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Looking for a Co-Founder

20 June 2010

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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 [...]

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Mapping Your Financial Infrastructure (Guest Post)

1 June 2010

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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 [...]

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Stock Market in Review – May 28, 2010

28 May 2010

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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 – [...]

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Understanding Debt Settlement

27 May 2010

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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 [...]

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Weekend Goal – Financial Audit

7 May 2010

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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 [...]

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Apple is larger than Microsoft

26 April 2010

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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 [...]

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Stock Research – 10k’s

9 April 2010

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Image by rahulsfdc via Flickr I’d like to start a little series on the important financial statements that every public company has to issue. This will cover a brief overview of the annual report (10k) as well as 3 of the most important financial statements that you should look at before deciding to invest in [...]

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Quick Tip: How do you choose a discount broker?

6 February 2010

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Answer: It doesn’t matter. I choose Schwab, I’ve got friends who use Scottrade, and still more who use Etrade. For long term investors, you are likely only making a few trades a year, and for those purposes the difference between an $8/trade commission and $12/trade commission is minimal. So who benefits from a different broker [...]

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MIT Independent Activities Period- Financial Planning

5 January 2010

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MIT is offering a series of classes this January for those of you in Cambridge who are interested in learning more about financial planning.  Here’s an aggregated list: Basics of Investing Paul Gunning, Planning and Guidance Consultant, Fidelity Investments Wed Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, W20-306 Tue Jan 12, 12-01:00pm, W20-407 Tue Jan 19, 12-01:00pm, W20-306 No [...]

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