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Here’s a nice little blurb I found about the origin of the word: “Mortgage” “The origin of the word “mortgage” is intriguing. It is a French word generally believed to be derived from two Latin words–”mort” (meaning death) and “gage” (meaning pledge or something of value that’s forfeited if the debt is not repaid). Although […]

So it’s been awhile since I’ve updated everyone on how much money I’m bringing in on the side. My reasoning for this is typically just that there isn’t all that much new to report. Things have been steady for the past few months, and there’s likely something more interesting I could be writing about! That […]

Here on the personal finance blogosphere we tend to have a general disdain for the finer things in life. Things like burning your money heading out to the bar every weekend or heading to the movie theater or buying DVDs (ok I admit this one’s a bit silly, how often do you buy a movie […]

   It”s frustrating sometimes when following things like the Real Estate Market. When the housing bubble was building up, we were told to stay away because prices were simply too high. Now that it”s dropping like a rock, we”re told to stay away because things are going to get much worse. Given the choice between […]

  Working in the Financial Services Industry allows me some insight to the behavior of financial advisers as well as individual investors, and I must say I’m continually surprised. The stock market as a whole has been absolutely slammed since the beginning of the year. People are panicking, the word recession keeps propping up, and […]