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Evaluating Family and Money as Objectively as Possible

By on May 30, 2012 in Family and Friends

Let’s be honest upfront – it’s almost impossible to be completely objective when dealing with family and money. We love them and want to help them out if we can. The problem for some, myself included, is making sure that you’re actually helping them and not enabling them. This post is mainly for those situations [...]

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May Fuel Challenge Check-In #4

By on May 28, 2012 in Cars

I hope you like charts  because I got a couple up for this week’s Fuel Challenge Check In. My Fuel Challenge Review I just completed my last fill up for the month and entered it into Fuelly to get a picture of how May went. Here are my miles per gallon averages for the past 4 weeks [...]

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What’s Your Best Tip for Saving Money on Travel?

By on May 25, 2012 in Travel

J is running a giveaway on his site about saving money on vacations and I aim to please! My tip for saving money on vacations is smart souvenir shopping. We love grabbing a few things for our family and friends during our trip, but like many people, we don’t want to go broke doing it. With just a smidgen of [...]

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Moving Forward in the Face of a Financial Crisis

By on May 24, 2012 in Money Tips

There are very few people fortunate enough to walk the roads of life without ever having a financial crisis. At some point, everyone will face some serious dilemma that leaves the accounts floundering. The good news is that you can recover from this, provided you know what steps to take. Guilt is Useless – Leave [...]

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Is The Demise of the U.S. Dollar Inevitable?

By on May 22, 2012 in Investing

In September 2008 at the outset of The Great Recession, the global economy nearly collapsed completely.  Lehman Brothers and several major financial institutions nearly brought down the modern financial system, and there was actually a brief period of days in September and October 2008 when the very survival of the entire global economy was hanging [...]

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May Fuel Challenge Check-In #3

By on May 21, 2012 in Cars

Besides hosting the Fuel Challenge this month, I’m also taking the challenge. It’s been a month of ups and downs literally. I started off pretty strong, had a bad week last check-in, but now I’m improving again. How I’m Doing with My Car Here are the week by week results for myself: 1st week: 27.3 mpg 2nd week: 22.8 [...]

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