Financial Reflections

Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle.

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Financial Five, February 6, 2008

By admin • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Financial Five, Government, Income

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other spots around the web.

Need to make money?  Free Money Finance is posting ways to make money every day in February.  Here’s how you can make money in a focus group.
Is it effective to limit CEO pay? [...]



Financial Five, Friday, January 30th, 2009

By admin • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Financial Five

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other spots around the web.



Financial Five, January 23, 2009

By admin • Jan 23rd, 2009 • Category: Economy, Financial Five, frugal

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other spots around the web.  Still, little good news in the economy with layoffs and retailers in jeopardy.

How frugal are you?  GLB Guy at Gather Little by little says he’s sort of frugal.  The post outlines all [...]



Financial Five: Friday, January

By admin • Jan 16th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Financial Five, Government, Real Estate, foreclosure

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social financial news site Afternoon Rally and other sites around the web. This week was a tough one as the economy continues to slide and the bailout continues to balloon…



Financial Five: January 2, 2009

By admin • Jan 2nd, 2009 • Category: Financial Five, Investing, Real Estate

My weekly roundup of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other sites around the web.  This week, it’s a look back and a look ahead for the first Friday of the New Year.

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Financial Five: December 19th, 2008

By admin • Dec 19th, 2008 • Category: Financial Five, Investing, Jobs, frugal

Five financial stories that caught my attention, as found on Afternoon Rally, a social financial news site. You can  join Afternoon Rally and submit stories you like or just take a look at the latest headlines and video feeds. You never know, a story you submit or vote on, might end up profiled in the Financial Five.

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Financial Five: August 4th, 2008 Foreclosure Edition

By admin • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Bankruptcy, Financial Five, Real Estate, foreclosure

If you’ve read my previous posts, you will know that foreclosure has been on my mind lately. Not because I’m facing foreclosure myself (I’m doing fine in that department), but because I know of about a dozen homes within walking distance of mine that are for sale — and have been for some time.

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Financial Five: July 29, 2008

By admin • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Financial Five, Real Estate

The Financial Five
Five stories about personal finance that caught my eye.

You can lead a horse to water: A Georgia family ends up in foreclosure after the TV show Extreme Makeover hands them a house.
Speaking of Foreclosures: Time has a great article on who gets help.
Washington Post: Can FreddieMac and FannieMae stand on their own in [...]



Financial Five: Tax Time

By coglethorpe • Apr 13th, 2006 • Category: Financial Five, taxes

It’s that time of the year.  Taxes are due on April 17th, so I thought I would round up a few items that might prove helpful if you’re scrambling to meet the deadline.

Don’t be a Hatch: Richard Hatch’s shrewd dealings got him past the other Survivors and a prize of $1,000,000.  But he couldn’t convince the [...]



Financial Five: Happy Money

By coglethorpe • Feb 14th, 2006 • Category: Financial Five

Attack on midhanders.  Will real estate agents become a thing of the past?
Making the case for cold, hard cash: The Myth of the Cashless Society.
I’ve been laid off twice.  Once due to 9-11 and once due to a product line cancelation.  But I’ve never been fired.  Here’s how to avoid it.  Oh, and don’t blog about [...]