May
16

Professional? Boring!

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I love finance, I love learning, I love business, I love technology, I love reading coding books, but I also love being a goofball. That is why I believe in being professionally unprofessional. Sure, there are times that professionalism is called for, but for me, those don’t make the majority of my day. It’s easy…
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May
14

FinCarn – Monday Yakezie Round Up

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Happy Monday WA readers! Last week we had a nice mix of articles. We talked about Burger King making a comeback to the stock market, I provided a video review of the Square credit card processing service, and we also finally made a profit from installing a dimmer switch! Also, and I hope you didn’t…
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May
11

Our Dimmer Switch Revisited

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About 1 year, 8 months ago we published an article about installing a dimmer switch. Based on the math behind this article, we have now passed the break even point, and are now saving money on the enhancement. Saving Money Plan Often, I sit down and think of places I can save money. Sometimes I…
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May
09

Square Video Review – Credit Card Processing

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  Square is a credit card app for both iPhone & Android devices. 9 Days ago, I wrote about Restaurants that don’t accept credit cards, and how frustrating that is for customers. I also talked about how there isn’t really a good reason not to when companies like Square exist. To see if I was…
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May
07

Burger King Problems

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Burger King, the number 3 hamburger chain in the United States, has had a very troubled past as it has tried to compete with their big (much bigger) brother McDonald’s (MCD). I’ve even written about Burger King’s problems in the past. Burger King has been a publicly traded company, purchased, taken private, gone public again,…
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May
02

Financial Reads From April

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April was a great month, but I’m happy that May is here. We’re one month closer to my favorite season (fall). I know, I start counting early! In addition to April being a pretty good month, there were quite a few good reads and I wanted to highlight a couple of them here. Two of…
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Apr
30

Restaurants Not Accepting Credit Cards

Protect Yourself From Fraud

The other day, I took my mother, sister and wife out to breakfast. My mom told us about this great diner just down the street so we decided that we would go there, rather than to one of the bigger chain restaurants. After a great breakfast, I went up to the register to pay the…
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Apr
27

Does Your Efficiency Create Inefficiency?

What do you do with your extra time?

You throw some clothes in the washer, some dishes in the dish washer, and a meal in the microwave. While everything is going, you check your email and see that your mom sent a question about a computer problem. Quickly, you answer her question, get your meal, eat it, and while the clothes and dish…
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Apr
25

Company Size by Market Capitalization

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I’ll admit, I’m a bit of a statistics nerd, but I’m an extremely visual person as well. Everyday, we talk about, invest in, and shop at tons of different companies. Often, we walk into these massive stores, and we just assume that they are these mega companies, but this is a reminder that there are…
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