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The sky is not falling!

September 30th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Life Impact by greg
If you have been paying attention to any form of news media the last several days, you are well aware of the 'crisis' that has become our economy. Last week the Treasury Secretary, the Federal Reserve chairman and even our President, told you that unless congress acted quickly the ...
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Something for nothing?

September 27th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Budgeting, Life Impact by greg
Recently, we talked about the rising cost of food, and how companies were trying to keep prices lower, while still cutting costs. Today I ran across another article that plays on our emotions to encourage us to spend more. We all like something for nothing, but how many of us ...

None of the above!

September 23rd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Life Impact by greg
If you have listened to the radio, watched TV, read the newspaper or talked to a friend or colleague the last two days you have no doubt heard about the governmental bailout being tossed about by the fed chairman, Ben Bernanke and the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Today the ...
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Singing in the rain?

September 22nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Savings by greg
We all know that we should be saving for a "rainy day", but with most people, finding a little extra money to save is easier said than done. However, not having an emergency fund is a really quick way to big problems. There are lots of ways to ...
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A lot of zeroes!

September 20th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Debt by greg
Most Americans dream of the six-figure job ($100,000), a million seconds (1,000,000) is roughly 280 hours and a billion pennies (1,000,000,000) weighs more than 6 million pounds (6,000,000). Each of these items represents pretty large numbers, but not as large as the government bailout of the financial market that ...
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Going up?

September 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Stock Market by greg
Did I say that the Dow Jones gave up over 500 points on Monday? Well today it rebounded by ending the day up 410 points. Talk about “irrational exuberance”. What can we learn about the stock market based on the last couple of days? First, we ...
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What’s wrong with debt?

September 15th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Debt by greg
Today America watched as the stock market experienced the greatest one day loss in seven years. By the end of the day the market had fallen just over 504 points. The news of financial collapse of Lehmen Brothers and Merrill Lynch caused great fear and angst. How ...
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Where’s the food?

September 13th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Budgeting, Life Impact by greg
If you have read the newspaper, listened to a news report or talked to someone at work lately, you have no doubt heard someone complain about food prices going up. In an effort to stabilize the increasing prices, some manufacturers are decreasing the amount of product going into the ...
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Teaching the kids

September 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Life Impact by greg
What are you doing to teach your children about personal finance? Do they know the importance of saving for things they want or are you teaching by example and leading them to believe that the credit card is the answer to all of your wants? "Reading, writing, arithmetic" -- too ...
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Who’s in charge?

September 10th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Life Impact by greg
I was listening to the radio this afternoon on the way home and Rush Limbaugh was talking about the negative impact the government mandated cafe' standards have on the automobile industry.  This weekend the government stepped in and bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an attempt to help ...
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Being Consistent

September 9th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Budgeting by greg
I can speak from experience that when we complete our budget before the month begins, my wife and I both feel so much more confident that we are going to be successful that month. When we don’t get the budget done before the month begins there is always a little ...
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Hello world!

September 9th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Uncategorized by greg
Welcome to my blog.  I hope to provide you with interesting and value-added thoughts and comments to help you win in the area of personal finance.  Being a Dave Ramsey certified counselor, most of my thoughts and advice will come from Dave’s teaching; but as Dave says, “it’s just common ...