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  1. When Daycare Costs More Than Your Salary

    http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/12/01/when-daycare-costs-more-than-your-salary/

    Daycare is a pretty big expense for most households. The trouble is, the price of daycare is going up, even in hard economic times. With parents losing their jobs or having their hours seriously cut, many people are left without many promising options as they can no longer afford their childcare expenses. …

    5 hours ago
  2. Credit Card Owners to get an Extra 60 Days to Pay

    http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/27/credit-card-owners-to-get-an-extra-60-days-to-pay/

    The UK government has secured a promise from credit card issuers to give struggling borrowers a small reprieve, according to the Wall St. Journal. Under the plan, debtors who are currently in discussion with a not-for-profit debt advisory service will have collections activity against them suspended …

    4 days ago
  3. Top 6 Ways To Get Gift Cards For Less

    http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/26/top-6-ways-to-get-gift-cards-for-less/

    With the holiday season upon us and many people looking for ways to save money, we’ve got just the ticket. Now, I don’t know about you guys, but personally I’d rather get gift cards to stores of my choice than someone trying to buy me something I won’t use or won’t like. …

    5 days ago
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    Guest Post: Is Your Credit Card Causing You To Sleep on the Couch? Handling Money in a Relationship

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    Why You Need An Estate Plan And How To Set One Up.

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    No More Spending.net

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    Today I have a guest post from Jonathan at Master Your Card. Master Your Card is a site about making you credit card work for you, and although I no longer use a credit card, I know what a useful tool they can be in managing your finances if you use them responsibly.

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    Wake Me Now

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    7 Ways to Trim the Fat from Your Monthly Budget

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    Credit Card Owners to get an Extra 60 Days to Pay

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    they have been. Charge-offs and delinquencies have nearly doubled in the last two and a half years, and things are only just getting started. See the chart below (click for sharper image) that I created with data sourced from the Federal Reserve: Of course, this is still well below the 7.85% peak in the first quarter of 2002, but the chances are that record will be beaten - and beaten badly - some time in 2009. Banks know this, and in an attempt to stem the losses, they

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    Roundup

    http://wideopenwallet.com/2008/11/roundup-27/

    oh man, if only I had known about that! I didn’t get online much so this round up is fairly short… but I’m sure you’re busy too.  So it’s just less reading for you.  Master Your Card gave us 6 ways to get cheap or free gift cards.  Gotta love free money! Pecuniarities told us two natural and economic ways to end dry winter skin.  I think I’m gonna try these. Frugal Dad gave us 6 ways to reduce your technology costs and

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    Emily's list: Holiday shopping edition

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    this winter. It's easy for your emotions to get the best of you, but do you really need more debt. 8. Who doesn't love the convenience of giving gift cards as presents? Master Your Card lists six ways you can buy gift cards for less than full price. Just make sure you don't buy one for a store that is going out of business! 9. The holidays are emotional, and you will probably want to buy your sweetheart the world. But if you're sharing a budget, you need to make decisions

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    Financial Ramblings

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    loan to pay off your credit cards even though you are making your payment at The Credit Toolbox. Dinks is giving us some investment ideas. The Digerati Life is talking about the “mystic” Black Friday. Master Your Card is giving us 6 ways to get gift cards for less! Enjoy your weekend! Carnivals: Carnival of Personal Finance If you liked this article, you might want to sign up for my FULL RSS FEED. Then, you would get my daily post in your email and can read it at any time. To subscribe, please click

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    For me, sleepy Saturday follows Black Friday

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    Canadian Capitalist doesn’t think Warren Buffett is losing his touch. (I don’t either.) Four Pillars rants about the death of index investing and other silly stats. MoneyNing hosts a guest post from Jonathan at Master Your Card, who describes 8 bad things you’re teaching your kids about money.