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Some of you may be thinking about getting the new Apple iPhone 3G S. Some of you may try to justify the purchase by giving up your home telephone and high-speed Internet access. Well, I got a chance to live it, and figure I would share my experience.

Last week, my wife bought a new 32GB [...]

In celebration of Earth Day, I want to share my perspective on green and socially responsible investing. The idea of socially conscious investing has been around for a long time, but its popularity soared over the last few years. According to Social Investment Forums: “Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is a broad-based approach to investing that [...]

This week Moolanomy was mentioned by askDeb.com as one of the top 100 great advice blog — thank you!

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Also, I launched another site this week called Greatnexus. From the Greatnexus home page, you can scan the latest headlines from multiple news and social media sites, as well as see some of the popular videos on [...]

Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps is a financial plan designed to help you get your finances in order, get out of debt, and achieve financial freedom. Dave Ramsey has taught these Baby Steps to millions via radio, The Total Money Makeover, Financial Peace University, and on DaveRamsey.com. In this article, I’d like to walk you through [...]

The other day I was wondering if I owe any income tax this year, so I decided to give Intuit TurboTax Online Federal Free software a try.  In general, I was impressed at how far online software industry has evolved over the years (not just Intuit’s).  For this 2008 tax year software, you could hardly [...]

I stumbled upon a site today called, Wall Street Survivor.  The premise seems to be the same as UpDown, but it looks like you could potentially earn more money since Wall Street Survivor touts $250,000 in prizes.  I am not a trader by nature, but if there’s an opportunity to earn money without risk — [...]

Originally, I was simply going to announce the official launch of Tip’d (a community for financial news, ideas, and tips), but then I got the idea to write about a few more sites that I found useful for finding financial news and articles.  So here they are, 8 sites to find financial news and articles.
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Not long ago, I participated in a lively conversation in the GRS forums entitled: Debt Snowball vs. Emergency Fund. The premise is very simple. Should the person start an emergency fund while he’s still in debt? In this case, we are talking specifically about credit card debt averaging 15% in interest.

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It’s hard to believe that I have been blogging about personal finance for one full year. Overall, I have to say that it’s a success in many ways. Specifically, I was able to meet the three goals I had set for myself at the beginning:

To learn more about financial concepts and improve my finances
To supplement [...]

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