I've been using Mint for the last six months or so, and it's been a really nice tool to track all my purchases (and the wife's purchases!). Sometimes you'll need to go in and manually categorize things, but truthfully, that's the thing that has kept me engaged in what I'm spending.
I also just...
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I'm trying to sort out my Girlfriends mums holding of Transocean shares and I've been met with what to me, seems to be complete lunacy.
Before i start i should say i actually work in a Stockbrokers myself so I'm far from clueless when it comes to this sort of thing.
Unfortunately in...
Gross Urges 'Full Nationalization' of Housing Finance - BusinessWeek
I have to say, I didn't expect this, but at the same time he's not entirely crazy.
The biggest problem with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, in my opinion at least, is their dual mandate - they're federally chartered to provide...
Finance & Economics
Since there's been a growing number of financial threads around here lately, we decided to create a separate subforum to group them all in. This is awesome, insanely epic news you should be excited about for one of two reasons:
1.) You care deeply, intensely, and personally...
Everyone can always use insight on being better with their money, so here's a thread about it. This is for general budgeting, credit info, money management and things of that nature. Basically, a lighter version of Drew's crazy investment thread. ;)
t r u t h o u t | How Big Banks' Greek-Style Schemes Are Bankrupting States Across the US
This one is courtesy of TruthOut, which probably should have been my first clue. :lol:
The gist, for those of you who don't want to wade through it all, is that banks are evil because they sold state...
Yes, this is an actual Yahoo Finance story. Colin (my roommate) sent me this because, I suspect, he wanted to see if my head would actually explode.
your-401k-getting-back-what-you-lost.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
I can explain if you want, but trust me - this is the most...