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Best Places to Get a Job Over the Christmas Holiday Season

November 5, 2010 · 2 comments

in 2010, Christmas, November, October, Q4, business, consumers, economy, employment, financial planning, holidays, indicators, low-income, money management, news and updates, opportunity, part-time, paycheck, retailers, side income

With the new seasonal cups out at Starbucks stores across the continent, it’s *clearly* time to begin thinking about the Christmas holidays.  Although U.S. jobs data is on a slight – very slight – uptrend, we are still nowhere near back to the number of jobs pre-Lehman.  Recent data I read suggested that about 232,000 [...]

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How to Convert Your Income Into Progressively Safer Streams

August 19, 2010 · 3 comments

in DIY, bills, bonds, business, careers, cashflow, debt, distributions, diversification, dividends, earnings, employment income, financial planning, hedging, income, investing (general), lifehack, money management, passive income, paycheck, real estate, risk, self-employed, side income, wealth protection, wealthbuilding

It’s bad enough to initially depend on just one source of income, but it’s even worse to not invest it or diversify it such that you protect it over time.  In other words, there is more than one way to diversify your income.
(1) You can diversify your sources of income so that you have, say, [...]

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Getting Motivated About Tackling Credit Card Debt

August 9, 2009 · 10 comments

in budgets, credit cards, debt, discipline, finances, paycheck, portfolio, spending

To truly become free – and stay free – from consumer debt, it takes a strong shift in mindset, akin to the force of a tsunami (as my blogging colleague Baker from ManVsDebt has creatively put it).
What’s the point of paying off all those credit cards if you’re just going to end up racking them [...]

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Picking Up Pennies, Or, Make Sure You Use Every Cent of Your Paycheck

April 19, 2009 · 7 comments

in frugal tips, paycheck, penny, savings

Let’s say you earn $1,000 per paycheck – you want to have all $1,000 of that, don’t you?  But unless you use a debit or credit card to make your purchases, cash payments mean you’re going to be left over with a bunch of coins.  Many of these will be pennies, and who pays attention [...]

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