February 2008 Archives
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Investment Spreadsheet - Part 1
Feb 29, 2008
Spreadsheet Goodness This is part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Download the spreadsheet as: OpenDocument: InvestmentTaxSummary.ods Excel: InvestmentTaxSummary.xls Knowing how to evaluate investments across across tax structures is an important core skill to have....
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HSA plan followup
Feb 25, 2008
For those of you coming into this topic cold, here's a good primer at The Penny Saved: Health Savings Account Vs Health Reimbursement Account Vs Flex Savings Account (and keeping my hair for cheaper) I originally planned to write a...
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Store Startup Costs
Feb 22, 2008
IntroductionI can't think of a hook for this post so let's just pretend you just read something enlightening and skip right to the meat of the article.Scenario Location: Chinatown, San Francisco Business: Ladies' clothing Size: 750 square feet Traffic: Medium...
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Jobs, hiring, networking
Feb 15, 2008
Recession is in the air, people are tightening their belts and polishing their resumes and advice on networking is blooming. How do you network anyways? Let's see if Google can help us. I type into a search "networking + jobs"...
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Watch out for scammers
Feb 12, 2008
I have a dozen topics lined up to be published about once a week but I'll interrupt that schedule to post a public service announcement. While the emphasis is now on internet scams (Nigerian scam, etc), you still need to...
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Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Feb 8, 2008
For my first "real" post, I have resurrected an article about health insurance I was working on late last year. It's been sitting on my hard drive for the past few months while I've pondered how to publish this. Traditional...
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Greetings & Introduction
Feb 8, 2008
"Groan ... not another personal finance blog."If all I did was repeat "spend less than you earn" advice, this website would have little value since there are plenty of good blogs (e.g., Get Rich Slowly or The Simple Dollar) that...
