June 2010

A Big Money/Life Lesson from Wal-Mart’s Sam Walton

06.30.2010 by Jason Topp 18 comments

Recently I came across an article about Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart. It was a very interesting read and I found some things I never knew. After doing a little further digging about Wal-Mart I found an article quoting George Will, who had this to say about the company…

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$8000 Homebuyer’s Tax Credit Extended Until September

06.29.2010 by Bob 7 comments

This is a tricky one. I got to take advantage of the $8000 tax credit for home buyers when it was first issued. Although I wasn’t going to turn down the $8000 tax credit that the government gave me, I see that there are going to be some longer-term negative effects of a program like this.

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4 Spiritually Unhealthy Motives To Save Money

06.28.2010 by Craig Ford 15 comments

Motives can be as important as actions. The Bible often emphasizes that our answers to the “why” question are just as important as our answers to the “what” questions. Take giving, for example. Someone could ask you what are you giving? You might answer I’m giving x% of my income or I tithe…

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How To Negotiate To Get A Great Deal

06.27.2010 by John Frainee 7 comments

If you want to be a savvy shopper, you’re going to need some basic negotiation skills in order to get a great price. It’s not always easy to get the best deal, but if you play your cards right, there are great deals to be made! Let’s explore some ways you can get discounts that keep your wallet nice and plump!

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The Women’s Small Business Start-up Kit | Book Review

06.26.2010 by Guest 0 comments

I reviewed the book, The Women’s Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide, by Peri Pakroo, J.D., copyright 2010. The author is a wife, mother, and business communications consultant, specializing in legal and start-up issues for businesses and nonprofit organizations. She is the author of…

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A Few Different Ways of Investing Money

06.26.2010 by Guest 3 comments

If you have a few extra dollars lying around in your budget after you pay all your bills and do some basic saving, you may be wondering what to do next. You may even hear your friends or colleagues talking about investing, but you might not know where to start. I’m here to help. Now I’m not going to give you…

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Prepare Your Finances (and other matters) for Vacation

06.25.2010 by Jason Price 2 comments

Are you getting ready to go on a vacation and leave town? If you think you can leave town and forget about your financial life and other matters for a while, sorry, you can’t. And for good reason. Especially if you have a family, you need to make sure your finances are in order and someone can get to them either…

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Storing Up Treasure In Heaven

06.25.2010 by Jason Topp 14 comments

What could be better than the American Dream? A steady job, money in the bank and a hefty 401k for retirement – coupled with a nice house in the ‘burbs, a white-picket fence, two kids and a dog, a Swagger Wagon for mom and a sedan for dad – Life couldn’t get any better than that [...]

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7 Steps To Help Get Out Of Credit Card Debt

06.24.2010 by Joe Plemon 3 comments

You have vowed over and over again to get that credit card debt out of your life, but here you are, still in debt, frustrated with your lack of progress and starting to lose hope. Don’t! Millions have been where you are and have conquered that debt. You can too!

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Perkstreet Debit Card Offering 5% Cash Back

06.23.2010 by Bob 6 comments

As I mentioned a couple weeks ago we signed up for the Perkstreet Financial cash-back debit card. We were lured in by the 2% cashback rewards offer that they are currently running. But to my pleasant surprise I just got an email from them explaining the 5% cashback promo that they are running for the rest of June and July of this year…

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7 Ways to Save Money Grocery Shopping

06.23.2010 by John Frainee 8 comments

The more I shop at grocery stores, the more convinced I am that they were designed in a lab. I imagine the experimenters putting people in a mock grocery store and setting them loose – watching for where their eyes go every second of the test. This can’t be too far from the truth, because every time I’m at…

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12 Factors that Affect Your Home Insurance Rates

06.22.2010 by Craig Ford 10 comments

An important part of any good financial plan is to have a goal for moving forward, and also to have a good defensive financial plan. Of course, insurance is a key component in financial defense. Most importantly, I think that insurance is biblical. Like any sort of shopping, when buying insurance you are looking to get…

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2010 Tax Law Changes

06.21.2010 by Jay Peroni 11 comments

Who would have thought the already complicated tax laws could become more complex? Yet, in 2010, this is shaping up to be one of the most bizarre years on record for uncertainty with game-changing potential (good and bad). Currently we have an series of unresolved tax issues, let’s look at how the rest of 2010…

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← Previous Entries

June 2010

A Big Money/Life Lesson from Wal-Mart’s Sam Walton

$8000 Homebuyer’s Tax Credit Extended Until September

4 Spiritually Unhealthy Motives To Save Money

How To Negotiate To Get A Great Deal

The Women’s Small Business Start-up Kit | Book Review

A Few Different Ways of Investing Money

Prepare Your Finances (and other matters) for Vacation

Storing Up Treasure In Heaven

7 Steps To Help Get Out Of Credit Card Debt

Perkstreet Debit Card Offering 5% Cash Back

7 Ways to Save Money Grocery Shopping

12 Factors that Affect Your Home Insurance Rates

2010 Tax Law Changes

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