As part of our next group writing project over at The Finance Blog Network, we are sharing our predictions for how the remainder of the year will pan out for the economy.  Then, at the beginning of next year, we will see how accurate our predictions turned out to be.
Who Will Win The Presidential Election?
I think the [...]

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At first it was just annoying.  I drive a tiny Toyota Corolla that gets 35+ mpg even in the city and by luck managed to fill up the day before the shortage started, so initially I wasn’t too concerned.  After all, I assumed it would just be a few days.  But the Atlanta gas shortage only [...]

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In a surprise move, the House of Representatives yesterday voted against Paulson’s $700 billion bailout bill.  I was shocked, personally, because the bill was widely expected to pass and seemed to have a lot of support from both parties in congress.  In any event, this basically brings us back to square one since what happens [...]

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This morning, I almost had to call in sick to work.  My car was running on empty and I couldn’t find a gas station that actually had gas.  Eventually, after visiting 5 different stations, I eventually found one in an out-of-the-way location that still had gas.  At $4.50 per gallon.  The problem is two-fold.
Hurricanes Ike [...]

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A lower dollar and high oil prices aren’t all bad news.  According to the US Department of Commerce, exports grew by 21% for the year ending in June 2008, trimming the trade deficit by a small but nonetheless significant 4%.  But there’s another not-so-often-reported benefit of the current economic situation:  products manufactured and sold domestically [...]

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Today, the price of oil briefly dipped below $100 per barrel for the first time in who knows when, down from a high of $147 per barrel in early July.  What’s more, prices are expected to be a bit lower still this time next year.  So this is good, right?  Gas prices will (hopefully) fall [...]

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This post is part of a group writing project with the Finance Blog Network. 
I’ve received a lot of advice over the years; more of it bad than good, probably.  Even so, it’s nearly impossible to pick out the single best tidbit of financial advice I’ve ever received, but I’ll take a stab at it anywhere.  The [...]

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With November getting nearer by the day, it’s hard to avoid at least hearing if not participating in heated debates over which candidate would do better on this or that issue.  Everybody has their opinion on which candidate would be best for the economy, but usually the arguments you hear are based more on emotion [...]

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A few months ago, Pinyo from Moolanomy launched PF Buzz, a social bookmarking site focused on the personal finance blogosphere.  You can think of it as Digg for personal finance, so if you enjoy Digging and have an interest in personal finance, investing, or related topics you should give PF Buzz a try. 
Advantages To Blog Readers
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Have you ever gotten spam emails or chain letters saying something like
“…for the rest of this year, DON’T purchase ANY gasoline
from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL…?”
Yeah me too.  Obviously, this won’t work because these silly little boycotts don’t actually decrease the demand for gasoline;  they merely shift it around [...]

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