I do very little stock trading. In fact, the only individual stocks I hold are Microsoft (MSFT) and Akamai (AKAM), both of which I purchased with free money for opening a brokerage account. Naturally, I think free cash is a perfect candidate for experimentation with the stock market and I most likely would not have ...

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Choose the home that's right for you (Photo: flickr.com) Is your plate big enough? CLICK HERE if you missed part one of this article. So think long and hard about what you need in a home, because the mortgage costs are very real. Even if you are in a dual-income family, with both at the average income, the ...

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Former GOP presidential hopeful being urged to leave South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer (Photo: schotline.wordpress.com) At one time, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was one of the most vocal critics of President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He insisted that the best thing for the country was that Mr. Clinton step down, because his actions ...

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This coming Thursday, August 27, I will be hosting an online chat session. Please feel free to join me on Money Quantum, a social network for people whose lives involve money, to chat about personal finance, investing, blogging or anything else we feeling like chatting about. I will share more information about Money Quantum later. ...

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It’s been a while since I’ve taken the pulse of our readers on a hot topic, so I figured it was time. I’ve been paying closer attention than usual to the various proposals in Congress dealing with healthcare and health insurance reform, and I’ve made a list of the different things they’re trying to tackle. ...

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