July Rate Expectations: No Moves Expect for ECB in 2011

July 6th, 2011

The latest economic developments have caused investors to push out their rate expectations for all of the major central banks. In May, the ECB, BoC and RBA were all expected to raise rates before the end of the year and now aside from the ECB no one is expected to tighten. Rate expectations are always changing and a lot has happened over the past month. Read more…

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They Call Me Cheap – or – Three Easy Ways to Save Money Every Day

July 6th, 2011
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They say I’m cheap. They say I’m a miser. I’m a skinflint.

Whatever.

Let them hate.

I’m frugal and I’m proud. I have no problem spending money, to set the record straight. I just spent 10 days in Barcelona. You don’t do that if you don’t want to spend money. Trust me.

However, I HATE wasting money. And I hate spending more than I have to.

So here are three very easy and very obvious ways anyone can save a bundle of dough. Here you go.<

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A Guide to Selling Unwanted Items

July 4th, 2011

A few weeks ago, I put out a call on Twitter and on Facebook for detailed posts that people would like to see. I got enough great responses that I’m going to fill the entire month of July – one post per day – addressing these ideas.

On Facebook, Amanda requested an article on “How to determine if you should sell stuff on e-bay, craigslist or at a yard sale and how to figure out the value.”

When I first began to right my financial ship, one of the initial things I did was to sell off a lot of items that were taking up space in my closet. I tried many different techniques for selling them off. Here are

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What should I feed my betta?: Betta Fish

July 4th, 2011

What should I feed my betta?: Betta Fish

What should I feed my betta?: Betta Fish is categorized as life and leisure.

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Mixed signals across different market indicators

July 3rd, 2011

LSAP Scorecard: Week 28

Mixed signals across different market indicators

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A Collection of Useful Resources for Learning about Investing

July 3rd, 2011

A few weeks ago, I put out a call on Twitter and on Facebook for detailed posts that people would like to see. I got enough great responses that I’m going to fill the entire month of July – one post per day – addressing these ideas.

On Facebook, Shannon asked “What book/blog/resource do you recommend as a dummys guide to learning about investments? I’m not sure where to start.”

Over the past several years, I’ve read piles and piles of books and websites and other materials related to investing. Here are the

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