Archive for the ‘economy’ Category
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
When FBNO Direct's 6.00% APY promotional rate ended at the end of August, I immediately opened an account with Everbank and moved all of the my balance transfer money over there in order to take advantage of their 6.01% APY rate for 90 days.
Glad I did, because they just lowered their ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Most who visit this blog are looking for personal finance posts, but as we enter the election season here in the States, the subject of healthcare is on everyone's radar screen. Here are three pieces that I consider pertinent to our upcoming election, yesterday's discussion and my pocket book.
The first is ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Here is one viewpoint of Charlie Rangel's proposed tax legislation. When is the average United States voter going to realize that "rich" people don't take money out of their pockets? Only the government does that.
I sure hope someone in Congress can make the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 permanent. Our economy is in ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
I seem to be posting about politics a great deal these days, but this really is a personal finance blog. I will stay on topic after this. I promise. . .
Anyway, I was happy to read that the USA deficit as percentage of the GDP is down to 1.2% - ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
Some of you might think so after reading my post for Blog Action Day. However, please check out Five Cent Nickel's matching donation effort on behalf of The Conservation Fund and help if you can. I am very impressed the work done by this group. From their site:
The Conservation Fund is ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
I'm not sure that I will always participate in Blog Action Day, but I thought I would give it a whirl this week. The topic is "environment". I like the environment, I enjoy many outdoor activities: hiking, biking, camping and hunting. I believe that we need to work to preserve ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
I get tired of "woulda, coulda, shoulda" posts on investment blogs, but now I am falling into the same trap and speaking from 20/20 hindsight. . . Anyway, even though we do not see eye to eye on politics, plonkee got me thinking about how every financial product under the sun is marketed ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
I enjoy reading plonkee for good advice on money and for the perspective from "across the pond". Here is a recent post where plonkee responds to a comment thread at The Simple Dollar. The post is entitled Accept Help. Plonkee states:
I don’t think you are big and clever for not ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
I stumbled across this post on a non-personal finance blog recently. It is about the pricing practices of retail chains, specifically Kohls Department Store. I have never worked in the retail industry, but there are a few things that I know about shopping ( and none of them have to ...
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
I was at a Rotary meeting a month or so ago and I overheard the mayor of our city and a banker bemoaning the fact three new "cash advance" or "payday loans" type businesses had recently sprung up in our area. I have never had the occasion to use the services ...
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