Saving Money at Starbucks

Sep 8, 2012 by

Many personal finance authors tell people they could be a millionaire if they only skipped their daily Starbucks and somehow managed...

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Draining Visa Gift Cards and O...

Aug 27, 2012 by

I’ve always found gift cards harder to deal with than cash, as they force you to have another item to track. In the case of...

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Managing Your Health Savings A...

May 4, 2012 by

I was recently asked by Matt Stroud of Reuters to comment on how to best manage health savings accounts. Some of my remarks appeared...

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Health Insurance: Who Takes th...

Dec 23, 2011 by

Health insurance is fundamentally a product designed to help share the risk of medical expenditures. (While it also serves the purpose...

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How to Buy Renminbi

Nov 13, 2011 by

Numerous articles have been written about how the Chinese Renminbi (also known as the Chinese Yuan) is undervalued, relative to the...

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The Value of Certainty

Aug 28, 2011 by

On August 9th, 2011, Ben Bernanke declared that he would maintain a zero interest rate policy for two years. While I am not sure...

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The Value of a Rupee

May 23, 2011 by

Greetings from India, home of the Indian Rupee. Having previously written about the value of the Canadian Dollar, Chinese Renminbi,...

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Don't Worry – Use a...

Mar 28, 2011 by

Imagine that you are considering buying a car. On the one hand, prices might drop over time. On the other hand, interest rates might...

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