Archived entries posted in "Financial Education"

Money Hacks Carnival #18 — The History Of Money!

Hey, looks like you’re new here! I blog about money. Saving, investing, insuring, getting, and using it! See my “about me” page for more info! To keep up to date, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or get the blog in your email! Thanks for stopping by!So I […]

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“Summer Savings Series” Tip #13 - Don’t Drive 10 Miles Out Of Your Way To Save $0.20 On Gas! Use GasBuddy!

By the time you get back, in traffic, you’re looking at stop and go driving for that 10 miles, you’re likely to burn that $3 you’re saving on the 15 gallon tank. It’s not worth the time or the hassle. There are several places online that will show you were to go for […]

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Sometimes Money DOES Grow On Trees; You Just Need To Know Where To Look

Most things where you get thrown in a pot to have a chance at winning usually cost something, or aren’t worth your time anyway. But knowing that you’re spending your time reading this blog make me think that a chance at a few extra $ carries some weight; that being said, there are hundreds […]

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$5 a Gallon For Gas; End Of The World, Or Ripe For The Picking?

Well, it really can be a coin flip as to who is hurt worst by the big rise and oil pushing $150 a barrel today. It’s a shame on one hand, but being a “glass half-full” guy, I can see the silver lining that I’m actually enjoying…
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How Do You Graciously Decline a Job Offer? (revised repost)

It’s amazing what you can find in your first few posts that upon re-read, you realize how far you’ve come as a writer when you do it more and more; I had a handful of misspellings and misquotes that have since been rewritten here for the better; enjoy…
So the past 4 weeks I’ve been waiting […]

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How Do You Help Families Get in the Habit of Saving?

This is a guest post by Sam Renick - Sam is dedicated to teaching financial literacy and other empowering life skills and habits in a strategic manner (ie. both entertaining and educational) to youths of all ages, with a focus on young children and their families.
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“Summer Savings Series” Tip #3 - Everyone Can Save Money This Way In The Heat!

The Money Life Network’s “Summer Savings Series” #3 is courtesy of our beloved power companies. My bill is usually around $200 since I’ve lived here, and I can certainly keep the bill a bit lower just by checking on a few key things…
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It Costs At LEAST 10MIL To Be In The “Cool Kids Club” This Year; One Million MOST CERTAINLY Isn’t What It Used To Be!

Who would have thought that there’d come a day when 1MIL would officially “not be what it used to be”. According to Yahoo, it happened a while back because the new elite number is 10MIL minimum! How can this be, and how much further are we going to have to climb with inflation?
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Education.com is Talking Financial Smarts for Kids

We all know the importance of financial well-being, yet many of us are self-taught when it comes to figuring out the best way to manage our expenses, grow our savings and learn how to invest for the future. But what about our kids?
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One Of The Many “Lemonade” Moments Of My Life

So CreditWithdrawal tagged me with this a few weeks ago and I’m just getting to it now, but better late than never. The point of the post is to define a time in your life when you were handed lemons and made lemonade. If you’ve never heard the analogy it basically means explain […]

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