Archive for September, 2010
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010If you’re interested in writing guest content for AFM, send me an email (JLP [at] AllFinancialMatters [dot] com). I’m looking for orginal content. Of course I’ll allow links to your blog. I will not publish content for business websites. Topics I’m interested in: • Insurance • Life planning • Careers • Investing Basically, anything that [...]
Ten for Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010It’s Tuesday. You know what that means… 1. Are you misplacing hundreds of dollars? 2. You can’t beat index mutual funds. 3. Speaking of misplacing money… here is how you can find lost money. 4. Here are 8 ways to stretch your paycheck. 5. You don’t need a financial advisor. Maybe. Maybe not. More important: [...]
Robert Wright: Social Screwity
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010Following is a guest post from Dr. Robert Wright, Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College SD, and author of numerous books. Thanks for yet another opportunity to reach out to your large and informed audience. The last time I posted on your blog, Fubarnomics: A Lighthearted, Serious Look at America’s Economic Ills* [...]
Do People Still Use Phone Books?
Monday, September 20th, 2010I was working in my office when I heard a loud thump outside my door. It was a phone book…the second one I have received in the last month. I hate them. They take up a lot of space. Sure, I can recycle them but that it’s still a pain. My question is: Do people [...]
Question of the Day – How Good Are You at Controlling Compulsive Spending
Monday, September 20th, 2010Today’s Question of the Day was inspired by Just Because You CAN, Doesn’t Mean You SHOULD from MoneyCrush. After reading her post, I got to thinking about times when I practiced self-control when at the store. I think I have a pretty good handle on compulsiviness when at the store. That’s not to say that [...]
Be Sure and Check Out The 275th Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance
Monday, September 20th, 2010Investor Junkie is hosting this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. Stop by and check it out. My post, Inflation and Your Mortgage made the editor’s picks list. Thanks!
What’s the “Real” Inflation Rate?
Monday, September 20th, 2010The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the Consumer Price Index, which is the standard for tracking inflation. The way the CPI is calculated was altered in the early 1980s and again in the 1990s. A facebook friend of mine sent me a link to an interesting inflation chart that publishes an alternative inflation number based [...]
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