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Kristin Wong

You probably have lofty goals and high hopes for your financial future. Forget about them. New research suggests that, when it comes to saving, a cyclical mindset trumps linear, goal-oriented thinking. People tend to save more money when they think about the present instead of the future, researchers found. “When people focus on the present, [...]

Can saving cyclically help you put away more? from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com.

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John Egan

Debt is a depressing subject for lots of us. And it’s no wonder: Total U.S consumer debt in the U.S. exceeds $3 trillion — that’s trillion, not million or billion. But while it’s a major downer for most people, there is a subculture of people that find debt — well, exciting. For these folks, you [...]

Most try to avoid it, but for some, debt can be a real turn-on from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com.

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Claes Bell

You probably know someone (or multiple people if you’re particularly unlucky) who has tried to sell you so-called “multilevel marketing” products such as Herbalife, Amway, Juice Plus, Avon, Mona Vie, Vemma or Arbonne. If you’re even more unlucky, they’ve tried to recruit you to sell the product, too, waxing poetic about the amazing quality of [...]

‘Multilevel marketing’ schemes like Herbalife, Amway and Juice Plus are bullshit and here’s why from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com.

This blog was posted by Claes Bell

Alissa Fleck

There’s a video making the rounds on social media about a “hack” for home heating that seems like it should be huge news to cheapskates the world over, especially given the hellacious polar vortex that’s covered much of the United States in snow and ice this winter. In the video, which was actually published in [...]

Can you really heat a room for 15 cents a day worth of tea lights? from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com.

This blog was posted by Alissa Fleck