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Are personal finance bloggers really any different to Jim Cramer?
For those of us who are not American, so don’t know (or care that much) about CNBC. Jim Cramer is a stock pundit with a show called Mad Money on America’s biggest financial news network. Recently, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show (satirical news chat show, catch it [...]
saving and investing in a low interest era
When interest rates are as low as they currently are, what does it mean for a savings and investment strategy?
low interest era
Well, it’s worth pointing out that for a long time, a lot of savings accounts have being paying a pitifully low rate of interest. Accounts that have been discontinued for new customers have often [...]
tipping in a group
When I was a student, I spent 3 months living in the United States on a J-1 exchange visa, and it was there that I learned to tip. Americans are profligate tippers in comparison to most other cultures, and we were instructed that the *done thing* is to tip around 15% in restaurants (round up [...]
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