Saturday, January 5, 2008

A LITTLE THIS-A AND A LITTLE THAT-A – WITH THE EMPHASIS ON THE LATTA!

+ When I tuned in to KIXI-FM streaming online from Seattle WA on the morning of New Year’s Day guess what I found?

HOA, Herb Oscar Anderson, has joined the roll of syndicated MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE radio hosts – replacing Deanna Martin (Dino’s daughter) and husband in the 6:00–10:00 AM est slot. Deanna and husband have moved to the noon to 3:00 pm est spot.

Those of you who grew up in the 60s in the NY metropolitan area are certainly familiar with the former WABC-AM “Morning Mayor”, father of Dynasty’s John James.

Welcome back HOA! It’s déjà vu all over again.
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+ The DOUGH ROLLER takes an interesting slant on personal financial planning in his post “To Make Good Decisions, Think Like Mr. Spock but Act Like Captain Kirk
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+ An article on the MARKET WATCH list of the 10 best personal finance stories of 2007 reported that, based on an annual Relocate-America survey, “Asheville, N.C., Tops America's Best Places to Live”.

I visited Asheville a few years back to attend an NSTP year-end tax update seminar. Actually I celebrated the 50th anniversary of my birth in Asheville. It was certainly a nice place to visit, but at the time I was not looking to relocate. It is the home of the humongous Biltmore Estate.

The article lists America's Top 10 places to live for 2007” from the survey. The list includes Chicago and San Francisco. I was not surprised that the top 10 didn’t include anyplace in New Jersey.

+ The PERSONAL FINANCE MORON rightly points out what a bad idea a “Home Equity Debit/Credit Card” is. Moron states “It's bad enough that there are millions of people that can't use an Unsecured Credit Card responsibly, but now the banks are going to make it as easy, and as tempting as possible, to access every last dime of your home equity. No wonder the financial sector, particularly the lenders, are in such trouble right now”.

+ Kristine McKinley of FINANCIAL TIPS FOR WAHMS reports that “2007 A Winning Year on Wall Street”.

Kristine also provides a good review of “What Makes Up Your Credit Score?”

TTYL

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