The Writer’s Coin

So I went to the ATM the other day to deposit a check and as the machine is supposed to spit out my receipt, a small piece of paper is slowly squeezed out. I’m confused until I pull it out—it’s the person who was here before me’s receipt. The machine maybe malfunctioned or something so […]

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I’ve written about Iwillteachyoutoberich.com before, but last week I read another one of those posts where I’m just like, “Ramit, this is why you are the man.”
This was is about tax refunds and the existing belief (taken as pretty much gospel in the blogosphere and in personal finance in general) that getting a refund is […]

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Ever since I became financially aware (thanks to Kiyosaki for that one), I’ve also become aware that there is absolutely no education when it comes to money for a person growing up in this country (I only went to college in the US, but back home I had no financial training either).
Lately I’ve been […]

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A recent post of mine of how scuba diving can teach us how to handle our finances has been included in the latest Money Hacks Carnival over at Mommy Gets Paid. Check out all the other great posts from the carnival here.
And if you want to join or learn more about The Money Hacks, check […]

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Last year my future in-laws decided to take M and I on a trip to Aruba and I was thrilled. But my father-in-law really wanted to do some scuba diving and M was already certified, so they asked me if I was interested. I had never done anything like it but decided it would be […]

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If you’ve read anything about finances on this blog, you know I am a huge fan of ING—I use their high-yield savings account to put any and all extra money I have. But with the Fed cutting the rates over and over, the interest we get in accounts like this one has fallen. From a […]

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I’ve talked and thought about alternative income and diversifying my income for a long time but I’ve never really counted up all the pennies to see how much I’ve been making. It was just such an “insignificant” amount that I never gave it much thought.
Then last month I saw some actual amounts of money in […]

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We’ve all heard the stories out there of companies profiting even when they haven’t done their job well, especially CEOs. Well, I thought I had heard it all until I read this article. It talks about Washington Mutual and how the board has approved a new way of measuring the performance of the CEO to […]

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Slate makes a good point in this article about what people are going to do with their rebate checks. I guess people are saying that they will be saving that money or using it on essential items. The experts (and history) beg to differ with that one—most Americans will treat like free money and blow […]

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Sun has a nice post discussing the importance of direct deposit. Direct deposit isn’t a must when it comes to keeping a budget and saving money, but it sure makes it a lot easier.
One of the first tenets you’ll hear repeated over and over in personal finance is “make it automatic.” That means setting up […]

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