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Money Management

How To Bust Your Budget In Two Weeks

by That One Caveman on May 18, 2009

Spiraling the drain

For the month of May, I decided to join the 30-Day Budget Dare and put a strict budget in place to see if we could follow it.  We gathered some data from the past few months and estimated what our costs might be for this month.  After an hour of playing with the numbers [...]

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Stores Want Your Money and Get Creative to Get It (and Keep It)

by That One Caveman on November 25, 2008

While retailers count on the holiday shopping season every year to start building their profit for the year, they do everything they can to keep you coming in year-round. Sometimes the deals they propose are actually bargains, but commonly they’re nothing more than a ploy to take your money. Keep you wits about [...]

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Money Is Important, But Don’t Forget To Live

by That One Caveman on October 24, 2008

I’m the kind of obsessive guy that gets wrapped up in whatever project I have in front of me and then forget all else. Eventually, I get so tied up in the details that I find myself getting sick of the project and want to put it away. I can’t tell you how many [...]

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ING Direct Drops Savings Interest Rate to 2.75%; Still Better Than My Hometown Bank

by That One Caveman on October 9, 2008

Well, when all the other banks began discussing dropping their interest rates, I knew ING Direct would follow the trend before too long. Well, they finally did it today. Effective today, ING Direct’s Orange Savings Account now earns 2.75% APY (down from 3%) and the base rate for the Electric Orange Checking Account [...]

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It’s Too Late To Panic Now

by That One Caveman on September 30, 2008

Photo credit: Stuck in Customs

As the dust settled from yesterday’s near-implosion of the stock market, we saw the end result of a pointless panic and rush on the markets. In all, nearly $1.2 trillion in value was lost through the mindless selling across all sectors. If you didn’t sell then – and I [...]

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Buying a House Is More Than Just a Financial Transaction

by That One Caveman on September 22, 2008

A few of my fellow personal finance bloggers have either recently bought a house or are in the process of trying to buy one. That spurred me to think about when I bought my current house two years ago and the thought process I’ve gone through while debating whether to finish my basement. [...]

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