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Tracking your Finances? What Works?

January 12, 2009 By Jim 5 Comments

I used to track our finances very closely. However the last few years I have had problems keeping up. With my finances a mess I had to try something. I used Quicken from about 1995 through 2001. Starting out with a version that came with a Macintosh, I then bought a PC and bought a [...]

Filed Under: Banking, Debt Management, Goals

Friday Roundup

January 25, 2008 By Jim Leave a Comment

Need a will? How about online wills? Virgin gets into banking in the US by putting it between you and your friends/relatives. Married people need to make sure this does not happen to them. Just my 2 cents. Jim @ ChangeJarSavings.com © 2008 ChangeJarSavings.com

Filed Under: Banking, Debt Management

Time and Interest Rates

January 23, 2008 By Jim Leave a Comment

For most people that I talk with about finance, especially interest, they start to have the deer in the headlights look almost with the second word. It is not that they cannot understand but do not want too. When it comes to interest, they as you have indicated you just simply take the interest times [...]

Filed Under: Debt Management, Investing

Free Three Day Weekend

January 20, 2008 By Jim Leave a Comment

Martin Luther King Day is not a holiday that all states in the US make employers observe. My state, Wisconsin is one of them. My employer is based in California and they give their employees this holiday off. As it is in the middle of the three day weekend, Sunday. I started to notice the [...]

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Financial advice?

January 19, 2008 By Jim Leave a Comment

I was looking around the net today for something to inspire me. It came to me when I stumbled upon the “One Year Savings Plan” at Real Simple magazines site. My jaw just dropped open reading the advice (and I use the word loosely) that some places give. The article says… If you want this [...]

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