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]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/03/are-financial-gurus-worth-listening-to-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-16875 ray Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:12:47 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/03/are-financial-gurus-worth-listening-to-part-1/#comment-16875 Hey ETF Guy, that's a great idea. If using a credit card is a problem, maybe using a debit card would work out better. You have the same tracking ability, but without the danger of spending money you don't have. I've played with Quicken a little bit, but don't use it seriously. I'll have to give it another look. Thanks for commenting! Hey ETF Guy, that’s a great idea. If using a credit card is a problem, maybe using a debit card would work out better. You have the same tracking ability, but without the danger of spending money you don’t have.

I’ve played with Quicken a little bit, but don’t use it seriously. I’ll have to give it another look. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: ETF Guy http://freshblogger.com/2007/03/are-financial-gurus-worth-listening-to-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-16870 ETF Guy Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:15:36 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/03/are-financial-gurus-worth-listening-to-part-1/#comment-16870 One trick for keeping track of every penny spent is to use a credit card. This is incongruent with common advice to stop using a credit and of course assumes that one's situation hasn't deteriorated so much that a credit card is unavailable. You then have someone else recording all your expenditures which you can then compare against your budget. You lose the daily feedback you'd normally get, but at least you learn some important information when your statement arrives. I'm a Quicken junkie myself. I download my statements all the time and since many of my transactions are repeating, all it takes is the click of a button to have entries added to the register because Quicken has "memorized" them. And now to read part 2... One trick for keeping track of every penny spent is to use a credit card. This is incongruent with common advice to stop using a credit and of course assumes that one’s situation hasn’t deteriorated so much that a credit card is unavailable. You then have someone else recording all your expenditures which you can then compare against your budget. You lose the daily feedback you’d normally get, but at least you learn some important information when your statement arrives.

I’m a Quicken junkie myself. I download my statements all the time and since many of my transactions are repeating, all it takes is the click of a button to have entries added to the register because Quicken has “memorized” them.

And now to read part 2…

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