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• Why the Waste?

  Recently I did an interview with Dana Dratch (Google her work. She's an excellent writer on personal finance and a wonderful human being, too!) We were talking about ways to reduce your grocery budget. One of the strategies that I mentioned was eliminating... Posted Nov 04 2008, 02:51 PM by Gary with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, groceries, food waste, grocery budget

• Lessons from an Economic Crisis - part 3

  They say that the difference between mankind and animals is that people can pass their accumulated wisdom from generation to generation. If that's so, then it's important that we all learn from the current economic situation. So far we've... Posted Oct 27 2008, 08:43 AM by Gary with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, Morgage bailout

• Lessons from an Economic Crisis - part 2

  Last time, in part 1 we looked at 9 lessons we could learn from sub-prime mortgages. Those lessons centered around the bad mortgages. Fortunately the overwhelming majority of us didn't take out one of the now toxic sub-prime mortgages. But, that doesn't... Posted Oct 13 2008, 10:50 AM by Gary with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, Economic Crisis

• Readers' Digest.com

  It's always nice when The Dollar Stretcher is included in an article on how to save money. It's even better when the article is good. And better still when the article is published in a widely recognized source like Readers' Digest. Just found... Posted Sep 22 2008, 11:14 AM by Gary with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, Buying a Car, Readers' Digest

• Count Your Pennies

  We've been busy beefing up our blog offerings here at The Dollar Stretcher.com. Along the way we're also learning about some other interesting money-saving blogs. One of them is called Count Your Pennies < www.countyourpennies.blogspot.com>... Posted Aug 04 2008, 03:47 PM by Gary with | with no comments Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, CountYourPennies, blogs

• Teamwork

  Last weekend I was reminded of something that we all know, but seem to forget if we're not reminded every so often. A friend of mine had a big oak tree that needed to have a couple of limbs removed. Big limbs. Real big limbs! The cost to call in a... Posted Jun 18 2008, 02:31 PM by Gary with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, gas bills, lunch club, save on groceries

• Unintended Consequences

  I bet that you like low interest rates. I do, too! They make it much easier for people to borrow and repay loans. That's something that both borrowers and lenders like. Making it easier to repay loans! Not only are low interest rates good for borrowers... Posted Jun 09 2008, 04:27 PM by Gary with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, inflation, gas prices, gasoline, imports

• Specator Sports

  Heard an interesting phrase at a conference I was attending. It came from Tom Evans, President and CEO of Bankrate. He said that "money is no longer a spectator sport" and I think that he's right. When we bought our first home the choices... Posted May 15 2008, 11:46 AM by Gary with | with no comments Filed under: frugal living, Dollar Stretcher, managing money, credit cards

• Gas Crisis???

  Just finished an interesting week. I drove across the state for a conference. The conference was about online financial news. Many of the discussions included comments about how higher gas prices were causing big problems for consumers. (BTW, I agree... Posted May 12 2008, 11:10 AM by Gary with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, gas prices, gasoline, gas mileage

• The Psychology of Money

  One part of my job that I really like is talking to people about money. About two weeks ago I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Dr. Howard Gluss Show. Dr. Gluss is a clinical psychologist. I've done quite a few interviews, but this was the... Posted Apr 24 2008, 01:40 PM by Gary with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, psychology of money, Dr. Howard Gluss