Tag Archives: Finance

Financial Fitness : combining finances

This is something I’ve posted elsewhere as comments, but thought I would aggregate the ideas here as a good reference document. And of course my disclosure: I’m married and we have combined funds. There are pages upon pages information on … Continue reading

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How many calories are in my Starbucks coffee?

I used to drink at least four venti (large size for Starbucks n00bs) quad-shot caffe mochas a week. I have since given those up, but after reading about the “latte effect” on financial blogs like TheSimpleDollar, I got curious again … Continue reading

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Practice safe tax – some tips for safe e-filing and online banking

Tax time is right around the corner, and if you’re like me and 73+ million others, you’ll be filing electronically this year – especially if you qualify for free e-filing.  Before you get started, here are some tips to preventing … Continue reading

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Spam for the New Year

New Year’s Resolutions are like spam, dreams of financial gain or weight loss without form to re-enforce their promises. In writing a previous post I had the above epiphany. It was to be my closure, but it struck a chord. … Continue reading

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Consumption is a way of life

The Simple Dollar led me to a great post this morning at An English Major’s Money; this paragraph in particular resonated with the paradigm shift I’m going through: I guess the point here is that the way you spend is determined by … Continue reading

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