I began my foray into personal finance through reading personal finance books. Although I was dabbling in personal finance already before reading personal finance books (and of course, not completely understanding it), it wasn't until my friend told me about a book called The Wealthy Barber that I became really interested in personal finance and investing.
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I think there are definitely aspects of boxing you can broadly apply to personal finance. Plus, every "tough guy" out there thinks they can fight, and every guy at the water cooler who has read the business section thinks he's Warren Buffett - so they both have stupid male egos in common as well.
Sometimes a traditional loan or a credit card balance transfer isn't possible to help you pay off credit card debt. Enter P2P (person to person) loans.
Unfortunately, no matter how vigilant you are, there is always the chance that you will be taken in by a telephone scam. While many of us are well-guarded against concerns related to email phishing, there are still opportunities for many to engage in identity theft using your personal information. And, if you aren't careful, you might give a scammer all of that information on your own.
Unfortunately, no matter how vigilant you are, there is always the chance that you will be taken in by a telephone scam. While many of us are well-guarded against concerns related to email phishing, there are still opportunities for many to engage in identity theft using your personal information. And, if you aren't careful, you might give a scammer all of that information on your own.
It seems like every personal finance blog has at least one "best credit cards" post. And some have several. But one size doesn't fit all. The real question is what credit card is best for different types of spenders?
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One of our most popular articles on this blog is the one Young wrote concerning sites like Groupon and Living Social, as well as lesser-known sites that offer similar discounts. The problem for me is that the whole coupon and discount thing is one area where I really struggle when it comes to personal finance. "
Balance Junkie looks to become a top personal finance blog in Canada by welcoming Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog and Jim Yih from Retire Happy Blog.
It's easy to pay less attention to one's earned income because it comes in small amounts at frequent intervals, but add it up over a lifetime of earnings and you come up with a substantial sum.
Just a short post today to announce the upload of my personal expense tracking spreadsheet. If you are considering tracking your expenses in the new year to gain a better understanding of where your money goes, or you want to abandon your pen and paper methods, I believe this tracker can help you.
Most personal finance-types out there have a real vendetta against those people that carry balances on their credit cards. They preach fire and brimstone to anyone that pays "low" credit card interest rates of 9-12% a month, and true eternal torment for those souls who get hit with the classic 19.99% rates. Not me, I love these people. THANK YOU
I'm sure that if you're a young person in the job market today you've heard the cliché, "It's not what you know, it's who you know," about 1,001 times.