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    Professional? Boring!

    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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    FinCarn – Monday Yakezie Round Up

    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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    Our Dimmer Switch Revisited

    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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    Square Video Review – Credit Card Processing

      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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    Burger King Problems

    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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Apr
23

5 Budgeting Tools to Reach Your Goals

You aren't as broke as you think.

You need help budgeting, and that’s OK. Everyone who takes the dive into budgeting eventually realizes that there must be a better way to do things. Luckily, there is! Below are 5 tools that will prevent you from pulling hair out of your head trying to figure out where that $8.00 went. 1. Mint.com Mint.com…
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Apr
20

Entrepreneurship Quote

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Today I found an excellent quote that I believe encompasses the meaning behind entrepreneurship perfectly. This quote comes from Henry Ford: Henry Ford: “If I’d asked people what they wanted, they would have asked for a better horse.” What I love about this quote is that it highlights a few things: Entrepreneurship requires vision. Customers don’t always…
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Apr
18

Will Nook Save Barnes and Noble?

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Barnes and Noble (BKS) was started as a Printing Company around 1873 and has grown to be the largest book retailer in the United States. It has enjoyed great success, and weathered one of the worst economies faced in decades. It also survived in an environment that Borders collapsed in, but is Barnes and Noble…
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Apr
16

Internet & eBook Price Fixing

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Last week, Barnes & Noble (BKS), Apple (AAPL), and a few publishers got smacked down when the federal government arrived at a settlement that there was collusion to raise the prices of eBooks. I won’t be naive, I’m sure price fixing and collusion happens all the time. I know it isn’t supposed to legally, but…
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Apr
13

6 Tips for Rookie Investors

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Holly Mangan is the managing editor of MoneyCrashers.com. When it comes to investing, your list of options is as long as the sea is wide. It can be an overwhelming topic, and can cost you big time if you approach it haphazardly. But with a few tips and strategies, you can begin to build a…
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Apr
11

Mortgage Calculator Video Tutorial

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Recently, we unveiled our new Mortgage Calculator. Our mortgage calculator has a couple of great benefits: It charts the payments so you can see the principal and interest. It provides the monthly payment amount. It has a mortgage amortization schedule. You can include additional principal payments. It doesn’t require multiple screen loads like most calculators,…
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Apr
09

Mortgage Calculator

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We’ve finally finished our new Mortgage Calculator, and we’re very proud of it! The mortgage calculator was a lot of work, but we’re happy the day is here to unveil it. We did our best to make the mortgage calculator functional, intuitive, and aesthetically pleasing. We hope this is helpful for you, and if you have any…
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Apr
06

Amazon.com $50 Gift Card Giveaway Winner

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We’re happy to announce the winner of our 2nd Blogoversary Giveaway. The winner of our Blogoversary $50 Dollar Amazon.com Gift Card Giveaway is Michelle F. Congratulations to Michelle F., we’ve sent an email to her informing her of the great news. We would like to thank everyone who participated, and all of our readers. It’s amazing…
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Apr
04

New Dividend Payout Ratio Calculator

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We’re happy to announce the release of our Dividend Payout Ratio calculator. For those who don’t know, the Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) is a ratio that shows what ratio of earnings is going towards dividend payment on stocks. This ratio says a lot about where a company’s priorities are, and if they are retaining enough…
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Apr
02

Is Retail Dying?

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Best Buy announced that it will be closing 50 stores as a cost cutting measure. While that doesn’t sound so bad, here are some notable store closings in 2011 & 2012: 633 Borders Book Stores [1] 405 Blockbuster Stores in 2011 [1] 500 Blockbusters in 2012 [2] 200 Gamestops [1] 180 Abercrombie and Fitch [2]…
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