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Yielding Wealth | Personal Finance

July 11th, 2008

Friday Fun Video: E*Trade Monkey Commercial

I really liked this commercial from E*Trade. It’s amusing, and it asks a very important question at the end:
What are you doing with your money?
Happy Friday!

Tags: E*Trade Monkey, Friday Fun Video, happy friday, money, personal finance blog

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July 10th, 2008

A Fence, New York City and Spending Priorities

We’ve been slowly working on getting a yard for our new house. We’re putting in a fence right now. We’ve decided to buy the rest of the fence panels, just before our trip to New York. We know that if we wait until next year to buy the panels (the posts are already in), we […]

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June 30th, 2008

Need Fast Cash? Some (Not So Fun) Ways to Get It

One of the questions I am occasionally asked goes something like this:
“How can I get some fast cash?”
For most people, the answers are less than pleasant. Shannon Christman at SavingAdvice.com offers these things you can do to rustle some fast cash (usually between $100 - $500):

Yard sale.
Online auction.
Pawn shop.
Salvage (scrap metal, cans, etc.).
Loan from friends […]

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June 23rd, 2008

Best of the B5 Blog Off

Our channel editor, Kelly, has a great list of the highlights from Friday’s B5 Blog Off.
Enjoy!
Tags: B5 Media Blog Off, Business, personal finance blog, personal-finances, yielding wealth

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June 23rd, 2008

B5 Business Channel Theme Day: New Beginnings in a Challenging Economy

Today’s B5 Business Channel Theme Day is “New Beginnings in a Challenging Economy.”
As the economy gets a little more challenging, it is time to rethink the way you do things, and to make a new financial beginning. Consider some of these “new beginnings” for your financial life:

Re-evaluate your wants and your needs and cut back […]

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June 20th, 2008

More Personal Finance Tips

Today, as part of the B5 Blog Off (donate to Accion.org), I’m sharing 24 personal finance tips. But, as you know, there are tons more helpful hints and truths about personal finances. So here are some recent posts and and ideas from around the blogosphere that provide further personal finance tips. (And if you have […]

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June 20th, 2008

Personal Finance Tip #4: Needs v. Wants

This personal finance tip comes from Jen over at Everyday Networker:
Understand the difference between a want and a need. Most things you think you need…you don’t!
I like this. How many times do we say that we “need” something? But really, in our society, we have turned many wants (cable TV, a house with an […]

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June 20th, 2008

Personal Finance Tip #3: Don’t Let Congress Be Your Personal Finances Example

My third personal finance tip is a tongue-in-cheek “don’t” from Miki Saxon at Leadership Turn:
Don’t manage your money as Congress manages ours.
The way Congress “balances” its budget by shifting numbers around and “borrowing” from the retirement account that is the Social Security trust, and constantly deficit spends without prioritizing, offers a perfect example […]

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June 16th, 2008

The Great Blog Off: Call for Personal Finance Tips

I am participating in the B5 Media Blog Off on Friday. In honor of the idea of posting once per hour, I am going to be posting personal finance tips. One every hour, from 12 a.m June 20, on the hour, until 11 p.m.
And I want your help. Email me with your best personal finance […]

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June 13th, 2008

Fun Friday Post: Running (Or, Doing Things We Don’t Want to Do in the Name of Financial Health)

This week’s Fun Friday topic here on the B5 Business Channel is this:
“Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, ‘Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?’” - Peter Maher
Okay…I hate running. So I’m probably a wimp. But I […]

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