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Personal Finance

Inside Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Seminars

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I'm starting to feel like there's something fishy going on with Robert Kiyosaki.
After his "new rule" of money said that savers are losers, I wanted to find out a bit more about the rest of the personal finance advice he shells out. And I stumbled on the motherload.
Turns out, Kiyosaki runs (or lends his name [...]

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When Will You Have Enough?

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The other day, I saw a short description of the latest book by John Bogle, founder of Vanguard and inventor of the first index fund, that struck me.
The book's title, Enough, comes from a conversation had by two of America's most famous authors, Joseph Heller (of Catch-22 fame) and Kurt Vonnegut (who wrote Slaughterhouse-Five).
In the [...]

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How to Follow the Entire Personal Finance Blogosphere

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Long time readers will no doubt remember 10 Personal Finance Blogs You're Missing Out On, the post where I named some of my favorite lesser-known bloggers (no Get Rich Slowly's or The Simple Dollar's there).
But the great thing about the personal finance blogosphere is that there are a ton of voices — not just the [...]

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Why 2010 Doesn't Matter to Your Finances

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It's December, so it's time for all of those lists of what you should do with your money in 2010.
Do me a favor: ignore all of that advice. It doesn't apply to you.
The writers "advising" you in these lists don't know your financial situation.
They don't know how badly you're in debt. They don't know that [...]

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Your Budget Will Always Have Unexpected Expenses

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I love the end of the month. When I can see how well we did — if our spending was less than our income, and by how much — it gets us one step closer to our financial goals.
But that's in the good months. In the bad months, it's not as much fun to see [...]

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Change Your Attitudes to Change Your Finances

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As someone who works hard at self-improvement on many levels, I'm always mindful of useful aphorisms to help foster growth. One good one is that "actions dictate outcomes, but thoughts dictate actions."
In personal finance as in the rest of life, how you think determines how you act, and consequently, the results you get.
Quite simply, if [...]

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Money Hacks Carnival #80

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Welcome to the Money Hacks Carnival #80 — an awesome roundup of posts spanning investing, personal finance, frugality and making the most of your money.
I won't bore you with an introduction, so it's on to the carnival!
(But, if you're new here, download the first three days of Automatic Finances for free!)
Editor's Picks
nickel presents Avoid Lifestyle [...]

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