CNN Money posted an article recently about a bunch of questions people are having about buying cars in this era of high gas prices. I wanted to present the questions, summarize the answers, and provide some extra detail and commentary on what Mike Allen wrote in his article. Particulary I want to emphasize the following […]

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As a recruiter at my job, it is important to me to also mentor new engineers when they are hired. Not only is it my responsibility to teach them professionally, but to help them develop personally as well. So while I give them reading material, tasks, coding projects, and meetings to attend, I also help […]

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If you read financial blogs from around the web you will notice one common theme. They all recommend investing early and often. That way you can utilize compound interest, and time is on your side with the stock market. But if you are young person, who has never traded before, it can be quite intimidating […]

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Check out these awesome personal finance posts from other great blogs:
J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly tells us about a recent case of stress induced spending.
One Bad Trader is doing a small project to become a better trader.  He is keeping a detailed journal.
Over at Millionaire Now!, they are giving 10 smart moves for early […]

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I have been posting a lot this week about frugal living. One way in that Americans spend a lot of money is on yard maintenance. They buy plants, and fertilizer, and mowers, shovels and more. And while a lot of people will continue to spend, there are ways to save a couple bucks. Remember, a […]

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A bit of humor for today. I was going through my Google Reader account and found an article about a 30 dollar Shit Box (sorry for the expletive, but that is what it’s called). What this Shit Box is is a piece of cardboard that you can fold in a certain way to take a […]

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