Family

Budget Power

My wife and I sat down to do our May budget. Here’s how the conversation went: Me: So, how much do you need for kids’ clothes this month… Her: Oh, about 100 bucks… Me: Cool. What about groceries/food? Her: Maybe 500/600 dollars… Me: Sounds about right. Let’s see, that’s 150 for electricity, 65 for cable, 100 for phones… Her: Oh…

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Investing

I AM (Still) The KING…AGAIN

Well, if you read this post last week, you saw that I made a stock purchase that I immediately regretted. I was so embarrassed by it, that I wouldn’t even give out the details. Well, the stock made a pretty big rally today, I was able to sell at a profit, and now I feel okay about the deal. Here’s…

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Taxes

2006 State Sales Tax Holidays

Whew. After much research, I have compiled a chart of all of the State Sales Tax Holidays for the year of 2006. I hope that this chart will help you as you look for bargains. Basically, states will set asside certain dates during the year so that consumers can purchase goods (usually for school) without paying state sales tax. Each…

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