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No, there are no extra 0′s missing there 😉 I just got finished reading Jacob’s incredible story on how he blew through his $100,000 inheritance before he turned 21, and thought I’d copy him. With a much less exciting story, haha…
Like Jacob, I, too, did not know or care about budgeting back in the college days…

One of the ways that you are likely to lose out in terms of real returns is through fees. When you pay high fees, you end up seeing lower returns. These lower returns are then compounded by the fact that the money you pay in fees not only directly reduces what you receive, but over time that money that could have been invested instead isn’t earning compound interest…

One of the best ways for a business startup to raise funds is through Kickstarter.
Kickstarter is a crowdfunding site that allows business owners to raise money to complete projects. As a business owner, you can ask for money from a wide variety of people, and the power of numbers can provide you with the funds you need…

I’m a busy person and, as I’ve mentioned before, I’m only able to keep track of all of the stuff I need to get done and all of the projects I need to work on by externalizing them as much as possible. I jot down ideas and tasks as they come to mind and spend a bit of time each day organizing those jottings into something useful…

I grew up with gravel driveways. Where I lived, everyone had one. Usually they consisted of two tire wide swathes of gravel, with the in-between part grown up in grass and weeds.
They aren’t necessarily pretty, but they can be practical and less costly than concrete or black top driveways – and they may be kinder to the environment…

Different jobs require employees that have different skill sets and experience. If you aren’t trained as a programmer, it’s likely that you will have a rough transition if you were hired for a demanding SAS programming job at a large corporation. Similarly, if you have never shot a video in your entire life, you simply aren’t qualified to direct a feature length film (or any film for that matter)…

As we just discovered, the lifetime cost of smartphones is enough to make you question the meaning of life.
But why are prices so high and seemingly on the rise when the cost of data transfer should be declining? For starters, there is a lack of competition to keep prices down.
In fact, there are only four legitimate mobile national network operators left in the U…

Free from financial worry. Help keep it that way.Your little one is all grown up! He might be heading off to college in the fall, or she might start working full time after high school graduation. In either case, your job as a parent isn’t quite done.
You also need to make sure they are on the path to building good credit…

I love my usual routine. When my kids are in school, I send them off to the bus and settle down to work. Of course, during the summer it’s a completely different story. Instead, I find myself scrambling to find ways to keep my kids entertained, and more often than not, completely blowing my budget […

Let’s say you’ve taken a look at your credit report, only to find that your credit score has been scuppered and you are now being rejected for credit cards or loans. How can you get back to where you once were if you keep getting rejected? The answer may be: ‘bad credit’ credit cards…

An established credit history and credit score often stands between potential home or car buyers and their dream. But what is a good credit score? What exactly is a credit score? What makes a credit score “good?” How to improve your credit score? If you’re new to building credit there are a few things you need to know in order to keep your credit looking stellar…

For three long years Girl Ninja and I have been diligently socking away $2,000 to $5,000 a month in our savings account. As of Friday, we officially hit our goal to have $100,000 in savings. How hot is that?
Bow chicka bow wow.
If you’ve tracked our net worth at all over the last few months, you’d know this cash accounts for about half our net worth…

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching my husband as he applies for university jobs. He’s had two years’ teaching experience (including graduate level classes) as an adjunct professor, and now he’s ready to try for a full-time job. His teaching evaluations have been overwhelmingly positive, and some of the students he’s worked with have done great things, like present at conferences and have their papers accepted for publication…

Your internal clock could affect your career path.A new study distributed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine suggests that when people prefer to sleep is tied to the college major and, ultimately, the career they choose.Psychology professor Frederick Brown had a group of 1,200 students report their majors and their “morningness” or “eveningness” tendencies — when they prefer to be awake, get up, and go to bed…

This post is from staff writer April Dykman. As a new homeowner, I recently had to buy a homeowners insurance policy. And as a personal finance writer, I tried to take my own advice and “shop around.” To be honest, it was a pain, and the rates I was getting on my own were way too high. Maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad if I wasn’t also trying to close on a house…

Note: For those who’ve subscribed to my new RSS e-mail feed via Aweber, this should be the last duplicate post you will receive over e-mail. The Aweber e-mail subject is “New On Financial Samurai MM.DD,YYYY” for your reference. I’ll be shutting off the Google feedburner e-mail feed tonight so please click the “confirm your subscription e-mail” you received from Aweber the other day…

Here’s our latest Reader Profile Update. Many of you asked for this type of post — a progress report on where past Reader Profile readers are these days financially. I think you’ll really enjoy this. (BTW, if you do enjoy it, you can submit your own update, hint, hint.) :)Today’s post is from JM, who gave us his reader profile a year ago…