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Just a quick FYI, I will be doing some software upgrades to the site over the next day or so… Please bear with me - we could be in for a fun ride!!
Hopefully everything will be back to better than normal in a few day…
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This is developing into a Monday series where I will discuss motivation and inspiration to counter our Monday blues!  Hopefully, this will help everyone start off the week right.  Let me know what you think so I can continue to improve this blog.
When was the last time you bought something on impulse?  Next time you […]

With record bankruptcies, mortgage foreclosures and prices skyrocketing, it’s more important now than ever before to properly and effectively manage your personal finances.
Statistics show that most people could manage very well on the income they have now if they were able to keep their bills and expenses within their income. Sadly, too many people do […]

You say you know where your money goes and you don’t need it all written down to keep up with it? I issue you this challenge. Keep track of every penny you spend for one month and I do mean every penny.
You will be shocked at what the itty-bitty expenses add up to. Take the […]

This is the last Sunday of the year and I’d just like to say that I will miss the lazy Sundays of 2007!! I’m sure everyone had a lot of fun during the holidays but it’s about time to turn our focus back to our careers and goals for 2008. Hopefully, reading these […]

I have been working on the Money in the Bible page here at ChristianPF. I found that many of the Bible topic books were concordance based, so they only had scriptures with an exact keyword in them (i.e. only scriptures with the word “giving” would fall under the topic of giving). Unfortunately, this can leave […]

Today was my last day on my job at AT&T.  Luckily, I received an offer yesterday and accepted the position in writing before going in to the office to turn in my laptop, badge, etc.  Nothing like waiting until the bottom of the ninth with two outs and two strikes…
I’m taking the next two weeks […]

Yesterday, I talked about selling losing stocks so we can realize a capital loss to reduce taxes. However, we cannot just sell the stocks and buy them back just to get the tax benefits because it will violate the wash sale rule. This rule prevents us from taking a tax loss on a […]

Its been more than 8 months since I started blogging here at Everything Finance and till now, its been a blast. I’m having a good time and I hope that my readers are getting something useful out of this.
Since I started blogging, some of my posts have been very popular. Here is a recap of […]

My parents called the other day reminding me to cut back on dividend investing and start securing a house for our future. A house is a hard asset that always go up, they reasoned, but stocks are just pieces of paper which can vapourize into thin air.
Predictably after the call, I was in no […]