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Weekly Links: October 25, 2009

October 25, 2009 by Smart Investing · Leave a Comment 

Each Sunday I highlight the Carnivals I participated in over the past week, along with any notable articles that I came across. For those readers not familiar with carnivals, it’s where personal finance bloggers submit their best articles of the week with one blog serving as the host. The entries are separated into various categories such as Investing, Credit, Debt, Budgeting, Frugality, Wealth Building, Money Management, Financial Planning, Insurance, Taxes, The Economy, Real Estate, et. al.

How To Best Budget Your Finances

October 2, 2009 by Smart Investing · Leave a Comment 

Introduction Learning to budget your money is one of those things where some people have no problem, yet others cannot do it for the life of them. Those of us who find budgeting easy and satisfying don’t really understand those people who can never manage their money properly.We all know someone who is always broke, and we all know someone who although they might not be rich, always has money for the things they need. Financial planning and budgeting are the basis of all financial success.

Myths Common Misperceptions About Budgeting

September 20, 2009 by Smart Investing · Leave a Comment 

Proper financial planning is the key to avoiding living from paycheck to paycheck. We are living in trying times, which greater emphasizes the importance of budgeting your money. In order for our economy to come out of the recession before it gets to deep and long, we must start with the individual. By instilling proper financial planning principles into the masses people will start realizing how and what people can do with their money. I see people all the time living from paycheck to paycheck

Myths Common Misperceptions About Budgeting

September 19, 2009 by Smart Investing · Leave a Comment 

Proper financial planning is the key to avoiding living from paycheck to paycheck. We are living in trying times, which greater emphasizes the importance of budgeting your money. In order for our economy to come out of the recession before it gets to deep and long, we must start with the individual. By instilling proper financial planning principles into the masses people will start realizing how and what people can do with their money. I see people all the time living from paycheck to paycheck

Myths Common Misperceptions About Budgeting

September 18, 2009 by Smart Investing · Leave a Comment 

Proper financial planning is the key to avoiding living from paycheck to paycheck. We are living in trying times, which greater emphasizes the importance of budgeting your money. In order for our economy to come out of the recession before it gets to deep and long, we must start with the individual. By instilling proper financial planning principles into the masses people will start realizing how and what people can do with their money. I see people all the time living from paycheck to paycheck

10,001 Ways To Live Large on a Small Budget* :

September 9, 2009 by Smart Investing · Leave a Comment 

This book is an awesome wealth of tips and idea’s of the frugal type ! A book that every family should have on hand as a resource. The contents of the book cover; food and drink, travel, health and beauty, fun and entertainment, shopping and bargain hunting, green living, education and self improvement all under frugal living. Personal finance which covers, financial planning and budgeting, credit cards and debt, investing, housing, career and money making idea’s. This book was written by the

Track Your Finances with Mint.com

July 28, 2009 by Smart Investing · Leave a Comment 

Note: I am not using Mint.com, yet. My brother told me about it today and I have not had a chance to sign up. Mint is a budget and financial planning site. The idea is simple, enter any accounts you would like to track along with your passwords and Mint starts tracking your finances. You can create a budget and Mint automatically tracks purchases and enters them for you. You are anonymous on Mint in order to add an extra level of security, which was my one concern. I am not completely s

Budgeting – Your Essential Financial Planning Tool

June 28, 2009 by Smart Investing · Leave a Comment 

No matter how much money you have, or how much money you don’t have, you must have a budget. If you find that you don’t have much money, a budget can actually help you save more money. A budget will also help you become more aware of how much money you are unnecessarily spending each month. Did you know that most people actually spend 10% more than they make? And most of them don’t know it. They just wonder why they seem to keep getting further behind. Your budget can be very simple, or very de

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