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What Do I Do During a Bear Market?  What Do I Invest In?

What Do I Do During a Bear Market? What Do I Invest In?

Photo by: artct45If you’re between 20-40 years old, don’t do anything. Stay where you’re at, markets fluxuate. That is their nature and that should have been something you learned before you got it. If this is your first time hearing about it, don’t worry and more importantly, don’t run. Let the traders panic. That is [...]

Another Way To Make Money Online; Courtesy Of Microsoft…

Photo by: A Fighting FaithNo, I’m not talking about the ol’ “Bill Gates will send you money if you forward this email” spoof.  I am talking about Microsoft’s Usability Research team.  Clearly Microsoft has a lot of new products that need testing, and it can’t all be done in house; they need a larger audience [...]

Should I Go To College Or Graduate School To Make More Money?

Should I Go To College Or Graduate School To Make More Money?

A question as old as college I suppose. Colleges need to make money too! What better way to market it than to say you’re DEFINITELY make more money by attending it. Colleges have marketing departments also; they’re businesses just like Walmart and Macys. They’re in the game to make money. Do you NEED to go [...]

365 Days of Statistics On My Finances, My Blog Stats, And My Revenue Here @ The MiB

365 Days of Statistics On My Finances, My Blog Stats, And My Revenue Here @ The MiB

I’m a fan of numbers, but I try not to get too wrapped up in them.  They’re good markers, but the main point is to drive through with them and continue improving them.  They can go up and down and really frustrate you if you let them. I’ve more than paid for my site but [...]

One Heck Of A Free Giveaway Over @ 20sMoney!

One Heck Of A Free Giveaway Over @ 20sMoney!

Kevin over at 20smoney.com is cooking up a little contest giving away $250 to one lucky reader.  Couldn’t hurt to head over and toss your name in the hat!

The Stats and Winners of Hanks Holiday Handout #3!

The Stats and Winners of Hanks Holiday Handout #3!

I’d have to say that this contest was leaps and bounds better than the last 2 I’ve run here at the MiB!  Maybe it had to do with the $300 of cold-hard-giftcard-cash we were handing out, but who knows.   

Welcome to the Rebrand! Hanks Weekly Hangouts #41 (August 4, 2008)

So here we are at week #41 of Hank’s Weekly Hangouts and we’ve made some good progress on many fronts.  We’re approaching 10,000 entries in Hank’s Holiday Handout #3! We’ve had some amazing participation and there is still 3 days left to get your name in the hat! Don’t know if anyone noticed, but I [...]

Q3-2008 Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance Blogs

Q3-2008 Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance Blogs

The Q1-2008 MQ and Q2-2008 MQ saw some good traffic and excitement and the idea has had a lot of publicity and interest generated with a healthy dose of new entries from folks wanting to get in. I figured out a more in depth way to go about evaluating each blog in the realm with [...]

Sometimes Money DOES Grow On Trees Part II

So in cooking up my $300 giveaway (still have till Aug 6 to enter) this month, I stumbled across another handful of places that are giving away similar prizes and money that I thought my readers would find interesting (especially you new ones that have just signed up because of the contest).  I mentioned a [...]

Hanks Weekly Hangouts #40 (July 27, 2008)

We’ve broke some records here at MiB this past week in a few categories, and I think it has something to do with giving away the $300 of cold hard gift card cash at Hank’s Holiday Handout #3! Be sure to enter by August 6 to have a chance at the pirate booty prizes!  On [...]