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Economic Prognostications 2010

Here we go… another year… and another time for guessing…
Let’s start with Economic Prognostications 2009…

It would be great if you read those predictions to start out with, and also read my economic primer, but if you are strapped for time here is the summary.
1. I first predicted that the Dow would not rise [...]

Stick With the Plan Man!

An interesting occurence happened to me yesterday. A had an epiphany of sorts. A grand idea that was a simple reminder about why we fail to accomplish our goals. Why we fall off track. Why we are left scratching our heads because we just ended back up where we started. 
What could cause this to happen?
A [...]

How to maintain a structured life while you’re unemployed

* This is a guest post by Bill at GeekMBA360.com.
Every day I get a few email questions from readers of my blog, asking for advice on getting a job in the current environment. One thing I always tell people is that you need to maintain a structured life while you’re unemployed. Otherwise, you might be [...]

Cutting Your Costs

I just read an article at Kiplinger that I would like to comment on and share with you. The title is called “What Businesses Are Doing to Cut Costs.”
Kiplinger is simply reporting what businesses have told them what they are doing without commentary. While this is good journalism it makes for unexciting reading for all [...]

How to Grow Money in your Bank Account

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Vincent @ Hit Your Goals. Enjoy!
Untamed Expenses
The first step to become wealthy is to manage our expenses. Have you noticed that whenever we do not manage our expenses, they tend to rise to our level of income. For example, when we are earning 2000 bucks per month, [...]

Carnival of Twenty Something Finances

Welcome to the December 29, 2008 edition of twenty something finances.
Thank you for dropping by and participating! I decided to host this carnival because personal finance has been a hot topic lately. Especially with the way the economy has been performing. Although it’s bad now I do believe it will recover in the next three [...]

Financial Planning for the Financially Inept: Choosing the Right Advisor

*This is a guest post by Alex Fayle of Someday Syndrome.
After reading Jeremy’s post on being your own financial advisor (http://www.insightwriter.com/2008/12/10/why-best-investment-advisor/), I had to laugh. I might have been good at mathematics in high school, but I sucked at applying it. There’s no way I could ever be my own financial [...]