We tend to give "luck" far too much credit for people's good fortune. Likewise, we often blame our own personal misfortunes on bad luck. While it's true that luck is often due to pure chance, more often than not it's the result of something we ...
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Roth IRA and Traditional 401(k) Differences: Which Is Better?
For many of us, retirement can often seem like something too far off in the future. However, as we approach retirement age, and as we are exposed with news of economic instability, we often wonder what is in store for us during retirement. Because of ...
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Why Relaxation Is Important for Busy People (and How to Find the Time)
It can be tough to find time to relax after a long week. Between work, family obligations, and other commitments, it seems like there's never enough time in the day. However, it's important to make time for relaxation, especially if you're ...
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The Overtaxed Investor: How to Slash Your Tax Bill & Be a Tax Alpha Dog
Who understands the entire tax code? No one.
Finding your tax rate is like shooting a ball into a pin ball machine. You watch it getting slingshot around the board, lighting lights, buzzing buzzers, ringing bells and spinning spinners, falling into ...
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What’s the Fastest Way to Pay Down the Mortgage Early?
Vanilla or chocolate?
Credit or debit?
House Hunters or Property Brothers?
Some questions can be answered with relative ease by almost everyone.
On the other hand, when it comes to paying down mortgages early, a much more perplexing ...
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Black Coffee: Boiling Frog Syndrome
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.
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The Top 10 Car Maintenance Tips Everyone Should Know
Nearly everyone knows how to drive a car. However, not everyone knows how to take care of their car. If you're one of those who don't know how to properly take care of their vehicle, don't worry - it's not too late to take that route.
Luckily for ...
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Grandfather Says: Introducing the Art of Grandfather’s Wife, Tatjana
His wife, Tatjana van Beckhoven Blakeslee, has been an inspiration and helpmate to him for the last twelve years.
In addition to being a first-class gardener, interior decorator and gourmet cook, her career in fine art has been notable and is ...
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Why Countries May Choose To Change Their Currency
The strength of a nation's currency can be directly linked to that of its economy, and over the years this has been a common area of concern for governments around the world. There are many examples of countries which have changed their currency ...
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Could Your Cell Phone Be Depreciating or Obsolete?
Our homes, our cars, our jobs -- these are things we may often take for granted, but they tend to last us for quite some time. But what about things like your cell phone? We have some news for you.
It wasn't so long ago - in 2018, to be exact - ...
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4 Ways to Reduce the Risk of Crypto Investments
Cryptocurrency has become the decade's top financial disruptor. With billionaires, conglomerates, and governments all joining the crypto fold, these digital tokens have soared in value. Just last November, the crypto market cap hit an all-time high ...
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4 Steps to Take When You Have to Sell Your House Quickly
It can be overwhelming to wake up one day and realize -- OMG! -- I need to sell my house!
Maybe you lost your job or hopefully, you got that big promotion, and you have to move halfway across the country. Whatever the catalyst may be, when you ...
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Lottery Fraud: Don’t Get Caught Paying ‘The Stupid Tax’
There's an old joke that goes something like this:
In order to raise additional revenue, the government is introducing a National Lottery with a daily grand prize of $50 million. Winners will get $1 annually for 50 million years.
Heh. I smile ...
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Black Coffee: What’s Past Is Prologue
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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.
I've got another busy weekend ahead of ...
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Grandfather Says: A Wintry View of My Raised-Bed Vegetable Garden
Today I thought I would share a photo of Grandfather's garden area, comprised of raised beds, a cold frame (far right), surrounded by an eight-foot-high electric fence (evidenced by the white poles).
Behind the garden (farthest away in the ...
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Individual & Business Sales Made Easy With Classified Advertisements
When you're in need to sell something, you can either go to a dealer or some other known entity, or you can place a classified advertisement. There are various modes of posting classified ads nowadays, including the print media and the digital media. ...
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My 12-Year-Old Daughter Shares Her Secrets for Saving Money
Hello! It's me, Nina, again! My dad asked me to write another post for him. He let me pick the picture too!
He paid me $15 for this, by the way. (Thank you, Dad!)
That money's going to come in handy too because lately I've been trying to save ...
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Can Gold Really Get to $80,000 Per Ounce? Yes – and Here’s How
One of the biggest problems with our current monetary system is that we use the dollars we earn to not only buy things and pay our bills, but also as a savings vehicle, whether those savings are for a rainy day account, our kids' college fund, or ...
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Black Coffee: All That Glitters
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100 Words On: Why You Don’t Need an MBA to Manage Your Finances
Never assume that just because a person holds an MBA, he knows how to run a business; the road is littered with MBA-sporting CEOs who ignominiously drove their companies into the ground. Conversely, there are just as many CEOs -- guys like ...
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