July 2010

Mid Year Investment Review

This post is the final part of a mid year review and tune up series. The first post of this series was It’s Christmas time. The second post was on Planning for taxes. Everyone of us might have started the year with new dreams and goals.  Now that half a year has gone by, there [...]

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Festival of frugality #240 Magazine Edition

1 1 Welcome to the 240th edition of Festival of Frugality271276! This week the festival comes is published as a magazine (try the full screen version)! Hope you like it….

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Financial Overhaul Bill – What does that mean to me?

President Obama has signed the Wall Street Reform bill into law today. Congress passed the bill last Thursday with 3 Republican senators joining the Democrats to prevent a filibuster. The bill aims to “Create a Sound Economic Foundation to Grow Jobs, Protect Consumers, Rein in Wall Street and Big Bonuses, End Bailouts and Too Big [...]

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Sales tax holiday dates for 2010

It feels like summer just started but its almost back-to-school time already. A lot of back-to-school items go for sale during this time. To help your dollar go a little further, you could buy them during the sales tax holiday. Sales tax holiday literally means you won’t be charged a sales tax when you buy [...]

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How to improve your credit score?

A lower credit score affects almost every aspect of your life. Starting from getting your favorite apartment to auto loans and a home mortgage, everyone checks your credit score to see if you are creditworthy. Two people having the exact same income and buying similar houses could end up paying drastically different interest rates on [...]

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Weekly Favorites

1 My favorite posts for the week: How do you define financial freedom?@ Get Rich Slowly Girl Ninja finally guest posted here…250 lots of good money saving wedding planning tips @ Punch Debt In the face Comparing spending habits of different generations251 @ Everyday Tips and Thoughts Yakezie Favorites and Round ups An Inside Look [...]

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How to make tent camping comfortable?

I love camping. Camping is a fun and frugal way to see places. Nothing puts us closer to the “view” than camping. That too for very cheap. As city folks, we are used a lot of creature comforts. I was a little scared before my first camping trip.  But learned that camping need not be [...]

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Time to think about taxes – once again!

This post is part of a mid year review and tune up series. The first post of this series was It’s Christmas time. The final topic in this series will be about asset allocation review. You are done with the headache of taxes and are ready to take a long break. Not think about taxes [...]

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Passport, postage stamps and personal favorite links

U.S State department has raised the passport fee and other consular fees. The new fees go into effect on Tuesday, July 13th. So if you are planning to travel overseas anytime soon it might be cheaper to get it tomorrow. A lot of passport application centers are open for longer hours tomorrow. These are the [...]

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