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We're ALL Financial Professionals

Most personal finance sites (and DQYDJ is a personal finance site about 1/3 of the time!) have a disclaimer somewhere […]

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May 8, 2013: The Actual All-Time Closing High in the S&P 500

Today was the all time high closing price for the dividend reinvested, inflation adjusted S&P 500. I know that much […]

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How Much Did You Save in 2012?

If there's one thing to be said about Finance sites (especially the blogs), it's that there is no shortage of […]

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Why Don't You Buy That Used?

Maybe it's a psychological thing - but us Americans (I can't speak for our Canadian friends, but I imagine they are similar) have a love/hate relationships with the things we buy. Specifically, we love new things and we hate used things - especially in certain categories. It's not a universal attitude, but this being ostensibly a personal finance site, it's an attitude we can try to examine.

But... why is that? It's not like buying used is foreign to us. I'd guess that most of us have purchased used cars and/or used houses - but used consumer goods is an area where few tread.

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Were Your Parents Good With Money?

Here's an interesting article coming to us through Time Magazine - fully half of adult children (over age 30) say […]

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This Is Why You Can't Get Your Finances Under Control

In this piece, we'll help you get your finances under control - starting with your own emotions. You remember your […]

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Divining Future S&P 500 Closing Prices!

There's a few topics we like to return to now and again on this website - our "go-tos" if you […]

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When Was the All Time High in the S&P 500?

Editor: On May 8, 2013 there was a new dividend adjusted closing high in the S&P 500. Retained for posterity: […]

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New Highs in the Dow Jones Industrial Average

"You are technically correct - the best kind of correct." - Bureaucrat #1, Futurama 2ACV11 - How Hermes Requisitioned His […]

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On Shortcuts, Originality... and Casablanca

Warning: Prose ahead. If you come here for the calculators and graphs, skip this one - it goes in our […]

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