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September 2008

Sep
24
2008

Defeating Parkinson’s Law of Finance

I read some really good stuff recently about the phenomenon known as Parkinson’s Law. I came across this topic via a member of forexfactory.com, a forum that I visit often. I highly recommend going here, scrolling to the bottom, and downloading the two PDF files that are offered (I’m not an affiliate […]

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Sep
17
2008

New Financial Goal: No Private Student Loan Next Year!

I absolutely hate being in debt:  being on the wrong side of compound interest is not fun.  I realize that educational debt is far healthier than credit card debt, but I still despise it nonetheless.  So I decided to challenge myself.  For the 2009-10 school year, I do not want to have to take out […]

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Sep
12
2008

New On-Campus Job: Tutoring

Last Tuesday I started a new on-campus gig here at Simpson.  I’m going to be tutoring students in micro- and macroeconomics, along with some occasional management and B-LAW.  I’m only getting 6 hours a week at minimum wage ($7.25 baby!), but it should help me out quite a bit:
 
1. My expenses are pretty small right […]

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Sep
9
2008

D’oh! Stupid Financial Mistake of the Week

I made quite a bonehead move with my finances recently. It all started with a checking account I had set up here in Indianola last year. I figured it would be handy to have an account with a bank here in town in addition to my main account back home. This worked […]

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Sep
4
2008

The Rift Created by The Four Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss’s widely popular book has become the center of a huge movement that can easily be observed throughout the blogosphere.  Many, many blogs out there, this one included, have discussed the notion of alternative lifestyle design.  However, a significant number of bloggers out there are publishing stuff that disregards the traditional career-path as […]

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