October 2008

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~Thu~ Oct 30th 2008

Meeting the Diehards: Profiting from Shared Wisdom

Posted by J.D. Roth under Investing , Real-Life  
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A GRS reader dropped a line last weekend. “I want to invite you to the Diehard Organizational Meeting on Wednesday,” he said. “I’m new to the group but obviously we’re all believers of value of index funds and John Bogle’s investment philosophy.” “Hope to see you there,” I replied. I’m still new to investing, but [...]

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~Wed~ Oct 29th 2008

Daily Links: 5k5k Edition

Posted by J.D. Roth under Spare Change  
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From time-to-time, I like to highlight GRS-reader projects. Chett wrote to share an idea he’s trying to get off the ground. 5k5k is a fitness and financial challenge. He’s looking for people to commit to completing a 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) run and saving $5,000 (or paying off $5,000 in debt). As you know, I think personal [...]

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~Wed~ Oct 29th 2008

Confess Your Shopping Sins with Spendster

Posted by J.D. Roth under Funny Money , Shopping , Tools  
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Spendster is a new site that allows users to share video stories about impulse buying, over-spending, and wasting money on Stuff they don’t need. These video confessionals are fun to watch (I would never buy that) until you realize just how much junk you probably have in your own life. This embedded widget should show [...]

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~Wed~ Oct 29th 2008

Gift Cards and Bankruptcy: What To Do When Stores Go Broke

Posted by J.D. Roth under Shopping  
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This is a guest post from Kwame Kuadey, CEO & Founder of GiftCardRescue.com, a site for selling and swapping gift cards. Kwame is also author of GiftCardBlogger.com, a blog about gift cards. What would you do if you purchased a gift card today and found out next week that the gift card issuer had gone [...]

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