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Calculating Total Return

From USA Today: Figuring Total Return…provides a great math lesson for all of us!

Checking Fees are Getting Worse

USA Today article, sources bankrate.com, for Checking Account Charges Get Nastier…let’s see, so if I don’t keep track of my finances and overdraw my account I will get charged. Duh! Who cares if this fee is at a “near record”. Follow the rules in your account agreement, keep track of your checking […]

American Made: New CNBC TV Show

A new show, American Made, premieres on CNBC tonight (4/17/06) at 8pm EST. Billed as, “Celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit that drives the nation, “American Made” goes beyond the boardroom to delve into individual perspectives, personalities, and motivations of some of America’s most successful entrepreneurs.” Hmm, in case you didn’t know or forgot, I reviewed […]

Personal Finance and Going Green

One thing I have always been fascinated with is the concept of sustainable living. That is to say, buying land, living in a house, “off the grid”. This would include growing your food, solar power, etc.
I happened to be perusing the vast world wide web and found the carnival of the green (22nd […]