What is Wrong With Chasing Bank Rates

This is a guest post from MD of Studenomics. If you like what you see then subscribe to the RSS feed as it approaches the 1k mark.

It took me forever to join ING Direct. Sure the interest rates were great at the time (definitely not now) but I simply had a customer loyalty towards  my local

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Are Prepaid Debit Cards Worth it?

This is a guest post from ACE Express.  If you have any questions about prepaid debit cards you can check their FAQ.

Prepaid debit cards offer the ease of a credit card without the drawbacks of a credit card.  Also, they are a simple and effective way to budget finances during this recession.  However, it is

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Three Common Qualities of High Net Worth People

I recently wrote that it doesn’t matter whether you make $46,000 a year or $460,000 the basics of personal finance are always the same, and one of my readers/fellow blogger, Investor Junkie, made a comment,

@Evan: It would be great if you could write a few blog posts on your observations you’ve had working with high

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Factors to Consider Beyond Pay for Job

There are a ton of people who either love their job, but hate the pay; and, alternatively, there are a ton of people who hate their job but the money is just too much to pass up.  But is there anything more important than the money? Are there characteristics about a job that make it amazing?

What

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The Basics of Personal Finance are Not Hard – Doesn’t Matter if you Make $46,000 or $460,000

Every single day at work, I discuss multimillion dollar estates.  Every day I get to work with balance sheets with numbers I can only dream about…hell with numbers anyone can dream about.  Just today, I saw a balance sheet with approximately $21,000,000, and it was only $21,000,000 because he didn’t want it written down that he owns another $9,000,000

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Going Green Could Help You Reach your Financial Goals Sooner

This guest post is from Mrs. Money who writes about saving money and living green at her blog, Ultimate Money Blog.   I would recommend checking out her blog, or just subscribing to her feed.

We all want more money in our pockets, and going green can help you achieve that. There are so many tips

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MIT Figures Out Why Americans Are Broke

Vanguard recently highlighted portions of a book written by Connecticut College Psychology Professor Stuart Vyse titled, “Going Broke: Why Americans Can’t Hold on to Their Money*”  which attempts to provide evidence through experiments as to why, Why Americans are Broke. 

As long as this isn’t your first visit to a personal finance blog, or you have never picked up the WSJ or even

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What to do with Unwanted or Semi Used Partially Gift Cards

Every year I receive gift cards, and in the past I wouldn’t always use the entire balance, or I just wouldn’t the card at all (*gasp*).  So I had to come up with a couple of ways to combat wasting the gift card.

Before you judge me about wasting gift cards, according to the New York

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