I have decided to move some of my investments around. Currently the vast majority of my savings are in a Real Estate based mutual fund. I’m going to transfer up to half of that money into an upcoming project with the firm I work with. The project has an annual return of 24% (annually) and should take [...]
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This is the third installment in a series about saving money with ebay. You can view Part I here and Part II here.
Alright so as you all know I started buying some clothes on ebay. Currently I’ve received 3 of 4 packages, I’m going to pick up the last one later today. And I have to say [...]
Often when your going to a store you’ll the classic student discount. Maybe its an extra dollar off a burger or maybe you save some money on transit. Its often there, and well students do use the student discount when they see it they don’t go hunting for it. There are a lot of opportunities [...]
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Now I know a lot of people need their own car/truck/van for work and other reason, but I would like to just show the benefits of public transportation, so please keep reading (even if you never ever, not in a million years plan to not own a vehicle).
First reason it rocks: its cheap. If your [...]
Over the past month or so I have been incredibly busy. School assignments galore and other events that have kept me busy. As a result of this, the hours I have been available to work have diminished exponentially. Since my bank account balance is directly tied to the numbers of hours I work it [...]
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One of the key ways to create wealth is by leveraging your money. Although I won’t go into the math today, simply due to its complexity and I’d like to review it before writing about, the theory behind leveraging is quite simple. Essentially leveraging money is when you borrow money (hopefully a low interest rate) [...]
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Unexpected money is as simple as it sounds, it is money that you aren’t expecting to receive. Who doesn’t love unexpected money? I mean come on! It often comes in the form of work bonuses, tax rebates or even as gifts. However it pains me to see what people do with the money, they buy [...]
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Theres a great clip from Fox Business explaining that gasoline could top $4 a gallon soon. They explain what is behind the rising price of gas and what will make it go up or down. To be quite honest, the only thing in my opinion that will effectively make the price of oil to go [...]
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We can be so anxious to buy a special cell phone or other electronic that we become so consumed with other things that we often put the rebate form in a secret hiding place to fill out and send in at a later time. Over the past year, I have lost our on over $250 [...]
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I actually wrote this while one of my friends was in a $65 poker tournament, oh the irony.
Every American has gambled. Whether its a small bet on the Lakers-Suns game or a side bet on whether or not you can chug a beer in 10 seconds, gambling is one of America’s favorite pastimes. There is [...]
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