I have found myself becoming more and more obsessed with the financial world over the last year. It started with a simple conversation with one of my friends who is a financial analyst for a big bank. We were having a slumber party in his living room (yeah we may be in our 20′s, but [...]
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I think for the first time in my life I was convinced by a door to door sales person to purchase their product. What were they selling? Cable…as in tv and internet. A man working for AT&T knocked on my door one afternoon and began his sales pitch. I was tempted to interrupt him and [...]
This article is featured in the carnival of personal finance #156 check it out here It is not only possible that your savings account is costing you money, but it is highly likely! I searched for a while to see what percent of Americans have money in some type of high yield savings account (i.e. [...]
As I have mentioned in earlier posts my income is by no means above average. I make $40k a year and am pretty much able to cover all of my living expenses, investment/retirement accounts, and have a little bit of pocket change left to play with at the end of each month. I currently max [...]
