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Living Frugally: The Best Time to Book a Flight

The following is a guest post from Kat Tretina and Money Under 30  The price of a particular plane ticket will vary wildly depending on the day of the week, the month of the year, and the length of time between purchase and takeoff. Learn why when you buy your plane tickets affects how much... Read Article →

Eating Better in Retirement

In my book and in the post Fiscal & Physical Fitness I noted the following: “Just as being physically fit involves two critical components, controlling diet and exercising; being fiscally fit also involves two critical components, controlling debt and investing. That realization prompted me to immediately commit to fiscal fitness, just as I had always... Read Article →

Anatomy of an Energy Efficient Home

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Practical Guidelines for People Who Want to Enter the Scrap Gold Buying Business

Buying scrap gold sounds like an odd business idea at first because who would scrap something so precious? The term is misleading because gold is valuable and nobody throws it away. Yet every day buyers make a pretty profit, creating an additional stream of income, by purchasing scrap gold from a wide variety of sources.... Read Article →

Vivino – For the Wine Lover in You

Mobile Application: Vivino. Do you enjoy a good glass of wine? If so, you should check out Vivino. The mobile app and wine community offer an up to date catalog with prices, stores, regions, grapes and reviews. The website offers features such as Wine News – where recent headlines included The Family Feud that Juiced the Rise of... Read Article →

Occupied

Television Series: Occupied (2015). In this fictional telling, in the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea. Regular readers of this blog know that I have discussed the need... Read Article →

Living Frugally: Can You Be Frugal While Investing In the Financial Market?

Certainly. There is a common misunderstanding among new investors that they require huge capital in order to become a successful investor in the financial market, which is not true. In many cases you can open an online trading account through any licensed broker $500 or less as your initial deposit. Though you might not be able... Read Article →

Prepped and Ready for Game of Thrones

If you ever visit my home, you will note that I often have a television on. However, I’m rarely ‘watching’ television. My televisions often serve as nothing more than a source of background noise. Between the 9 to 5, working out, spending time with friends and family, and managing this blog, there really isn’t a... Read Article →

Cream City Hustle: Chapter One, Part I

Cream City Hustle. A Personal Finance Thriller. Available at Amazon A listing of previous installments can be found at the end of each installment MILWAUKEE – 17 MONTHS LATER “Damn!” Marcus swore under his breath as he blew into his cupped hands, trying to warm them and fend off the cold October air. One day,... Read Article →

A Richer Understanding: Indentured Servitude

Around age 22 I attended an information session for Amway. At the time of the invite I did not know it was ‘Amway’ … I was simply a young man trying to make some change, literally and figuratively. “There are far better ways to make a living than selling yourself into indentured servitude.” I can’t... Read Article →