Did Monopoly Teach You Anything About Managing Money?

March 1, 2009

photo credit: HarshLight Countless hours were spent as a kid playing my favorite board game, collecting rent on apartments and hotels while negotiating for Park Place and Boardwalk. What type of Monopoly player are you? Do you play with the properties you land on or do you like to barter and make deals? Playing Monopoly [...]

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Weekly Blog Reading: GE 30 Rock Dividend Edition

February 28, 2009

photo credit: Rob Young GE is one of my favorite investments over the last decade and made the decision to slash it’s dividend this week to cut costs. The move by GE will free up over 9 billion dollars and cut’s the dividend to 10 cents a share. GE is a core holding in many [...]

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The Water Drought Is Here: Home Conservation Tips

February 27, 2009

photo credit: Zack Sheppard A notice came in the mail this week from our water district for a proposed hearing to address the current water shortage brought on by the California drought. Rates for the baseline water usage will not change. However, a proposed penalty increase of 10 times the current fee is being suggested [...]

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Public Library Offers Free Internet and Job Training Seminar

February 26, 2009

photo credit: San Jose Library A recent headline in our Sunday paper caught my attention about the current economic trend and how citizens can utilize some great free services at local libraries. I imagine the statistics are not unique for Northern California and can probably be found for cities all over the country. Books, cd’s, [...]

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Keeping Track Of Reward Certificates

February 25, 2009

photo credit: joelogon I received my Staples reward certificate this week for $8.80 on Canon inkjet toner cartridges purchased last year. Keeping track of all the junk mail we receive can be overwhelming and the Staples certificate almost made it straight to the junk mail pile. Fortunately I decided to open it up and was [...]

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