Cash For Clunkers, The Final Deathblow

On August 20, 2009 By

My recent article entitled Cash For Clunkers Is Absolute Ultra Stupidity was the most viewed article on my site on the day that I released my August newsletter, probably because of how provocative the title was.  I recently caught Blake Thompson’s @ramseyshow tweet which [...]

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Should I Buy a New Or Used Car?

On March 14, 2009 By

Used.  Always used.  Buying a new car is one of the worst financial decisions I have ever made.

Monthly Payment

The monthly payment is the first thing that everyone looks at when they finance a car.  Why?  Because they live in a cash flow mentality.  In this economy, cash is king.  If you don’t have [...]

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Stop the Bleeding

On October 17, 2008 By

In 2004 I was part of a computer business which was suffering from excessive financial bleeding.  The dot com bubble had affected us dramatically and we failed to make the adjustments we needed to make far enough in advance to survive.  We entered a state of financial crisis as we were spending far more than [...]

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