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BeancounterBlog
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Personal finance related topics for the "average joe." A blog written by accountants, for anyone who's not. We cover credit, real estate, tax, investing, and a myriad of other personal finance topics.
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Tax Benefits for Education
Should Your Community Print its own Currency?
Did you know that printing and distributing local currency is completely legal? Under certain circumstances your local city could print its own currency – and because of the current economic conditions many are. First, the rules: The currenc...
How Much Time Should You Spend On Your Finances?
There’s a concept in finance called “cost-benefit analysis” which involves calculating whether an item’s cost outweighs its benefit. For example, I spent 8 hours yesterday cleaning the apartment I just vacated. If I had both...
Wisdom from Kevin Trudeau
I wrote a couple months ago about Kevin Trudeau. I picked up his tome Debt Cures They Don’t Want You to Know About from the library out of morbid curiosity. I haven’t finished the book, but there’s one quote that’s just pric...
Beanie Babies and Economic Bubbles
Karen Blumenthal wrote an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal August 25, 2009 entitled “How I Got Burned by Beanie Babies“. She relates her experience in the Beanie Baby hype to recent bubbles we’ve experienced. The a...
“Putpockets” give a little extra cash
When traveling abroad, one thing you always need to look out for are the pick-pockets. Well, in London a new phenomenon has emerged called “Put-pockets”. Rather than stealing your wallet, these former pick-pockets are sneaking small am...


A lot of very good information here, mostly on personal finance and tax management.
Very well laid out too - love the wordpress theme!
Posted: May 23rd, 2008 | More Reviews From edmurf | Report This Comment