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Where Do You Fall in the Cash Flow Quadrant?
I recently read the book Cash Flow Quadrant by Robert T. Kiyosaki (of the Rich Dad series) at the recommendation of my mentor coach. It was a very interesting read and one that is crucial if you are to understand your own financial mindset and how that influences your ability to accumulate wealth. In the…
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Take a Financial Mulligan
“Opportunity is just success looking for a place to happen.” — Greg Hickman My partner, Jeanine, recently bought a new set of clubs so we have been on golf kick lately. With golf, you’re allowed to take a mulligan a few times throughout a social round. We use the mulligan freely. It’s a game. It’s…
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Gay Marriage: Love & Money
“Marriage is not about love. It’s about a love that can bear children.” — Todd Akin, Republican Congressman from Missouri What is marriage? We like to talk about it here at Queercents because marriage is not only about love but it has a lot to do with money too. We’ve had guest posts and guest…
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One week in Bangkok: Day 3
Today I was finally able to get out and about a bit, and to learn more about this country. Thailand is actually a kingdom, a constitutional monarchy, and the only Asian power that was never colonized by the West. Located just 15 degrees north of the equator, it is warm and humid all year without…
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Insurance: Saving and Spending
I am someone who does not like to call and talk on the phone to companies, mostly because I hate phone trees, but Surfgirl has been after me to find out if rental cars are covered under the policy. So I called today… yes they are. But I also decided to save a bit of…
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Peer-to-Peer Lending
“Acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.” — Ambrose Bierce Queercents has covered both peer-to-peer lending with Dawn’s Prosper.com post and microfinancing with her Kiva.org post. Here’s another one mentioned in the latest issue of Business 2.0. The broader article discusses “disruptors” in business…
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One week in Bangkok: Day 2
Today the US dollar is worth exactly 37.54 Thai Baht. Which is pretty much the same as yesterday (37.52) but possibly due to the nuclear test by North Korea, major currencies in Asia are beginning to fall versus the dollar, and the stock markets are somewhat depressed here, too. I have to confess my second…
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Do You Know Your FICO?
Do you know what your FICO score is? If you don’t you’re missing knowledge around one of the key elements of how the credit agencies (and others) measure your financial health and credit worthiness. According to Wikipedia the definition is FICO is FICO is an acronym for Fair Isaac Corporation (traded publicly under the symbol…
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Orbitz and Lesbian Travel
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” — Robert Louis Stevenson The Media Awareness Network reports that, “While considerable progress has been made with respect to the depiction of gays and lesbians in television and movies, critics argue that news media still…
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One week in Bangkok: Day 1
This week I’m in Bangkok on a business trip. I’m supposed to keep travel costs low now in the fourth quarter to help the company make its numbers. But I found that the economy class flight on Thai Airways was $1277 round trip, and the “premium economy” was only about $250 more, so I think…
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