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Archive for April, 2008

where you live affects how much money you have

It should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the property market in the United Kingdom, that it’s not a cheap place to live. In fact, it’s a pretty expensive place overall - the cheapest area of the country (the North) still has an average home price of about £150k (in US$ that would [...]

emergency funds are no fun

An emergency fund is the least fun, most boringly sensible thing you can do with your money. Saving up for things is great, because you get things that you want in return. Investing for retirement is great, because you get to be rich in return. Even paying off debt is great, because eventually you’ll be [...]

reminder about organ donation

I know this is a little off topic for a personal finance blog, but it was inspired by a comment that guinness416 left on my gift economy post but seriously folks when you’re dead, get your organs donated if possible. I genuinely can’t think of a single good reason why you shouldn’t.
The thing to do, is to be [...]

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