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Reflections on the Week

Despite an end of month rally, October was a terrible month in the market for most investors and I am glad it is finally over. November will hopefully build on the hesitant but emerging positive sentiment to bring a much needed relief rally for our portfolio’s and retirement accounts. No doubt there is still a [...]

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The week that was: Luxury in the Sky and Around the Blogosphere

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Despite the woes of the domestic aviation industry, a new type of plane is finally coming into mass service across the globe. Airbus’ much publicized and long delayed A380 hit the skies down under in Australia this week. Singapore Airlines was the first to launch earlier this year, and Dubai based Emirates airlines start services [...]

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Musings and Wrap-up

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Is it me or do others find the new Microsoft ads, featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, a bit strange and off topic in terms of trying to promote Microsoft and thwart the Apple Mac/PC campaign? I can only assume it is some kind of new marketing approach/plan to build up to something amazing, otherwise [...]

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>Quirky Finance : Pet Time Sharing

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>The Wall Street Journal brings a quirky story on the “Time Share” dog concept. For those who love pets, but cannot deal with them full time, travel a lot or cannot manage the expenses around owning a pet, this could be the next best thing to owning one. I would like to have a dog, [...]

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US Citizenship and Immigration – Saving Money and tips on the Application process

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I finally got around to submitting my US Citizenship papers a few weeks ago! It is a big step for me as I adopt this country as my permanent home, but something I feel very proud to do. It has taken about 7 years since I started the immigration process to finally becoming eligible and [...]

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2008 Beijing Olympics by the numbers

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With the Olympics just around the corner, here are some interesting financial facts and figures around the 2008 Beijing Olympics. For a sporting event, some of the numbers are massive and the Olympics is one of the few events (like the Soccer world cup) that can actually make a significant impact on a country’s economic [...]

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>Welcome!

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>Welcome to readers from Free Money Finance and Alltop personal finance. Thanks for stopping by and hope you check out some of my most popular articles listed on the right or just browse the various topic categories. This blog is about the trials and tribulations of my journey to financial freedom by saving effectively and [...]

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Quirky Finance : Horse Power making a comeback

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With high gas prices, an emerging trend developing in rural areas is to go back to using the old fashioned ‘Horse and Cart’ as a mode of transport within farms and to nearby town centers. With gas prices set to trend upwards in the long term, horses, made redundant by the motor car a century [...]

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Flying United – A terrible experience

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I recently returned from a trip via Europe and flew United Airlines on both legs to and from there. I can honestly say that it was one of my worst experiences flying an American carrier. Over the last year I have flown on a number of American and non-American airlines and it is unfortunate to [...]

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Insuring Pregnancy – Is this Going too Far?

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Expectant mothers will now be able to insure their unborn babies against pregnancy complications, birth defects and even death. This type of insurance, possibly the first of its kind, is being offered by ING Australia. It is aimed at the growing number of older mothers (who have a greater risk of pregnancy complications and birth [...]

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