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Money can’t buy love! Here are 7 vital signs that you tend to ignore: [Poorer Than You]

by Guest Author on March 10, 2010

This week’s guest post comes from Dorothy Anderson, who is a finance blogger and recommends you be very careful before consolidating debts. Do you remember the song by Beatles? “….I’ll buy you. […]

Income and Self-Worth [LivingAlmostLarge]

by LAL on March 10, 2010

Dog wrote an interesting post about how she feels now that her income has been drastically reduced. And worse yet she feels upset about earning a lot less than Senor Dog.  That she feels worthless. T. […]

We May Be the First to Not Inherit a Better Future From Our Parents [Spilling Buckets]

by Ry@SpillingBuckets on March 10, 2010

“We are clearly on an imprudent and unsustainable path, and we need to change course very soon if we want to recapture our future.” – David Walker, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundati. […]

Automation: Better Control or Loss of Control? [Green Panda Treehouse]

by Green Panda on March 10, 2010

I was reading Baker’s thoughts on automation in his new guide and he brought out something I hadn’t really thought about before. Many personal finance sites talk about automating your savings, r. […]

Facing Reality [LivingAlmostLarge]

by LAL on March 9, 2010

What is going on with Americans?  Seriously I ask this question, as I read an article about a survey done about American’s views on retirement.  43% of Americans have less than $10k saved for reti. […]

Introducing Myself [Green Panda Treehouse]

by Mike on March 8, 2010

As previously announced by Laura, she recently sold her blog to a guy called The Financial Blogger. Well that guy is me, Mike, and The Financial Blogger is the name of my first blog. Selling a blog is. […]

Blame and Anxiety: From The Great Depression to Today [Spilling Buckets]

by Ry@SpillingBuckets on March 7, 2010

Irrespective of their differences the Great Depression of the 1930’s and the recent recession magnified the unfaltering human desire to attribute responsibility, to incriminate, and to blame. Appropr. […]

Net Worth Update: February 2010 [Poorer Than You]

by Stephanie on March 3, 2010

Even though it’s not good for my financial picture, net worth calculations are a lot more exciting when it’s unknown… will it go up, or will it go down? Up or down? What’s it gonna be February. […]

Health Care Reform: Obama’s Legacy? [College Finance 101]

by Hanna on October 9, 2009

Every so often, a big headline hits the newsstands that engages our attention slightly more than the average headlines. In recent months, the health care reform debate among Congresspeople, analysts,. […]

Learning to Invest Profitably, Part 1: Know What’s Out There [College Finance 101]

by Hanna on October 8, 2009

In our newest series of articles, we’ll examine the different camps of investing and trading, ways you can make sense of all of the information, and point you in the right direction to help you star. […]

Building a Car Fund for College Students [Broke Grad Student]

by Broke Grad on September 1, 2009

The following article is a guest post from Laura of Green Panda Treehouse. It’s also the first article in the College Money Network’s “Back To School Shuffle” series, where we will be sharing. […]

Back to School Shuffle for a Shuffle Giveaway [Broke Grad Student]

by Broke Grad on August 31, 2009

It’s hard to believe that summer is practically over, and school is back in session. Of course, I don’t really care anymore, since I finished grad school last year. However, I know plenty of you a. […]

Smart Real Estate Investing in a Recessive Economy? [Financial Nut]

by Alexandra on August 18, 2009

Hello all! It’s Alex again. Since it’s getting late, this will be a quick, food-for-thought post. Recently, I have started working for a company that invests in real estate properties to make mone. […]

My Experience With An Aggressive Financial Planner [Financial Nut]

by Trevor Shipp on August 11, 2009

A good friend of mine recently referred a financial planner from Northwest Mutual to me. Though I wasn’t looking for financial planning services at the time, I thought going might provide another go. […]

[hiatus] [This Writer's Wallet]

by This Writer on May 18, 2009

I’ll start with what I know: Personal-finance blogging has shaped a lot of my financial knowledge—from pointing me towards advisors like Dave Ramsey to encouraging me to set specific and tangible. […]

And Now I’m One of Them. [This Writer's Wallet]

by This Writer on May 1, 2009

Long-time readers will remember my post a while back about buying a Blackberry phone, on eBay, but not wanting an Internet plan. I had that phone for a while, then I switched to a nicer version I also. […]