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There’s No Bailout Clause in Your Credit Card Contract

Consumer Reports took out an ad space on Monday’s USA Today, reminding us all to be a little bit wiser with our credit cards during this difficult holiday season: From [Money & Shopping Blog] and...

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Five Quick Reminders for the Holidays: Post-it Notes Style

You might be wondering why your pal Cap is so corny these days.  Truth be told, as I get older, it becomes harder to be a wise-cracking, sarcastic moron poking fun at all things in life (although...

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17,511 Reasons Not to Buy Individual Stocks

You know all those generic personal finance advice about how you should just invest in index funds and not bother with individual stocks? Yeah well, I guess they were onto something.  Here’s a snapshot...

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Four Financial Advantages as You Get Older

You probably know how it is.  Like me, you’ve reached that point where it’s entirely inappropriate to consider yourself a “kid” since it’s been years you’ve finished college (or should have finished)...

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Got Debt from Stupid Spending? Suck It Up and Fix It

Whew. Good riddance to 2008 eh? What a craptacular year. Without going into too much details, lets just say yours truly made a series of serious mistakes in 2008, almost on the same level of my...

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Lazy Budgeting: Planning $500+ Purchases Ahead of Time

Not to brag or anything, but my discretionary income is rather healthy.  How so?  Well, the main reason is because I live (and look) like a bum.  Hah.  But regardless of how stable my financial life...

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Breakdown: The $8,000 First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

If you’re still on the fence about acquiring a home, then Uncle Sam has just thrown an extra incentive for those of you that’s still debating on waiting further or buying — a nice fat, $8,000 incentive...

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So Your Life Sucks, But Your Finance Doesn’t Have To

A recent instant message from my younger cousin pointed me towards the deliciously funny website: fmylife.com, which basically contains various stories and tidbits about how much one’s life sucks. For...

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Avoid Costly Medical Bill Errors & Mistakes

Half a decade ago when I was 19, I was sitting in a hospital waiting room as a family member underwent a medical procedure. Spying a cute girl of similar age across the room, I proceeded to try and...

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Breakdown: The Credit CARD Act of 2009

Some may wonder if its redundant to pass legislation that’s similar to regulation already imposed by banking regulators, but regardless, the newly minted Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and...

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Accidental Frugality – Can You Live on Half of Your Income?

Maybe you just got robbed by Zorro or maybe there’s now an unexpected child support payment (oh snap!?) — whatever the circumstances are, would you be able to live on half of your income? A few years...

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The 2009 Financial Crisis Timeline in Photos

January 5, 2009 – Rescuing Fannie Mae (source) The Federal Reserve Bank of New York begins purchasing fixed-rate mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae under a...

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Before Setting Financial New Years Resolution: Discover and Understand Your...

Before you start setting up various financial New Year resolution goals, one quick exercise you should probably do is to focus on prioritizing  your financial weakness that cost you the most money....

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$8,000 Home Tax Credit

Curious about the $8,000 home tax credit for first-time homebuyer?  If you’re in the position to claim this tax credit, you’ve most likely read plenty about it.  The gist is simple,  homebuyers who...

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Bye-Bye Cubicle, Hello Children: Why I Quit Corporate America to Be a...

This is a post from Jeff Bogle, one of our first contributing blogger here at StopBuyingCrap. Back in 2008, Jeff left his steady corporate job at Vanguard to be a stay-at-home dad. Jeff writes...

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Health Care Reform H.R. 3590 Summary: What’s In the Health Care Bill and How...

Regardless of how you feel about the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the United States, there are some important changes in this health care bill that directly impacts...

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Earned Income Tax Credit: Do I Qualify?

For people with low and moderate income level, the earned income tax credit (EITC/EIC) is one of the most overlooked tax credit. In 2008, 25% of taxpayers that qualify for this tax credit but miss out...

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State Tax Free Filing

Wondering if there are options to free eFile for your state taxes? If you qualify and your state is in the program, you may be eligible for free state tax filing online from various tax preparation...

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Teach Your Children About Money Management by Playing Shopkeeper

This is a post from Jeff Bogle, one of our first contributing blogger here at StopBuyingCrap. Back in 2008, Jeff left his steady corporate job at Vanguard to be a stay-at-home dad. Jeff writes...

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TurboTax E-File IRS Rejected, PIN or AGI Error? (When IRS PIN Website is...

So its April 17th and you’re doing your taxes the very last minute. Good news, you just got an email or text from Intuit saying your e-file was REJECTED. Fudge? I just experienced this problem over the...

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