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Personal Finance

Help For a Reader – How to Pay For School

by That One Caveman on December 10, 2008

I received this comment from Chelsea on my article on how to pay for college when you’re own. I already emailed her back with some suggestions, but it looks like she could use a lot of ideas. What do you think she should do?
Hello. I am a college student currently taking out 45 [...]

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How to Keep Your Sanity When Christmas Shopping

by That One Caveman on November 20, 2008

The Christmas shopping season is upon us. Malls are cramped with people shuffling through racks trying to pick the best deals. Stores are opening earlier and and closing later while hoping to get a piece of the ever-shrinking spending pie. And I’m stuck here wondering how I’m going to get everything done in [...]

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I Was Wrong; Net Worth Doesn’t Matter

by That One Caveman on October 29, 2008

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been obsessed with my net worth and how it changes from month-to-month. I checked my 401(k) hourly and adjusted my month-end balance forecasts every week. I meticulously analyzed every dollar entering and leaving my accounts. And I came to a conclusion: My “net worth” doesn’t [...]

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Amazon Drops Post-Purchase Price Guarantee

by That One Caveman on September 4, 2008

few months ago, I wrote about using Price Protectr to track price changes to items I purchased on Amazon. Since then, I’ve used it near-religiously to track my purchases and regularly request refunds of anywhere from $0.40 to $5.00 and more.
After an item in my most recent purchase dropped by $5.00, I pulled [...]

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Welcome to the 168th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance! If this is your first visit to One Caveman’s Financial Journey, welcome to my humble cave.
For those who are not in the United States, today most of our nation is grilling, watching football, or shopping for home improvement supplies as we take a [...]

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Are You Rich?

by That One Caveman on August 13, 2008

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It’s an interesting question, “Are you rich?”  It appears to me that “rich” is something that’s hard to define.  Is a person who makes $250k a year rich?  If he’s in debt up to his eyes, is he still rich?  How about a guy with no debt, but is supporting a [...]

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