By MoneyBlueBook contributor Dating is like walking on a minefield: You never know what your next step will bring. Now to make it even harder, dating experts are adding a new twist. It used to be as easy as intuition, dinner and a movie, but now experts say that financial compatibility is an important factor [...]

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By Jim Sloan I never really paid much attention to the rewards programs offered by different credit card companies. I was raised to use credit cards only for emergencies and not for everyday use, so my sole criteria for getting a card was that the interest rate be as low as possible. But then a [...]

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By Clark Schultz The Chinese Revolution If you are like me, when you think about China you almost get dizzy. It’s hard to imagine over one billion people living in a country with a market for goods and services that is literally exploding as the country modernizes. By 2014 the International Monetary Fund estimates that [...]

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By Marcia Passos Duffy I have to laugh when I see the interest my bank deposits into my checking and savings accounts each month. It is barely worth the effort to add in the pennies (but I do). But if you think, like I once did, that you are doomed to get low percentage rates [...]

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By Michele Lerner Like many people, the recession encouraged me to take a harder line with my budget. I’m definitely saving more and being more careful with spending.  But I’m also looking past just saving the money I already have — I’m looking into earning it. This morning, I checked on the interest rate on [...]

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By Richard Barrington Have you ever run a long-distance race? I find it useful to think of saving money like distance running. If you obsess over the total distance, then each step seems hopelessly insignificant in covering the necessary ground. If instead you just start making those steps, and concentrate on finding a comfortable and [...]

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By Peter Andrew Last year, my sister and brother-in-law wanted to remodel their kitchen. They both have good, secure jobs and great credit scores, and could easily have raised the money they needed, even in this economic climate. However, at the same time my mom had quite a hefty balance in a high yield savings [...]

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This is a guest post from Marc Pearlman. When people ask me if they could be successful at day trading, my first response is, “Do you know what day trading is?” Most people don’t. You might think day trading is about finding the best online brokerage, grabbing a stack of financial reports, arming yourself with [...]

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by Barbara Marquand In the wake of the financial meltdown, top money expert Saly Glassman says investors need to take responsibility of their finances and get their investments back on track. Glassman, ranked the nation’s No. 1 woman financial advisor by Barron’s, is author of “It’s About More Than the Money: Investment Wisdom for Building [...]

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In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been taking somewhat of a financial blogging hiatus for the last few months. However, during this period of time, I’ve been spending my days productively – traveling overseas, tending to my other online and real world ventures, as well as scouting out opportunities in areas that remain yet untapped. [...]

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