By Karen Norling Eight months ago, my husband, Jim, lost his engineering job at GE Health care here in Ohio. In all those eight months –after dozens and dozens of resumes “snail-mailed” and emailed — not one company has called him for an interview. Not one company has called me for an interview either, despite [...] […]

A while back I ran a short little series outlining a few fun frugal weekend ideas and with Labor Day around the corner, I thought it’d be fun if we all shared some fun ideas we had planned for the weekend. It doesn’t have to be a frugal weekend idea but it does have to [...]

Your Take: Favorite Frugal Weekend Idea? from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com.

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I’ll admit, right at the beginning of this post, that I may be looking at things in a stereotypical manner. I realize that everyone has different reasons for noticing certain things, but I ran into a situation the other day that made me think. I was in the local Applebee’s and the two women in [...] […]

CaliJim | barefootjan | 10 rep. | With regard to the recent diet and exercise discussion - a new thread to drill into a specific sub-topic:~~~~What is a calorie? ~~~~How are calories measured in a lab?~~~~Are food calories measured in the lab in the same way that food calories are measure [...] […]

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stratton | SP-diceman | 1 rep. | Truth really is stranger than fiction. :) ~~~~[url=http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/large_hadron_collider_has_legal_go-ahead_destroy_earth_accidentally]Large Hadron Collider has Legal Go-Ahead to Destroy Earth (Accidently)[/url]~~[quote:1060c90370]Pr [...] […]

Stephano | TJAJ9 | 7 rep. | BND versus VBMFX~~~~Do either of these have better returns ? The shares of the "fund" are cheaper, so would the cheaper shares have the better return ?~~~~Thanks […]

regrab | TJAJ9 | 4 rep. | Does a 100% bond fund or funds sound reasonable for a 80 year old,such as 50% total Bond fund and 50% Tips, ~~ regrab […]

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Jacobkg | Adrian Nenu | 21 rep. | Allan Roth writes a great article about how thinking about long-term CDs a little differently makes them a great deal compared to treasuries. The key is to look at a 7 or 10 year CD as actually a 2 year CD with a lower interest rate (after the penalty for [...] […]

Febreze | Febreze | rep. | I dont have much of an estate now and I am fairly young. I want to start setting things up to make them easier for when I do get older and have a family.~~~~I dont have the money to consult a serious estate planner now so I am doing research on my own and [...] […]

rwwoods | Adrian Nenu | 4 rep. | Adrian~~~s Rule states that you set your equity percentage of your portfolio to twice the maximum bear market loss that you are willing to accept. This rule applies very well to an investor in the accumulation phase, but significantly understates the drawd [...] […]

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