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My money quote of the week

10.23.06 Posted in Finances, Inspiration, Posts, Uncategorized by

From an article in Men’s Health on things you should do but probably haven’t: “Be debt-free. Compounding interest is like a sorority girl on Ecstasy. She’ll go both ways, but you get a hell of a lot more out of it when she’s going your way.”


My mvelopes experience

10.19.06 Posted in Finances, Posts, Reviews by

Early last month, I started using a service called mvelopes.com. This is a personal finance and budgeting program that you would use instead of MS Money or Quicken. I had tried both Money and Quicken with very mixed results. I found them to be bloated, buggy, and trying to do too much and failing to [...]


My long term financial plan

10.19.06 Posted in Finances, Posts by

Great blog post on 9 steps to effective long-term financial management: http://www.wesabe.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/17/what-hold-you-back/ Of those, my wife and I have accomplished three. We’re hard at work on the rest. I would actually add a few more to the list for us, since we’re relatively aggressive about pursuing long-term wealth: 10. Start a business 11. Buy and [...]


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