Five minutes of maintenance can save hundreds of dollars, lots of time, and tons of heartache.
For me, maintenance of the things I rely on in life has become a complete no-brainer. Spending a bit of time here and a bit of time there on the valuable things and the important things in my life... Continue Reading
Submitted BySmarTrend
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's general economic index showed a rise to 21.7 in April from 17.5 in March. Economists had actually expected a decline in activity, with the median estimate for the index to report at 15.5.
The so-called Empire State Index covers New York, northern New Jersey,...
Submitted ByAnthony Haney
Investing your money helps you to clear debt
The US national debt as of 4/1/11 is around $14,003,420,744,930. With the sharp rise in the amount of federal and personal debt, the number of people resorting to debt settlement attorney to clear debt is increasing too. However, investments too can...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
Five minutes of maintenance can save hundreds of dollars, lots of time, and tons of heartache.
For me, maintenance of the things I rely on in life has become a complete no-brainer. Spending a bit of time here and a bit of time there on the valuable things and the important things in [...]...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
I revel in used stuff.
I use PaperBackSwap almost religiously. I love shopping at thrift stores and consignment shops. I look forward to yard sales and make a day out of “community yard sale day.”
Undeniably, though, there are drawbacks. Sure, you get a nice financial bargain, but no...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
It is easy to find victims of bad or unscrupulous investment advisors and write articles about how the industry is stacked against the individual investor. While the financial industry has its fair share of bad apples (and which industry does not?), what is often not reported on is the business of...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
One of the biggest challenges of saving money for a big goal is when exactly to go forward with that purchase. Three examples:
For almost three years, I saved money for a replacement for my truck. For almost a full year, we shopped for a replacement while continuing to save and, during that year,...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
A traditional mutual fund works on what is known as a relative return basis; its return is relative to some benchmark or its industry peers. The result is that a mutual fund could have acceptable relative performance but a poor absolute performance. For example, if the S & P 500 falls 5% in a...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
Late last week, the New York Times published an article of reader-collected techniques for prevailing in customer service disputes. Here’s a sampling of a few of my favorites from the article:
USE YOUR CAMERA Suzanne Barchers of Stanford, Calif., always photographs any unpleasant surprises in...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
Kelli writes in:
My husband and I are sitting on a thirty year mortgage (with twenty six years left to go). We still owe $330,000 on our home. A week ago, a very similar home to ours two blocks away sold for $220,000, so we’re under water by at least $100,000. We are [...]...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
Why do people buy stocks? Fundamentally, it is because they believe in the underlying future value of the business being run. Why do people buy gold? This is a much more difficult question to answer since gold is not a business but a commodity and a small portion of its price can be attributed to...
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