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80% off CrossFit in Buckhead
March 31, 2010 – 7:52 am | One Comment
80% off CrossFit in Buckhead

Click here for the deal
Todays Groupon deal is something im pretty excited about.  Its for 80% off at BTB CrossFit.  Ive been wanting to try out CrossFit for a while now, just havent done …

Why Don’t Women Talk About Their Personal Finances?
March 30, 2010 – 8:30 am | One Comment

The article below is from Alexa Von Tobel at The Huffington Post
In 2010, women talk freely and openly about everything–work, sex, politics, the latest diet trends and “how to get in shape fast” for …

Dow hits 18 month high!
March 25, 2010 – 12:44 pm | One Comment
Dow hits 18 month high!

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is currently trading at 10,946.  Only 54 points away from 11,000.  This is the highest the market has been since September 29, 2008.  Proving once again that it is …

$250,000 FDIC insurance extended
March 25, 2010 – 10:15 am | One Comment
$250,000 FDIC insurance extended

During the “Great Recession” the government did many things to try and help stabilize the financial system.  One of those was to increase the FDIC insurance on bank accounts from $100,000 to $250,000.  This was …

Big $$$ for NFL players?
March 24, 2010 – 4:22 pm | 3 Comments
Big $$$ for NFL players?

From today’s WSJ article “Its the National Frugal League”
This was supposed to be the year the socialists who run the National Football League finally got a taste of the free market.
Thanks to a poison …

The Lost Decade? Not so for the Yale Endowment
March 24, 2010 – 7:58 am | 2 Comments
The Lost Decade? Not so for the Yale Endowment

There was a great article in this months financial-planning magazine, titled “A Yale Tale.” Im not going to add much personal context around the story, but instead just use quotes from the article to illustrate …

High-End Repos include $15 Million Jet
March 23, 2010 – 2:10 pm | One Comment
High-End Repos include $15 Million Jet

I thought this was a pretty cool article from the WSJ, so I figured I would throw it up for other people to see.  Looks like its not just poor people who are having their …

Should you pay down your mortgage?
March 23, 2010 – 7:15 am | No Comment
Should you pay down your mortgage?

The NYTimes did I nice article the other day on going through the thought process of paying down a mortgage.  The author begins by mentioning the fact that the Federal Reserve maintained its stance to …

Arnold Palmer in the USA Today
March 22, 2010 – 7:30 pm | No Comment
Arnold Palmer in the USA Today

Not much to say about this article, just thought it was a pretty neat one about Arnie.  Cool to see how much passion he still has for the game of golf.  The article, titled “Arnold …

Is $1 Million enough to retire?
March 22, 2010 – 1:01 pm | One Comment
Is $1 Million enough to retire?

This is a very difficult question to answer because it depends on a ton of variables.  Perhaps the most important being how old you are?  If you are 65 years old $1 Million may be …