the property being purchased as collateral. Unlike a ...
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Guess How Much These Calendars Cost
With the new year upon us, I found myself in desperate need of a new desk calendar. At the time, I wasn't looking forward to venturing onto the busy streets and adding to the post-Christmas hustle and bustle, but it turns out that the Honeybee needed ...
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Black Coffee: The Blurred Line Between Fiction and Nonfiction
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Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
Here we go ...
Credits and ...
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How to Ride the Star Wars Wave with Lock-In Stocks and Binary Options
What do lock-in stocks (like Disney) and binary-options trading have in common? Well, first of all, let's define our terms. Lock-in stocks, for our purposes, are stocks for companies that can be thought of as too big to fail. Now, of course all ...
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5 Financial Lessons From the Past That Everyone Should Learn
Those who don't pay much attention to the past are doomed to repeat it. There are so many sayings in this vein, but they all revolve around the fact that you must learn from your past errors. So let's look at some key financial lessons we should all ...
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Black Coffee: It’s Time to Batten Down the Hatches
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
I just got back from a long business ...
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What are Mortgage Points?
Readers: This is article 3 of 25 from my no-nonsense "Mortgage Basics" quick-reference series.
Mortgage points -- commonly referred to as simply "points" -- are the fee that a borrower pays to the lender for a lower interest rate; one point equals ...
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Poll: The 5 Biggest Money Regrets of 2015 — and How to Conquer Them
I'm confident that this time last year, scrawled on your list of New Year resolutions, was a sentence relevant to at least one of these four phrases:
'save money'
'stop spending'
'get out of debt'
'stick to a budget'
According to a ...
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Negative Interest Rates and the Demonization of Cash
A lot of financially savvy people out there say that the world's central banks have foisted zero- and negative-interest rates (otherwise known as ZIRP and NIRP) to force people out of their savings. The truth is, there is a more pressing reason for ...
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Black Coffee: The Happy New Year Edition
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Happy New Year, everyone!
Away we go ...
Credits and Debits
Debit: Despite being $72 billion in debt and guilty of defaulting on a portion of its bond payments last summer -- with ...
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How Do Mortgage Fees Work?
Readers: This is article 2 of 25 from my no-nonsense "Mortgage Basics" quick-reference series.
Mortgage fees are charges that the lender charges a borrower for services that are required to process the loan. When you apply for a loan, the lender is ...
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Infographic: Where Your Tax Money Will Be Spent In 2016
The holiday season is now over, which means the advent of tax season is officially here. I know, but what can you do?
The average American taxpayer can expect to be taxed at about 31.5% of their wages, which comes out to a massive ...
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Culinary Odds & Ends: How Eating Leftovers Saves Me $1700 Annually
Last year my family spent a small fortune on groceries -- $12,764 to be exact. If you were to press me on the matter, my teenage son, Matthew, probably ate $9000 worth of them.
Anyone who thinks I'm kidding hasn't seen our kitchen after a visit ...
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