15 Simple Ways to Make Extra Money is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=555 The Winter Olympics is another event where athletes around the world can showcase their abilities and nations can flaunt their strong programs in every field. The Canadian team spent $100 million on a federal program to train athletes for the Winter Olympics they were hosting, hoping to win their first gold medal in a Winter [...]

Money and the Olympics: The Adjusted Medal Count per GDP is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=390 The price of gold hit $1,100 an ounce today on signs of a weakening dollar. With the stock market as volatile as ever with the coming end of a bullish market, many investors are thinking about buying gold. Gold has always outperformed other commodities during times of economic uncertainty and this “super-recession” is no different. [...]

Is Investing in Gold a Good Idea? is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=370 Everyone knows what the purpose of a credit score is, so there is no need in diving into a lecture on its purpose. In a nutshell, a credit score is used to quantify your financial reputation. How good are you at paying back money you owe? A credit score is often used to determine whether [...]

How to Improve Your Credit Score is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=360 The ongoing financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 will forever change the face of the United States economic ideals. Out of the ashes of double digit unemployment, trillion dollar deficits, and billion dollar corporate bankruptcies will emerge a new America. This America will be different in many ways from the capitalist country that rose to [...]

The Beginning of the End: American Capitalism is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=353 There are exceptions to every rule, but the majority of people out there are not doomed to be poor.  They are poor because they make common mistakes with their money and never quite get out of this destructive financial rut. Now as an economic recession looms, it is imperative that consumers identify trouble areas and [...]

7 Surefire Ways to Stay Poor is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=325 It’s money scraping time for most of us and businesses are no different. Budgets are being cut in almost every company to deal with lack of consumer demand and credit flow. If you have a start up or a small business, you might be a big victim of the present economy. Here are some great [...]

Creative Ways to Save Money for Your Business is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=287 In the past four months, the US stock markets have found themselves in a state of havoc. The Dow Jones has now fallen almost 50% from its previous highs in 2007, NASDAQ dropped from about 2,700 to a current level of 1,400, and the     S & P has also dropped in similar proprtions, from a [...]

Stocks You Need to Have in 2009 is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=273 During the Great Depression, a man walked 800 miles on his search for a job and Soviet companies with offices in the United States reported about 200 job applications per day from jobless Americans who wanted to go to work in the USSR. Fortunately for us, 75 years later,  the job finding process is much [...]

Secrets for Successful Job Hunting is an article from http://smarterspend.com/?p=268 College can be a difficult time financially for many students. Most students have heavy course loads which make it difficult to work and maintain good grades.  Almost every successful college graduate can look back and remember the time when they were “starving students.” If you have looked through all the available loans, grants, and scholarships [...]

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