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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Death of the Staycation & the Return of the Vacation?

The ‘Staycation‘ has made its way into popular vocabulary for good reason. We were just in the biggest  economic recession since the Great Depression, and taking a vacation at home is incredibly cheap.

Staycation popularity may now be on the decline as the economy has recovered. As Mint.com highlights – people are starting to travel more again on their own dime. According to their proprietary data, travel related transactions (including rental cars, hotel, air travel, and total travel) are increasing significantly year-over-year in the first two months of the year.

At the same time, the average amount spent per person on travel has increased almost proportionately:

In light of this data and people generally starting to feel more secure about the economy, vacation related travel should begin picking up again this year. And al

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5 Personal Finance Goals for your Thirties

I’ve covered personal finance goals for your twenties over and over (like a broken record). Despite the name of this site, I’ve discovered that there is a contingency of all age groups who frequent and contribute to the site. So we’re going to hit a different group on this post. However, it should still be highly relevant to those in their twenties looking ahead towards future financial goals.

So what are some realistic and strategic goals once you reach 30? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The thirties are an interesting time period. Ideally, you start to advance in your career and begin hitting your peak earning years, you may have a house, start a family, and you generally have a completely different set of financial goals than when you do in your twenties.

Much like I did on my twenties post, I’ll cover some basic goals along with goals that would win you extra points. Remember,

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The Payoff

Hollywood delivered for Obama in the last election, and he is ready to pay them back.  The world’s most open and honest administration is again using closed hearings and executive fiat to force legal changes that likely would create a firestorm of controversy in a normal legislative process.

It’s hard to know, then, which is more appalling: the fact that the Obama Administration has conducted the ACTA negotiations in secret, or that it has indicated that it plans to adopt the final Agreement as an “Executive Order,” one that does not require submission to or ratification by the Senate (or any Congressional action whatsoever) to become effective. …

But even this summary makes it clear that, once again (see Clinton Administration) the Democratic Party has caved in to Hollywood’s demands regarding intellectual property enforcement. As David Fewer of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and the University of Ottawa noted, “if Hollywood could order intellectual property laws for Christmas what would they look like? This is pretty

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Stock futures trade higher ahead of data

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose slightly on Tuesday as investors looked to upcoming housing and consumer confidence data for affirmation the economy was stabilizing.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is said to be developing a CDMA-compatible iPhone that would work on leading U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Communications Inc’s (VZ.N) network, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Verizon shares were up 4.4 percent in premarket trade at $31.79 while Apple shares gained 2.1 percent to $237.18.

Tuesday’s economic diary includes the January S&P/Case-Shiller index, due at 9:00 a.m., and March Consumer confidence data, due at 10:00 a.m. S&P/Case-Shiller’s 20-city home price index is forecast dip 0.2 percent in January from December, according to a Reuters poll, and a separate report on March consumer confidence is expected to show a monthly rise to 50.0 from 46.0.

Key labor market data is due Friday, with a U.S.

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