Illinois sues Cambridge Credit Counseling
The state of Illinois is suing Cambridge Credit Counseling, both for apparent conflicts of interest and illegally high fees. Cambridge Credit Counseling is a debt management service. They assist with budgeting and discharging debt for their customers.
In the lawsuit, the Attorney General of Illinois says that Cambridge Credit Counseling has an [...]
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This is an ongoing monthly update on how our equity investments are performing. Please see this background on the investment tool I developed and how I am using it to track our performance against a benchmark to measure our progress or lack thereof.
The only equity investments not covered are:
1) my 401k which is [...]
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When money is tight, clipping coupons can be a simple way to save a few dollars, even if it does seem old-fashioned. It just takes planning, research, and flexibility.
Sketch Out Your Strategy
One of the traps of using coupons is that many people end up buying items they normally would not. Decide what you need to [...]
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Pre Agricultural Times
In the days before agriculture, human beings pretty much had to go out and kill or pick their meals from nature. Our ancestors, for millions of years, ate nothing but animal fat and protein, nuts, berries and certain vegetables. Evolution has created our genes to thrive on this kind of food. Better health [...]
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Let the Budgeting Begin
Budgeting is a lot like dieting – almost everyone has tried to do it before, but most people fail to stick with their plans in the long term. Why is that, and does this mean that you won’t be able to stick to a budget?
How budgets can fail
The truth is that most [...]
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