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Reader Mailbag: Dream House View Details

What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. 401(k) profit sharing 2. Online job application tips 3. Illness ... read more »

Extracted Category: Reader Mailbag

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/09/02/reader-mailbag-dream-house/

No Comments | Posted by: bharani (7 Hours ago)

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Musical Bills b/w Treading Water View Details

Katie writes in: The article on budgets was *great.* I’ve long felt guilty for not doing the whole formal budget thing, especially since I always liked and did well at math. (Like you, however, spreadsheets cause my eyes to roll back in my head... read more »

Extracted Category: Getting Started

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/09/02/musical-bills-bw-treading-water/

No Comments | Posted by: Mahesh (7 Hours ago)

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Yard Sale Ethics: Is the Sticker Price the End of the Story? View Details

In my recent post about cultivating your own knowledge for fun and profit, I mentioned that you should hit yard sales, consignment shops, estate sales, and so forth as a way to put your knowledge to work for you and take advantage of underpriced item... read more »

Extracted Category: Getting Started

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/09/01/yard-sale-ethics-is-the-sticker-price-the-end-of-the-story/

No Comments | Posted by: umang (1 Day ago)

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Conservative or Aggressive: How Does a New Investor Know What to Do? View Details

If you’ve read the reader mailbags for a while, you’ve noticed that I often get messages from people who have worked their way into a good financial place and now have some money to invest, often for the first time in their life. They l... read more »

Extracted Category: Getting Started , Investing

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/31/conservative-or-aggressive-how-does-a-new-investor-know-what-to-do/

No Comments | Posted by: ankur (2 Days ago)

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Finding the Rhythm View Details

One of the biggest things that’s changed in my life since my financial turnaround and subsequent career changes is that I’m constantly involved in a lot more self-evaluation than I used to be. I’m constantly looking at how I do thi... read more »

Extracted Category: Getting Started

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/31/finding-the-rhythm/

No Comments | Posted by: ankur (3 Days ago)

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Whats Necessary? Whats Not Necessary? View Details

Naomi is trying to get a good picture of her actual spending and is using a very good process to get there. She’s run into a bit of a snag, though. I have reached a month of collecting receipts and preparing to organise it all in an Excel spre... read more »

Extracted Category: Getting Started

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/30/whats-necessary-whats-not-necessary/

No Comments | Posted by: bharani (3 Days ago)

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Reader Mailbag: Soccer Season and Preschool View Details

What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Adding partner to credit cards 2. Partners and rentals 3. Health... read more »

Extracted Category: Reader Mailbag

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/30/reader-mailbag-soccer-season-and-preschool/

No Comments | Posted by: manoj (4 Days ago)

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Review: 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More View Details

Every Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book or other book of interest. One of the most interesting parts of being a popular internet writer that reviews a lot of books is that, over time, I’ve wound up on the mailing lists o... read more »

Extracted Category: Books

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/29/review-9-steps-to-work-less-and-do-more/

No Comments | Posted by: umang (4 Days ago)

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I Cant Find a Job in This Economy! View Details

I get a lot of emails from people with the above statement, usually followed by some sort of plea for help. I have a lot of sympathy for their situation. I can’t even imagine how painful it would be to not have a steady income, have no luck f... read more »

Extracted Category: Careers

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/28/i-cant-find-a-job-in-this-economy/

No Comments | Posted by: ankur (5 Days ago)

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Cultivating Domain Knowledge and Hobbies for Fun and Profit View Details

When I was sixteen, I bought a cigar box full of 1960s baseball cards for $5 from someone who was cleaning out their mother’s attic. I sold one single card in the box – a 1965 Topps Mickey Mantle in excellent condition – for $200. ... read more »

Extracted Category: Getting Started

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/28/cultivating-domain-knowledge-and-hobbies-for-fun-and-profit/

No Comments | Posted by: manoj (5 Days ago)

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The Simple Dollar Time Machine: August 28, 2010 View Details

Many newer readers of The Simple Dollar havent been exposed to the hundreds of great articles in the archives of the site, so this is a weekly series that highlights the five best posts from one year ago this week, two years ago this week, and three ... read more »

Extracted Category: Time Machine

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/28/the-simple-dollar-time-machine-august-28-2010/

No Comments | Posted by: umang (6 Days ago)

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Summer Meal Series #13: Ratatouille View Details

This summer, Im going to be posting a series of fifteen low-cost, tasty, and easy-to-prepare meals that are literally straight from my own kitchen. First, right off the bat, I apologize for the strong green color of the meal in this post. Ratatouill... read more »

Extracted Category: Food , Frugality

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/27/summer-meal-series-13-ratatouille/

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Being Pragmatic About Buying Local View Details

Yesterday, Get Rich Slowly posted an article entitled Why I Buy Local, in which J.D. makes the case for buying from local suppliers, even if the costs are a bit higher, because of the secondary benefits. J.D.’s support of local businesses goes ... read more »

Extracted Category: Getting Started

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/27/being-pragmatic-about-buying-local/

No Comments | Posted by: manoj (7 Days ago)

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A Long Weekend Retreat View Details

Rhonda writes in with a great idea for how she’s going to spend her Labor Day weekend: I’m planning on using my 3-day Labor Day weekend as an at-home retreat (I live alone) to do some short- and long-term planning. I’m about 10 year... read more »

Extracted Category: Getting Started

Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com

Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/08/26/a-long-weekend-retreat/

No Comments | Posted by: umang (7 Days ago)

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Reader Mailbag: Shortcut Fixing View Details

What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Higher salary or better benefits? 2. Cheap land lines 3. Moving ... read more »