From the monthly archives:
With the previous post, MoneyEnergy acknowledged that it’s time to come to terms with getting frugal. Usually I prefer to focus on growing income and cashflow rather than cutting back on expenses. I’m a graduate student. I don’t even own a bike, pet, TV or a car – how can I be expected to cut [...]
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Anyone here living on less than $12,000/year on their own? Apparently, the 2008 poverty-line level of income for the U.S. was calculated at roughly $11,000/year. I haven’t visited every state in my short life yet, but that seems awfully low. Even if you assume you can find a room to rent for $500/month, that’s only [...]
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The US “dollar collapse” has recently become an emerging trend in Google searches. Whether this has something especially to do with the G20 “success” – and the one trillion in global committment to new stimulus – I’m not sure. Perhaps news about the threat of a hyperinflating dollar has finally reached critical mass.
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As Jonathan Chevreau posted in yesterday’s Financial Post, the CanadianMoneyForum is now live on http://www.canadianmoneyforum.com – as its name implies, this is a general meeting place for discussion of all things Canadian and finance-related. In the past 24 hours, there has been an amazing outpouring of new posts – over 1000. So far there are [...]
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Personally, I always forget or misplace my credit cards’ PIN numbers anyway, so I think I’ve only done one cash advance in my life from an actual ATM terminal. I have, however, done a few through online banking by simply transferring money over from my VISA into my checking account. My conclusion is: don’t – [...]
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