RabbitFunds.com » Debt http://www.rabbitfunds.com Financial Planning Information and Frugal Ideas Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:05:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Donut Test: What over-indulgence does to your satisfaction http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2012/01/the-donut-test-what-over-indulgence-does-to-your-satisfaction/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2012/01/the-donut-test-what-over-indulgence-does-to-your-satisfaction/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:31:03 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1567 This may seem silly but it's true - donuts are a great way to test the law of diminishing returns. As a brief refresher from your school days, the law of diminishing returns states that at some point, each additional "unit" yields lower returns. In other words, you get less out of it than you put into it.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2012/01/the-donut-test-what-over-indulgence-does-to-your-satisfaction/feed/ 0 Graduate from college debt free, I did and so can you http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/11/graduate-from-college-debt-free/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/11/graduate-from-college-debt-free/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:55:00 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=2697 My wife and I were fortunate to graduate with four year degrees without a penny in debt. Since I firmly believe that you can also graduate debt free, I want to share some suggestions based on what we did.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/11/graduate-from-college-debt-free/feed/ 7 Timebox your way to better financial health http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/09/timebox-your-way-to-better-financial-health/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/09/timebox-your-way-to-better-financial-health/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:21:01 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1300 Timeboxing is a concept normally used in project management, especially software development. This post is about breaking down a large task into smaller tasks and giving each one a due date.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/09/timebox-your-way-to-better-financial-health/feed/ 0 Why do I have to wait until I’m in trouble to clean up my finances? http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/08/trouble-clean-up-my-finances/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/08/trouble-clean-up-my-finances/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:48:30 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=2511 So why do we as individuals and even huge governments let things get so far out of control before we make corrections? Why don't we guard ourselves against deviating from our course?

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2011/08/trouble-clean-up-my-finances/feed/ 0 4 Reasons not to use debt to make an investment http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/07/4-reasons-not-to-use-debt-to-make-an-investment/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/07/4-reasons-not-to-use-debt-to-make-an-investment/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:33:59 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=406 An outline of four reasons why you shouldn't use debt to make investments. And two reasons why some people do.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/07/4-reasons-not-to-use-debt-to-make-an-investment/feed/ 2 Freedom Week: Financial Emancipation Proclamation http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/07/freedom-week-financial-emancipation-proclamation/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/07/freedom-week-financial-emancipation-proclamation/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:01:43 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1689 Today’s post, adapted from President Lincoln's famous proclamation, is the Financial Emancipation Proclamation.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/07/freedom-week-financial-emancipation-proclamation/feed/ 0 Freedom Week: Financial Bill of Rights http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/freedom-week-financial-bill-of-rights/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/freedom-week-financial-bill-of-rights/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:41:13 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1662 To celebrate the birth of our nation and the freedoms that we are afforded, I am writing three posts this week with a twist. Each post is based on an influential document which has given us rights.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/freedom-week-financial-bill-of-rights/feed/ 3 Freedom Week: Financial Declaration of Independence http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/freedom-week-my-financial-declaration-of-independence/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/freedom-week-my-financial-declaration-of-independence/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:43:34 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1651 I decided to alter the beginning of the Declaration of Independence to create a Financial Declaration of Independence.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/freedom-week-my-financial-declaration-of-independence/feed/ 4 The Trouble with Identifying Debt Relief Scams http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/the-trouble-with-identifying-debt-relief-scams/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/the-trouble-with-identifying-debt-relief-scams/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:02:13 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1643 Any American who pays even the slightest bit of attention to television commercials or newspaper advertisements has likely seen his or her share of debt relief offers that seem to good to be true.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/the-trouble-with-identifying-debt-relief-scams/feed/ 1 How To: Get out of debt using the Snowball Method http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/how-to-get-out-of-debt-using-the-snowball-method/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/how-to-get-out-of-debt-using-the-snowball-method/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:52:05 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1611 Credit card debt is wrecking people's lives as we speak. The lure of the "easy money" ruins a lot of families because credit card holders are too weak to refrain from buying yet another thing they really don't need.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/how-to-get-out-of-debt-using-the-snowball-method/feed/ 1 How To: Manage your debts without using Debt Management Programs [guest post] http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/how-to-manage-your-debts-without-using-debt-management-programs/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/how-to-manage-your-debts-without-using-debt-management-programs/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:48:26 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1583 Louise Tillotson writes for a number of websites, including moneysupermarket.com, on debt management, household budgets, savings and other personal finance topics.

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]]> http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/06/how-to-manage-your-debts-without-using-debt-management-programs/feed/ 3 Dear Dave Ramsey, I sold my car, but the golf clubs stay http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/03/dear-dave-ramsey-i-sold-my-car-but-the-golf-clubs-stay/ http://www.rabbitfunds.com/2010/03/dear-dave-ramsey-i-sold-my-car-but-the-golf-clubs-stay/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:25:44 +0000 Adam http://www.rabbitfunds.com/?p=1252 I wrote a mock letter to Dave Ramsey several months ago lamenting the need to sell my car. Well, the deed is done. My baby is gone. And here's why I'm better for it.

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