Cheddarblog

In the age of identity theft, you need to protect yourself as much as possible. The last thing the Swiss_Mouse would want to find out is that some other Swiss_Mouse had opened Credit cards or taken out loans with his name (There is only one true Swiss_Mouse).
One simple way to keep taps on this […]

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Net Worth: The amount by which a company or individual’s assets exceed their liabilities.
Over at FinancialJungle.com the author makes the case that new definition for net worth does not include the primary residence. Your home. A writer of a response disagrees with the new definition and states that there is already […]

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TRACKING
The Swiss_Mouse will not go into great deal at this time about Tracking, but he will touch on the subject and save the full details for a more verbose post later.
Tracking is basically marking down how you spent your money. We discussed the budget, tracking is really just making sure that:

You stick to […]

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(The Swiss_Mouse has written, edited, rewritten, deleted and rewritten this article several times. On a whole the Swiss_Mouse was missing the topic of his own entry. The Swiss_Mouse will simplify and keep to the subject at hand: The Budget)
If there is one thing anyone could say about Dave Ramsey it’s that he is […]

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The Swiss_Mouse will present a series of articles based on how the Swiss_Mouse budgets, tracks and counts his money(cheddar).
The series of articles be broken down as follows:

By The Numbers : The Budget
By The Numbers : Tracking and Reporting
By The Numbers : Net worth

Approximately every week, the Swiss_Mouse sits down at the computer gathers his checkbook, […]

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The Swiss_Mouse loves his iPod.
When not listening to the mp3s of his Engelbert Humperdinck collection, the Swiss_Mouse likes to listen to podcasts. The Swiss_Mouse listens to a wide variety: Harry Potter, Science, History and of course Financial.
One of Swiss_Mouse’s favorites is The Dave Ramsey Show. Swiss_Mouse has been listening to Dave Ramsey for years. However, […]

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The Swiss_Mouse has invested his cheddar with Fidelity for many years. Starting off with a few crumbs, the Swiss_Mouse has now built a small wedge of cheddar and hopes to add to it in the coming years.
Besides the fact that the Fidelity is an excellent source of information, the Swiss_Mouse recently stumbled onto the Fidelity […]

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The Swiss_Mouse shares with you yet another source of information.
The Kiplinger’s podcast is a polished, short and enlightened set of information. The Swiss_Mouse has enjoyed listening to it and has recommended to his friends.
Unlike most financial podcasts, the Kiplinger’s podcast seems in many instances to be more practical. While the Swiss_Mouse cannot always use the […]

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