Archive for April 2012

Best Personal Finance Writing - Week 17

As I write this, I am trying to tie up some loose ends before heading to Louisville, KY for a co-worker’s bachelor party. We aren’t very close, but he has no friends outside the office so that’s why I’m going. I just checked my blog stats and

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Addicted to Debt

The following post was written by Matt from RamblingFever Money as part of a blog swap.   Head over to his site to see my post, Credit is Not Money. We don’t really think of debt as an addiction.  It’s not as though you have a burning

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The Buy and Hold Myth

The following is a guest post. The opinions expressed are those of the author.   The Buy-and-Hold Myth The most important article ever published on investing appeared in the Wall Street Journal on October 14, 2010. It was a column by Brett Arends titled “The Market Timing

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Pay Off Debt Before Investing: Rule 9

This is Rule 9 in my 10 Rules to Eliminate Debt and Change Your Life Should I pay off debt before investing? If you are asking this question, let me first say congratulations. This is a very important question to ask ourselves. It is one that usually follows

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Best Personal Finance Writing - Week 16

I want to again thank everyone who subscribed by email to Married (with Debt), both before and during the giveaway. If you didn’t already notice, we chose a winner a few days ago - congratulations Elan! Thanks to everyone who read and commented on my wife’s post, Our First

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75th Anniversary San Francisco Silver Eagle Set

UPDATE: The US Mint has started taking orders, and will do so for one month (June 7 through July 5). Mintage will depend on how many are ordered. For me, this is problematic. If I don’t know the mintage beforehand, I can’t gauge the value. At $149,

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Our First Trip to the Library

The following is a post from my wife, Katie. You would think that as an elementary school teacher with an English minor and a house and classroom full of books that I would frequent the public library as often as possible. Well, up until a week or

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