Chrysler is ending their auto lease program. Will this begin a new trend? Will Americans be more sensible in their leasing decisions?

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Which famous personal finance writers I recommend and, more importantly, what I recommend them for. Different writers are better-suited to different audiences. And some I can’t really recommend at all.

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Hullo, dear readers. Today is all about you. I have all kinds of stats on how many people visit my site, where they come from, and what they look at. I know how many people are subscribed. But that only gives me part of the picture.
For example, I’m not sure how many people who subscribe [...]

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Seriously. Last December, my hospital employer gave all of us $50 Amex “Gift Cheques.” Mine is sitting right in front of me as I ponder where in the world I’m going to use it and what I’m going to do with it.
Apparently, our employer thought that this would be a better idea than giving us [...]

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I made a really stupid mistake last week (at least I may have) which made me appreciate that we’re not living paycheck to paycheck. It was payday and I checked my stub excitedly…and then not so excitedly saw that I had made around $50 for 2 weeks of work.
Something was very very much not right [...]

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