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How to Save Money by Downsizing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

More and more people are opting for smaller, more economical cars to reduce running costs as well greenhouse gas emissions. Utility bills will be lower because there is less space to heat and cool; try applying the same formula we used to calculate storage costs to work out what it costs you per square foot for utilities.

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Leveraging Business Loans In Family-Owned Enterprises

Koupon Karen

This article is here to help. For instance, calculate if revenue from an expansion covers the repayments, maintaining your financial health. This is particularly true for family-owned enterprises, where such loans can provide the necessary capital to expand. However, the prospect of securing a loan can be intimidating.

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Maybe I Should Save Money and Blog Less?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Being an economics-educated accounting nerd, I couldn’t make a decision without a cost-benefit analysis. This type of time valuing is a valid consideration and economic concept known as opportunity cost of time. Have you also used your blog revenue, as I have, to calculate your opportunity cost of time? is too optimistic.

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

is based on a Billshrink.com article – Dining on a budget. By using generic or store brand groceries instead of name brand, you can save 3.7 % of your food budget each month (per the Journal of Economic Perspectives article: Consumer Shopping Behavior, How Much Do Consumer’s Save ). 91,404 Entertainment.

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What Is A Personal Loan?

Savings Corner

Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. Monthly payment: Personal loans come with a fixed monthly payment that you’ll make over the life of the loan, calculated by adding up the principal and the interest.

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Read Kay’s article to find some alternate routes. Since IJ is more a believer of Austrian school of economics, he would have to say a resounding yes. Jim presents How to Calculate Your Full Effective Tax Rate. Your tax bracket only tells part of the tax story, here’s how you can calculate your real tax burden.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Paul Vachon presents Frugal Living Made Easy posted at The Frugal Toad , saying, “Frugal living is all about making informed and deliberate choices in how to spend money. .” Welcome to the June 15, 2012 Edition #241 of the Carnival of Financial Planning.

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