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R/Finance 2009: Applied Finance with R
April 24 & 25, Chicago, IL, USA
The End of Personal Finance
thebigmoney.com — Years ago, when I wrote a popular financial makeover feature for a major national newspaper, one of our subjects asked if he should be plowing his more than $50,000 in savings into gold. It was 1997 and gold was trading at a little more than $300 an ... (more) The End of Personal Finance
Carnival of Personal Finance #204
earnwhatyouspend.com — Welcome! This week I’m proud to be hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance - the traveling blog carnival that brings you the best from the personal finance blogosphere. Some have written recently about the end of personal finance - and I ... (more) Carnival of Personal Finance #204
A-Hunting-We-Will-Go: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
finance.yahoo.com — What income-focused investors should know as they search for higher yield Yields on most savings and money-market accounts have dropped so low that investors who hunkered down in cash as the financial crisis deepened are now scrounging for better ... (more) A-Hunting-We-Will-Go: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! ...
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