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The Dow took a huge hit today! It was the second largest point drop so far this year (-311). The biggest was -416 on February 27, 2007. The largest point drop in history was when the market opened back up on September 17, 2001 after September 11th (-685).
The thing about any drops (or gains) in [...]

Want to know where you rank as far as your annual income or salary? Many people just don’t realize how well off and blessed we are in the United States compared to many of the the world’s poor. Even if you were making the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour (which equates to [...]

Let us remember on this Memorial Day the fallen military heroes who have fought so bravely and sacrificed their lives for our freedom in this country both in our history and our recent past. Please pray for the families of these heroes and for all the armed forces currently serving around the world in places [...]

Amanda of Personal Finance 101 emailed me about a finance survey for couples she’s conducting to gather some research on how couples manage their money. If you are not single, and would like to fill out an anonymous survey to help her out, go to the survey by clicking here. It would be greatly appreciated!

I just realized that the comments were off on the most recent posts. That was not my intention and for some reason it defaulted to disabling comments. The problem is now fixed and you can comment as freely as you want which is also what I want. So go find an older post and speak [...]

It’s very interesting to look at some financial norms or habits in different cultures around the world. I recently ran across this:
“Terms of mortgages are an interesting area of cross-cultural differences in financial services. The typical mortgage in the United States is for 30 years, whereas in Canada mortgages are issued for five years, with [...]

Just wanted to let you guys know that I’ve received my $15 rebate directly from Paypal today. I wrote about the rebate back in February.
Here’s the email from Paypal:

So if you haven’t received your $15 yet, just wait. It should be arriving soon. Also, keep checking here for more coupons and deals! God Bless!

In light of the horrible events that took place at Virginia Tech earlier this week, all we can really do is pray. Pray for everyone that’s been affected by this and know that prayer does change things!
I know that we’ve been blasted by the news about this and it seems like it’s all that we’re [...]

Here’s a reminder:
Back in February I wrote about a rare $15 rebate for Paypal. This Paypal $15 off $30 rebate is coming to an end in a couple days. Register your email at the promotion site and make a purchase on eBay or any participating store by March 31st, 11:59 pm PST. I still [...]

Before the Internet bubble burst, there was an Internet company called AllAdvantage that paid people to surf the web by using their software that delivered ads. They actually paid out cash ($0.50/hour). Now the same people who started AllAdvantage have now started Agloco promising much of the same.
Here’s why I’m skeptical at this point [...]

I just got my federal income tax refund direct deposited today! I got a “whopping” $202, which is pretty small compared to the average tax refund this year of $2,423, according to the IRS! I’m still waiting for my state refund, which is supposed to be $179.
If you haven’t already started on your 2006 taxes, [...]

Don’t forget. Daylight Savings starts tonight! Make sure you remember to push your clocks forward one hour so you won’t be late for church! An easy way to remember whether or not to go forward or backwards: spring forward, fall back.

I’ve got two posts going on right now for the March Madness competition at Free Money Finance. Leave a comment and vote for my posts ! You can also win prizes from Free Money Finance for leaving a comment! I’ll even give you a big “God Bless You” if you do!

Hey! We’re going to mix it up for the Verse of the Day for the month of March for March Madness! The book of Proverbs contains exactly 31 chapters; perfect for reading one chapter a day for a month! That’s what we’re going to do for the month of March since it has 31 days! [...]