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Gold Bullion Investing

Dec 14th, 2009 | By GuestPoster | Category: Investing, Uncategorized, personal finance, savings

Gold bullion investing is a great way to better diversify your portfolio with a very stable investment that is almost always profitable. There are many different ways that one can invest in gold bullion and depending on the manner in which you choose to invest, you may be able to make some fairly descent profits [...]



Cheap Stock Trading is a Relative Term

Dec 4th, 2009 | By GuestPoster | Category: Investing, Stocks, Uncategorized

There are plenty of online brokers out there that charge discount prices for trading stock. Compared to the old procedure of calling your broker and having him execute the trade for you, the online trading world is much less expensive. For your average investor the prices for making a trade are almost a non factor [...]



Requirements For Getting Signature Loans

Dec 3rd, 2009 | By GuestPoster | Category: Uncategorized

Without question, signature loans are one of the hardest types of loans to get. This is because you don’t offer any type of collateral to the bank. You are simply signing on the line, promising that you’ll make your loan payments. Since banks take on more risk when they provide you with a signature loan, [...]



Simple Personal Finance

Apr 18th, 2009 | By Derrick | Category: Uncategorized, personal finance

Since I have started writing about personal finance I have come to realize that personal finance is a rather simple subject. Sometimes it is even hard to write about finance advice. It boils down to doing those things we all know we should be doing but don’t do. It is about controlling our wants and [...]



Gov David Patterson Making Job Cuts

Mar 25th, 2009 | By Derrick | Category: Uncategorized

New York State Gov David Patterson is making job cuts to balance budget. This is an unfortunate circumstance of the poor economy. For more information about the New York State job cuts click the links in this post.



Buying Frozen Food In Bulk and The Death Of A Freezer

Mar 7th, 2009 | By Derrick | Category: Uncategorized

A few months ago my parents gave us an old chest freezer. We put it in our basement and instantly fell in love with it. The thought of getting a free freezer that was less than 3 years old and having the ability to buy more items in bulk(when the prices are cheap was appealing). [...]



How To Pay Bills Online

Aug 7th, 2008 | By Derrick | Category: Uncategorized

Guest Post By Rita Lowman Derrick’s comments: “With rising postal costs and rising overall costs in todays economy saving money any way possible is the smart thing to do.  Recently I started paying every bill I could online.  It saves me a lot of money throughout the year when you add up all the postage [...]



Mutual Funds – Should You Own Them?

Jul 9th, 2008 | By Derrick | Category: Investing, Uncategorized, savings

One common question I get is about Mutual Funds, should you really own them? Should you invest only in stocks and not pay the mutual fun fees? Maybe you should just keep your money in a savings account? My fiancee before we met would just as soon park her money in a savings account and [...]



Getting Married, When Two Lives, Budgets, Savings And Debt Become One

May 24th, 2008 | By Derrick | Category: Uncategorized

As many of you know I am getting married April 25th 2009. My soon to be wife is just awesome, she is just the best. When it comes to money we are very different, usually when two people are getting married one is a spender and one is a saver. We actually have a different [...]



5 Tips To Save Money At The Grocery Store

May 3rd, 2008 | By Derrick | Category: Uncategorized, frugal shopping

Last night my fiancee and I were at the grocery store and we actually got near the end of our trek through the store and we realized we spent a lot more than we planned to. True we did buy 4 Rib eye steaks for $25(hey we did have a $1 off coupon). I was [...]