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MillionDollarGoal.net will now be offering weekly investing classes

Financial Classes to Start Soon

It has been a while since I’ve updated this website, but now I’ve finished my other projects and I am ready to get started working full time the website. Starting this October I will be posting weekly investing classes. These free investing classes will include video presentations alongside the traditional blog articles. The goal is [...]

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A formula for the price of your next vehicle

How Much Car Can You Afford?

As I have mentioned in other posts, I’m still driving the car I had when I was 18. Less than a month ago I was driving home from a long trip when I blew a tire about 3 hours from home. After a slow ride home on my mini spare tire, I took the car [...]

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Eating In Is the New Eating Out – Save Money, Save the Taste

May 24, 2010

Last month I took a much needed vacation and spent a month visiting friends and family. Before leaving, I took a few hours to plan and make the best estimate I could on what my expenses would be. When I arrived, I decided to take it a step further and break down each spending item [...]

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Create a Record of Savings

May 12, 2010

A savings record allocates each dollar that enters a savings account, emergency account, or even your piggy bank. It is a monthly reminder that every dollar in the savings has been committed to something. When proper saving techniques are in force, all emergency and non-monthly expenses (such as car tires and repairs) can be satisfied without the need for debt. The savings accounts essentially becomes your own “credit card company”, lending money interest free under the assumption that it will promptly be repaid. The Record of Savings keeps track of several saving categories called “accounts” and their subsequent “sub account”.

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The Million Dollar Paperclip

May 12, 2010

Wouldn’t it be exhilarating to drive the car of your dreams to work each day, without having to worry about payments? Believe it or not, I’m going to teach you how anyone with gumption can buy a Porsche 911, Corvette, Mustang, or Jeep Rubicon with only a few hundred bucks (and a little elbow grease).

Now, before I get started, I’m going to admit that I would never buy a Porsche 911 with this method, but that’s because my two dream vehicles are a Delorian and a 2006 Jeep Rubicon Unlimited. :)

This method isn’t new, it’s been around for thousands of years. The reason not every one does it is because it’s hard.

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Jon Huntsman, Sr. – A True Man of Character

April 25, 2010

For this week’s post I have chosen to write about my personal hero, Jon Huntsman, Sr. Two years ago I had never even heard his name, yet he has quickly become one of the men I admire most. In business he is known as a billionaire, once ranked 47th in the Forbes 400. He is [...]

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Book Review: The Little Book That Beats the Market

April 22, 2010

Joel Greenblattis one of my favorite authors in simple investing.  Although there are not any “magic” methods to investing, the method he calls “Magic Formula Investing” is as close as it gets. Greenblatt’s book uses wit and humor to teach how the average investor can “beat the market” using a very simple formula. The Little [...]

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How to Buy Used & How Used to Buy

April 22, 2010

Driving a brand new car feels like driving around in an open billfold with the dollars flapping by your ears as they fly out the window. ~Grey Livingston This article is one of a 3 part series. After reading this article, you may also wish to consider the “Buying a New Car Can Cost You [...]

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