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  • Stages of Wealth Management

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    Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She offered to write a few posts over the next couple of weeks on the topic of investing. These are her words… Stages of Wealth Management: In today’s fast-paced world, investors have more to think about than simply their stock…

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    Nina

  • 12 Ways to Cut the Grocery Bill

    One of the areas I see people looking to save money is with their grocery bill. I think it is because we go shopping once a month and see a huge bill or we go every week or so and seem to spend more than we think we should for the length of time the…

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    ~Dawn

  • Etsy.com

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    I love gift giving. From the gift selection, wrapping the package, to a card and the recipients smile, the whole process is a blast. For years I’ve given handmade gifts to friends and family. I enjoy taking time to be creative and making gift items with love. I often find myself searching the internet for…

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    Allison

  • Brazen Careerist Lesson #5: Professional Wandering

    “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Here are my final thoughts on the Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk. This post is actually a continuation of Lesson #3: Thirty is the New Twenty and it’s about Professional Wandering. She writes, “What about the people who pull their life together in a tight…

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    Nina

  • Gay Executive Life: Interviewing

    Earlier in my career, job interviews were pretty straightforward: meet with the would-be boss and possibly a few other folks, all on one day, and then wait to hear if you get an offer. Sometimes there were two rounds, a few weeks apart. But executive interviewing is a lot more complex, even if you are…

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    Rich

  • Sleeping With Money: Baby, You Can Drive My Car, But Let’s Talk Insurance

    It’s summer, and here come the road trips. On a recent excursion down the Pacific coast with Zac and some friends, I started thinking about a Sleeping With Money lesson that never happened. What if I got into an accident while driving a car belonging to the guy I was dating? In my single days,…

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    John

  • Weekend Entrepreneur: A Wealthy Mindset and Mentality

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    This installment of my semi-weekly series is dedicated to aspiring weekend entrepreneurs and to those who are more established but may be considering strategies for growth or expansion of their current enterprises. Instead of the standard Q&A profile I have decided to share some inspirational thoughts related to the notion of wealth and wealth building.…

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    Adam

  • Career & Money – Part 10: Work & Happiness

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    “There is no happiness if the things you believe are different than the things you do.” — James Arthur Ray Can a career or job make you happy? Nope. Even the perfect “right fit” career can never make you happy. Happiness can only come from inside of you. On the flip side, even if you…

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    Paula

  • It’s never too late to start…but early is always better!

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    It’s never too late to start…but early is always better! Recently, I finished a simple, quick read that had a profound impact on the way I think about money. I mentioned it in a prior column, but it bears repeating because the messages were so simple and to the point. “The Secret of the Millionaire…

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    Marc

  • WWYD: Consider the Effects of Gay Gentrification Before Moving or Buying a Home?

    As we were driving past one of my old neighborhoods, my friend tells her girlfriend, “And Johnny used to live here when this place was called Western Addition, before it became NoPa.” We then began to mock the name change because it marked the official sign of a gentrified neighborhood. There was something about this…

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    John