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Cutting Back on Unnecessary Purchases

Published by Steve H on July 12th, 2012

If there is one thing that defines us as human beings, it is a tendency to spend money on things we don’t need- and we do it a lot! It turns out that saving money is as simple as cutting down on these purchases, and either finding replacements or doing without them. While it is a simple concept, the sheer amount of money that you can save by finding the unnecessary spending can be quite surprising. One of the best examples about how you can save quite a sum of money is the coffee example. Getting a coffee from a shop is

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The Secrets To Financial Freedom!

Published by Don M. on August 15th, 2011

It has taken me years to feel like I was financially stable. I’ve seen debt, I’ve avoided savings, I’ve struggled to learn how to spend appropriately. But it’s taken me a while to learn the rules to live by financially. I’ve tried extreme budgeting, spending diets, and starving debt, but I don’t think learning how to be financially healthy requires extreme action. Instead, I think it takes some small dedication to five simple rules to live by. If you can stick to these rulse, you don’t have to be extreme in any which way, but you can amke sure that

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US Money Celebrates 225th Birthday

Published by Melissa L on August 8th, 2011

Happy birthday American money! On August 8th, 1786, the Continental Congress established a monetary system of the United States. The Ordinance established U.S. coins called mills, cents, dimes, dollars, and eagles. Thomas Jefferson defied the bankers and businessmen who wanted a monetary system similar to England’s with pounds and shillings, instead bringing us today’s dollar and cents. So you have probably heard of cents, dimes and dollars, but what about the mills and eagles? What were they and where did they go? Well, a mill was worth a thousandth of a dollar or one tenth of a penny. Even though

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Financial Myth Buster 5: Money can’t buy happiness.

Published by Walter D on September 22nd, 2010

Financial Myth Busters: And no, there is no type-o in that title; money really CAN buy happiness; apparently. I have always been one to decal the opposite and to firmly stand by the old well-believed statement; “Money can’t buy happiness”, however, according to some experts, it sure can! But perhaps only to an extent. Some experts claim that having more money creates happiness for some, and yet makes no evident difference in creating happiness for others. In the book entitled “Happiness”, authors Ed Diener and Robert-Biswas Diener come to a conclusion that “Rich people and nations are happier than their

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