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Ten Money Questions for Craig Smith
Craig Smith is co-founder of Gay Celebrations, an events planning company that produces high-quality and memorable events tailored to the needs of the LGBT community. As a former studio entertainment special events executive, Craig knows how to deliver distinctive and fiscally-responsible events for gay communities nationwide. Since June 17th, the monumental ‘œmarriage’ date in the…
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Is Your Gift Card Worthless Because the Company Went Bankrupt?
What do you do when the company from which you received a gift card goes into bankruptcy? Suddenly your prized gift (and money spent by someone) becomes literally just a piece of worthless plastic. That is exactly what just happened to me and I call it the “Santa came in July to steal my Christmas…
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What is Driving the Rising Cost of Food?
Unless you haven’t gone to the grocery store or to a restaurant in the past six months, you may have noticed that the price of food has continued to rise. In fact, because you’re a savvy Queercents reader, I’ll bet that you already knew that food inflation is twice the rate of inflation overall. A…
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The Benefits of Working Odd Jobs
After years spending my summer as a workaholic, this summer I returned home and resolved that I would make a conscious effort to not devote all of my time to working and actually get out and be social (weird problem to have, right?). For previous summers, in addition to a main job I was also…
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How to Travel During Tough Economic Times – Part 3
Train travel is not as cheap as once perceived; particularly overseas. In Europe, forget taking the train these days. Eurorail costs have gone up and bullet train prices can be astronomical. Check out websites such as www.ryainair.com or www.easyjet.com for better deals on airfare than train tickets. You can also use those sites to book…
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Long commute causes buyer’s remorse: how gas prices are affecting life in the exurbs.
‘œRemorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity.’ ‘“ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Awhile back, a journalist was looking for stories from our readers experiencing buyer’s remorse in the wake of higher gas prices. He wanted to know if anyone bought a house in the exurbs when gas was 3 bucks a…
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Building Wealth Consciousness from Within – Part 6
The 6th article of a series of articles. Multiple Streams of Coins: In the twentieth century, people were raised to get a job with a good company and they were encouraged to work their way up the company ladder. Staying with one company showed a person’s loyalty and commitment in exchange for job security and…
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In Search of Gay Money: 5 smart tips to manage money with your honey
As gays and lesbians writing about money, we’ve grown weary of reading all the personal finance content that’s written from the perspective of straight marriages. So at Queercents, we’ve turned the tables on money and relationship advice by asking: What if all of our favorite money columnists were gay? Would their advice be more relevant…
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Physically Healthy vs. Fiscally Fit
When I wrote 7 Secrets To Staying Slim, That Save You Money I really came to understand how one’s physical health has a parallel existence to being fiscally healthy. Lose the Excess Weight – Just like excess weight puts an added burden on your joints and heart, so too does the excess stuff in the…
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