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Jeff Lakie
Member since 17th July 2005
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20th December 2005
So you want to buy nice things? Why not! Few people realize that our lives are like work: our enjoyment of life is like the income we earn and our purchases can be the investments we make in order to enjoy our life more. After all, why live a life of drud...
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20th December 2005
A few years ago you bought your home. Over time you've taken good care of it. After all, it's where you live and you have to be happy with where you live. But times change and soon you think you may have to move on. For whatever reason, it might be time t...
Views: 471
20th December 2005
You're sitting at home after a long day at work. Suddenly the telephone rings and it's a friend calling to tell you about a great opportunity this weekend. A group of your friends are getting together for a holiday. A big holiday! They've got a deal on th...
Views: 394
20th December 2005
How do people make ends meet anymore? Inflation is on the rise, so the cost of living is going up. Wages seem to be frozen in time and the available money to put away for the future is quickly disappearing since expenses are on the rise.
Since our inco...
Views: 418
20th December 2005
Sometimes life has a funny way of getting the better of us. In spite of our best efforts, things happen and we suddenly find our credit has spun out of control. Perhaps we have a bad credit rating and we seem to have been sucked into a spiral of debt that...
Views: 463
24th November 2005
Your life's financial decisions need to be made wisely. Over time, you'll need to assemble a financial portfolio that provides you with income opportunities (such as investments), insurance for peace-of-mind, estate and tax planning contingencies, and ret...
Views: 569
24th November 2005
The choices you make in life need to be made wisely. Especially the financial ones! And if you're like most people, you'll be making constant choices as you put together a financial portfolio to provide you with an income and give you and your loved one...
Views: 352
24th November 2005
You are faced with constant pressure every day. Pressure at work to perform. Pressure in society to conform. Pressure at home to pay the bills and put food on the table. There are so many decisions to make and choices to choose, it can get overwhelming wi...
Views: 296
24th November 2005
Sometimes we make decisions in life that affect our finances in an adverse way. Perhaps we do not do it intentionally, but an emergency or that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity come our way and for the following months we find ourselves strapped for cash be...
Views: 289
24th November 2005
Credit cards! If you're like most people, you probably love them some times and hate them other times. They can be a great way to manage your finances and they can be a terrible bill to get every month.
But credit cards aren't all bad. If we could live...
Views: 333
24th November 2005
Credit cards can be an excellent tool to help you manage your finances. But sometimes we make poor choices, or sometimes the events in life take us beyond our expectations and we are left to foot the bill. Perhaps you have had a few months of extra, unexp...
Views: 367
24th November 2005
When people look at their financial portfolio many do not consider loans as a wise option. This is because people see the principal plus the interest and automatically assume that alone is a bad decision. That is not always the case. When considered as pa...
Views: 357
18th October 2005
Hey! You need cash right away, but sometimes life gets in the way and you don't always have pocket change kicking around that's available to spend. Maybe it's all tied up for bills, or an emergency has reared its ugly head and you need some money to bridg...
Views: 437
17th October 2005
Many people who reserve a rental car show up to the counter with little thought given to the "what if's" that could result from them driving a car that is not their own. You wouldn't think of driving your own car without coverage, so take a few moments to...
Views: 312
17th October 2005
In some states and provinces, people are choosing to live without insurance because the cost of insurance on an ongoing basis is prohibitive, compared to the chance of dealing with high costs when there is a break-in or an accident.
Here are some ways ...
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