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I’m not sure how this came up, but last night DH and I were discussing our different levels of tolerance for risk in our investments. I know I’m definitely on the high end of risk for investing, I’ll do 85-90% stock mutual funds and 10% bonds. I also lean more conservatively however to [...]

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This week my article about my best and worse money moves was posted at the Carnival of Personal Finance #76. It looks to be a great week. Here’s my post My Best and Worse Money Moves.

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I haven’t yet decided if Black Friday is worth it. I went out pretty early to get a few things when stored opened. They were mostly practical items I had been waiting for to go on sale and usually don’t. So it wasn’t a big deal. I really wanted a laptop computer, but the line [...]

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I’m chiming in because Nickel started this on 5 cent nickel. I’ll probably be the only person who will write about their best and worse money move being the same thing. But
My Worse Money Move:
Buying a home with DH back in 2002. Sure we made a lot of money on it, and it was a [...]

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I had this conversation with a coworker, who actually wrote into Money Magazine and was published. When do you sell a stock? The price could be hovering at an all time low or the lowest of the year. It could be beaten down into submission with analysts saying what a great buy. Thus buying a [...]

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Okay so we went and got a couple of Wii this weekend, mainly because we really wanted one. But then we decided we put an ad on Craigslist and try to sell it. Well before we could respond we ended up selling the Wii’s for a tidy profit and not having any to [...]

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I entered my first ever personal finance carnival. This is a weekly write up by people who run blogs about personal finance. There are many entries and a wide variety of flavors for people to enjoy.
I’m linking back to it now. It’s being hosted by Hazzard at Everybody Loves Your Money…
http://www.everybodylovesyourmoney.com

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People have gone literally crazy this weekend buying a Wii or PS3. They have been waiting for a week for the PS3. One man was shot and robbed in Connecticut for his PS3. One may ran into a pole while they stampeded into Walmart to grab the PS3 off the shelves.
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Tomorrow we’re going out with DH’s old boss and I’m feeling a bit nervous about how to pay for the meal. This is our first meal out with them, we only went to their home once (big celebration) and we never socialized with them before. Should we pay? Do we split the bill?
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The more I read, the more I wonder if people who are savers by nature have trouble spending money? I find myself occasionally questioning how I spend money. And yet why do people who save have such trouble spending money on buying a new couch, new car, or going on vacation they saved for and [...]

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