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3 ways to make money after moving your twentysomething self to the big city
Clint Osterholz is a comedian and young gay urban nomad who has lived in a number of cities in North America. He knows a thing or two from experience about…
Arizona State University to Close Up Shop?
Faced with drastic budget cuts with more funding cuts on the horizon, Arizona State University president Michael Crow announced Wednesday that it will prepare to close its Polytechnic campus. Entire…
3 Ways to Relocate Your Twentysomething Self to the Big City and Save Money
Clint Osterholz is a comedian and young gay urban nomad who has lived in a number of cities in North America. He knows a thing or two from experience about…
3 Ways to Move Your Twentysomething Possessions and Save Money
Clint Osterholz is a comedian and young gay urban nomad who has lived in a number of cities in North America. He knows a thing or two (actually count them;…
Gen Y Finances: IRAs and funding your retirement
Bill Donoghue at MarketWatch wrote "You will never retire on the money you save for retirement; you will retire on the money you make on the money you save for…
Gen Y Finances: Determining When To Spend and When to Save
This one may seem obvious but it actually took me several years to figure out. Of course, part of this was getting over the myriad things I could buy when…
Gen Y Finances: Visualizing Your Spending With Technology
Once you've started saving money, one of the best ways you can follow through is by tracking compulsively: what you're making, what you're spending and how you're spending it. Of…
Gen Y Finances: Are CDs Worth It?
Last week I compared CDs to online savings accounts and pointed out that the interest rates on CDs at brick and mortar banks are about the same as the interest…
Gen Y Finances: Should You Be Thinking About Internet Banking
From my post on budgets, you would think the answer is yes, and you'd be right. Partly. I certainly wouldn't be the first to point out the most attractive feature…
Gen Y Finances: What To Do When Things Go Wrong: Dealing With NSFs By Redefining A Zero Balance
NSF fees. Also known as Not Sufficient Funds fees, they're the fee that the bank takes out of your account when you try and take out more money than you…