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Saving for Retirement

This is a guest article by Flexo, the creator and owner of Consumerism Commentary, one of the most respected personal finance blogs. Flexo writes about investing, banking, saving and many other financial topics. Take a look at his picks for the best online savings accounts. Thinking about retirement is quite cynical. If you listen to [...]

Why You Should Open a Mint.com Account Today

Mint.com is the premier free way to manage your money online.  Here are five reasons to open a Mint.com account today: Makes Your Life Easier At Mint, we believe money is for living.  So we make everything simple and streamlined. Sign up takes less than five minutes. Then Mint automatically pulls all your financial information into one place, so you [...]

Bag lunch = Make Money

I have brought my lunch to work for nine straight working days and I’m actually started to get used to it now.  Here’s the caveat…I travel approximately 30% for business, so when I travel, I eat out.  But, in that case, the lunch is paid-for by a client or my firm and the only downside [...]

Why People Hate Tom Brady

Why People Hate Tom Brady

Let me start this out by stating the fact that I am a Buffalo Bills fan….sad, I know.  Let me also state that I really like Tom Brady.  I can already hear the rumblings from you….OH MY GOD, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY, HE IS A BUFFALO BILLS FAN WHO LIKES TOM [...]

Stock Screen of the Day

Stock Screen of the Day

There are eight results to my “Stock Screen of the Day.” The screen details are as follows: Current volume:  Over 100k (as of 12:00 pm EDT) ROE:  Positive (>0%) P/E:  Profitable (>0) Price/Free Cash Flow:  Low (<15) Gross Margin:  High (>50%) 20 Day SMA:  Price crossed above And here are your results:  $AMGN, $CECO, $ESI, [...]

Tim Ferriss is a Fraud

No one can make it in life working only four hours per week.  No one can have the perfect body exercising only four hours per week.  Not so, says Tim Ferriss! Ok, so the only  fraud here may be me, since I am actually a Tim Ferriss fan, but I figured the title to this [...]

The 2% Raise That You May Not Know You’re Getting

As part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, HR 4853, which postpones the sunset of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, reduces the estate tax, extends a large number of expired provisions, and extends unemployment benefits, there is a minor item included within which states: For 2011 only, [...]

Some HOT stocks breaking out today, 1.11.11

Some HOT stocks breaking out today, 1.11.11

As always, use your own discretion when buying and selling stocks and always do your homework.  These company’s have not been vetted by me in any way shape or form, but are hitting my stock screens as top gainers of the day. EEE – Evergreen Energy, Inc. Not sure what the deal is here.  Only [...]