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Money Monday: Mint.com

How many of you are Mint.com users? It was one of those websites I signed up for early on, then forgot about. A friend of mine mentioned it recently which propelled me to give it another try. Hands down, Mint…

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Money Monday: UC Pledge

This is an email from the Cal Alumni Assocation. A new economic impact report demonstrates just how important UC is to our state’s economic future: Every $1 the State invests in UC and its students helps attract other revenues and…

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Money Monday: Urban Outfitters

Back from two weeks in Italy and suffering serious jet lag. I woke up at 5am and wasn’t able to go back to sleep so I came into the office. What a productive little employee I am! Many more posts…

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Money Monday: The Budget

I wanted to share my opinion today on the budget–THE budget–as in the federal budget that’s slated to cut $38 billion in spending for the year. The fact that the measure was not finalized until the last minute because of…

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The Miserly Life

I spent exactly $55 this whole weekend.  Comparatively, I usually spend at least five times that–upwards of several hundred dollars from Friday through Sunday.  This was the weekend for coupons. Friday Dean paid for dinner on Friday night.  It was…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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