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What Is Your Relationship to Cash? 3 Money Scenarios That Are Crucial to Getting Your Financial House in Order

Posted on March 12, 2010

The following “thought exercises” from Alvin Hall, financial educator and author of You and Your Money, can help you understand your internal money attitudes – and how you’ll deal with the ups and downs that life is apt to throw your way.

Why You Should Ignore the Three Golden Rules of Investing

Posted on March 12, 2010

Investing guru Jim Cramer, author of Jim Cramer’s Real Money, espouses the foolishness behind conventional wisdom to “buy and hold,” “own don’t trade,” and “never speculate.”

Financial Cramming: Six Tips on Managing Debt

Posted on March 9, 2010

Carrying any type of debt can be hazardous to your long-term financial health. Here are six quick tips for dealing with debt, from Get a Financial Life by Beth Kobliner.

Simple Steps to Save Energy — and Money — at Home

Posted on December 17, 2009
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Pare away at your energy use by evaluating your household appliances and making smart buying choices. From Green Goes With Everything: Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet by Sloan Barnett, a regular contributor to NBC’s Today show

How to Buy Organic Without Breaking the Bank

Posted on December 10, 2009
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How can you live green but stay within your means? Get started by following these tips for eating organic on a budget from Sloan Barnett, a Today show regular and the author of Green Goes With Everything: Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet.