Red Light Cameras: Public Safety or Government Revenue? + MORE

One of the key ingredients to building wealth is to start as early as possible. At this point, most blogs will tell you all about compound interest and how starting early will give your money more time to grow. That’s true, but lately, I’ve been thinking there is something else about starting young that gives you even more advantage than compound interest…

So are you bullish on the market, or are you looking for the bears to come back out of the woods to take a swipe at recent gains so far this year?
But why make that call? Instead, there are investments that you can easily buy that don’t rely on being a bull or a bear and betting your retirement that you’re going to be right…

Few of us like the idea of being unemployed. Looking for work is difficult and demoralizing. However, it can also open up new avenues. Many people use their time without a job to improve themselves and look for new opportunities.
If you are looking for inspiration, or just looking for helpful hints, here are 10 books that you can read while you are unemployed to help you boost your efforts to improve your life – and maybe even find another job!
Read through these books as quickly as possible to boost your chances of coming up with new employment ideas before you get in a financial pinch…

Dealing with a job loss is never easy. The financially-adept deal with the change fairly well as they may be safe with an emergency fund to take them through for a few months or more. Others who prefer to live like the grasshopper rather than the ant add disconcerting questions such as “how do I put food on the table?”, “how am I going to make my mortgage payment?” or variations still involving the pressing need to find money…

It’s hard to believe that two years ago, I boarded a plane and moved 3,000 miles to a small Caribbean island called Grenada. It was a gusty decision, a leap of faith, and it’s turned out to be the experience of a lifetime.
As you can imagine, jumping into a Caribbean culture can be a bit of a shock…

So it’s been over a week and a half now chillin’ at the mother-in-law’s, and so far everything’s going superbly. Every day we hang out together, drink coffee together, and even have dinner at a normal time of night together – 6pm. Down 5 hours from our normal late-night feeding we were trying to break 😉 I’m actually feeling like a responsible adult these days! (And to answer my own question from earlier – no, we do not have any curfews, haha…)
I’m also LOVING the feeling of vagabonding over here…

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Victoria’s Secret cuts up to 50% off clearance apparel, American Eagle Outfitters cuts an extra 50% off clearance items, Virgin America 1-way fares from $79, and more!

There’s a red light camera a block away from where I live. Haunting and taunting me. Just waiting to snag me.Red light cameras have infested Ventura, Calif. About 20 of them oversee this beach community, one of the first to install such technology. The photos could very well be your most pricey portrait at about $500 a pop…

Password Fail
Does anyone else have their passwords written down and hidden somewhere other than their underwear drawer (because that is the first place thieves look)?
Now that you have to include special characters and a capital and be more than 6 characters I can’t remember any of them.  I press the button that says to remember me on this computer but sometimes the computer forgets and I have to hunt for the paper…

This is a post from staff writer Robert Brokamp of The Motley Fool. Robert is a Certified Financial Planner and the adviser for The Motley Fool’s Rule Your Retirement service. This year, it happened — something many have been predicting for years: Taxes went up. And most likely, the hikes will just keep coming…

Yesterday, I was motivated to further clean up my excess financial accounts. After a long delay, I moved my main accounts into a revocable living trust, a legal entity I created earlier this year to keep my finances in the best order possible. As I visited Wells Fargo yesterday to move my primary checking account into the trust, the customer service representative was surprised that someone so young would be establishing such a trust…

Business owners assessing overhead and productivity keep a close eye on the involvement and enthusiasm of their employees as they perform their tasks. According to the results of a new poll, where you are in the country may be affecting employee productivity.
The poll, released by Gallup, provides a State-by-State look at which workers throughout the Nation are most and least actively involved and enthusiastic about the work they do…

I work in a great office environment, and with some really great people. My colleagues and I have a lot of fun, especially around people’s birthdays and anniversary dates with the company.
We don’t want to leave anybody out, though, so we bring something in for our own birthdays. This way, nobody forgets…

We’ve discussed how to lower the cost of food through cooking, a list of the best warehouse deals, your favorite cheap foods, and even the cost benefits of a vegetarian diet as part of the Summer of Saving series.
All good things, but even with all of this enhanced knowledge, there’s still one big thing missing: piecing it all together, and producing a delicious and healthy, yet cheap meal that inspires you to further embrace this lifestyle shift…

Monday morning I met John at the cafeteria. He was brewing coffee and I was there for a cup of tea. He sighed in between the conversation and said “5 more days”. Seeing my puzzled look, he explained further – “to the weekend”. We all wait for the weekend the whole week. Almost 60 hours of time,do we always know what we want to do in the coming weekend…

Every day, I look at my young children and realise that they will never be this young again.
That single fact is often more than enough motivation for me to put down whatever I’m doing and go spend time with them.
Before I know it, they won’t want to spend an hour playing with their dad any more and it’s at that point that I’ll really miss those lost opportunities…

Music is a universal language, and I enjoy listening to almost any genre. Whether it’s on my iPod, my phone, or my computer, I always have music on hand.
In the past, I used iTunes to find the best new music available. With new songs frequently costing $1.29 each, however, I had to find a better way…

We’re throwing a bit of a myth-busting party today. And you’re invited.
You see, instead of just debunking one widely held (but false) belief, we’re shining the light of truth on three popular misconceptions — in rapid-fire fashion, no less.
It’s time to cue up The Gap Band’s chart-topping electro-funk hit, “You Dropped a Bomb on Me…