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During my lunch break, I usually read news articles and opinions from various news sites. One thing that is always fascinating is the paradox of how many people want to be like the various celebrities in the news, yet how out of touch those same celebrities are with real people’s lives. So many magazines at [...]
One of my recent posts mentioned using software for managing your checkbook and tracking your spending. Several readers have asked for further suggestions on programs that they can use. I have been using software since the mid-1990s to manage my own finances. First came Quicken. After installing updates for several years, I noticed that the [...]
Don’t you just enjoy the passing of an old year? 2008 brought many challenges from a financial perspective. Large and small corporations, retailers, stockholders, investors and regular employees all felt some pain. This post will have two major points. First, the biggest question everyone has is why did this happen. Last year, I was reading [...]
