New coupon delivery methods

Smart Money brings us some novel new coupon delivery methods. These are quite interesting and innovative and shows that as times get tough companies are continually finding new ways to lure shoppers to their stores via coupons. Here are some of the methods highlighted leveraging technology to its fullest (and …

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Your Car – An Asset or Liability?

When calculating your net worth, do you include your car as an asset? What value do you assign to it and what about all the running and insurance costs? According to accounting definitions, a car can only be classified as an asset if its current value is greater than what …

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Why I Hate Shopping at Walmart

Occasionally my wife will drag me along to go shop at our local Walmart. Normally this is in response to a big sale event they are having, where she has identified something that is a great deal and can’t be found elsewhere. However every time I go there I think, …

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Readership correlation with Blog Revenue

Curt from Penny Jobs left an interesting comment on a recent post about increasing my passive income to $300 p/month. His comment related to my target of growing my blogging (passive) income to $50 p/month by year end and was: Here is a calculation for blogging income. JD of the …

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A New Goal : $300 Monthly Passive Income

Over the weekend I had an interesting talk with a family friend regarding this blog and some of the personal finance and investing topics posted here. After a long discussion and based on his experiences I started looking at some of my financial goals a bit differently. This resulted in a …

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Embrace Fear For Financial Freedom

FEAR is one of the most powerful forces in investing, as it is in life. One of the biggest universal fears is that of losing money, particularly when it can be so tough to earn in the first place. Yet those who fail to embrace fear run the risk of …

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Tipping Philosophy – When and When Not To Tip

Are you a generous tipper or do you give the minimum tip possible? Do you tip extra for good service or not at all for bad service? Do you tip for take-out or to-go orders? Well, everyone has their own tipping philosophy and it does vary by where you live, …

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