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Image via Wikipedia For the last few months, I’ve been developing this site, mostly on my own, on nights and weekends whenever I can find free time. Development has been slow considering I’ve had to teach myself html, css, and php – and now, I’ve reached the limits of what I can reasonably do by [...]

Today’s guest post has been provided by Alan Perlman. Alan is a travel blogger, and also an economist for a cost-of-living firm based in Cambridge, MA. You can find him online @alanperlman. Mapping your financial infrastructure is a mundane task. It’s not exciting. It’s not likely to save you big bucks. Instead, it’s the sort [...]

Cover of Europe The last two weeks have been tumultuous for the stock market to say the least. Many analysts even think that this might be a “double dip” into recession. I don’t think this is likely, but the market has finally realized that we are not clear from the recession by any means – [...]

Image via Wikipedia The following is a guest post written by David Brown. David is a financial writer for OVLG, a law firm with expertise in Debt Consolidation, Bankruptcy, and Debt Settlement. The world economy is yet to recover from the overwhelming effect of recession which has driven many families to financial ruin over the [...]

Image by dieselbug2007 via Flickr Over the past few years, the stock market has been tanking. All the while, Gold has been going up and up, seemingly without limit. So why not invest a larger portion of your portfolio in gold?  After all, traditional wisdom says that the stock market and gold are negatively correlated [...]

Image by artemuestra via Flickr The following post was written by Thomas King, a CPA and financial planner based in Kansas City.  The following letter was sent to his clients last week, and he allowed us to repost it in its entirety. These views are not necessarily reflective of his firm, CBIZ. As you are [...]

Image by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com via Flickr 12 Steps for Getting your Finances in Order Getting your finances in order is so easy to put off. That’s why every few months, it’s necessary to do a financial audit of yourself. Brush off those dollar cobwebs and get to work! Everyone should take some time out of their [...]

Image via Wikipedia Some of the most shocking news in the last few days has been the fact that Apple (AAPL) is now considered larger than Microsoft (MSFT) in the S&P500 rankings. While technically it’s not accurate (the S&P numbers don’t reflect a large number of common shares outstanding from Microsoft which are not available [...]

With property values diminishing rapidly, many people wonder if now is the right time to buy a house. Luckily, the NY Times has put together an excellent little calculator which can help make the decision for you. A few notes about usage: It doesn’t seem to account for utilities when renting, so make sure to [...]

Just received this email from MIT, so I thought I would forward it along! __________________________________ *Global Education & Career Development Center (GECDC) and Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Present:* *Personal Finance 101* *Date: Tuesday, April 13* *Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM* *Venue: Room 4-231* ** Dinner will be provided! **** Thinking about planning and [...]