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OptionsHouse Review: An Online Discount Broker with Professional Grade Trading Tools

OptionsHouse Summary $2.95 stock trades Rated #1 in trade experience in Barron's 2009 Online Broker Survey Try before you trade with virtual trading $9.95 flat-rate options trading Up to $100… Read more »

Get Cheap College Textbooks Online with CourseSmart.com

Having spent 7 years in college and law school, I can testify to the fact that there are three major problems with college textbooks: (1) they require the harvesting of… Read more »

A Free Resume Template Site from Microsoft

Trying to create a resume from scratch can be a real chore, particularly if you've just been laid off. We've written in the past about free resume templates that can… Read more »

Passion by the Hour

On our DVD shelf, which is admittedly quite thinner than it used to be, there are quite a few DVDs that we’ve watched once and are simply accumulating dust. Assuming… Read more »

John’s “Campground” - Some Thoughts on Investing with Added Personal Value

A while back, I wrote about my best friend (besides my wife), John. John doesn’t spend money on frivolous things at all - he spends way less than he earns… Read more »

The Total Money Makeover: College Funding

This is the ninth of twelve parts of a “book club” reading and discussion of Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover, where this book on debt reduction is teased apart… Read more »

The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Writing Practice Edition

A friend of mine who has published a small pile of books made a really good suggestion recently: why don’t you use Twitter to really practice your key phrases? In… Read more »

The Simple Dollar Podcast #9: The Realities of Freelancing

The ninth episode focuses on the realities and challenges of freelancing, a topic requested by podcast listeners and Simple Dollar readers. Total length: 15:20 Listen In! Other options for enjoying… Read more »

Makers and Managers: What You Are, and How It Can Help Your Career

And now for something a little different… I recently read a fantastic article by Paul Graham entitled Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule, in which Graham outlines that people who “make” things… Read more »

How Low Can You Go? Chicken-and-Corn Fried Rice with Lemon Spinach

In April and May, National Public Radio featured a series on inexpensive gourmet dishes entitled “How Low Can You Go?” Although many of the dishes looked quite tasty, most of… Read more »