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Math

Savings Guidelines

by mapgirl on August 30, 2007

So I am going to make a stink about this article I found via Hedonic Adjustment.
The article is from a trade journal for financial planning professionals. The story is about finding the right savings rates for people. They go through different income levels and different scenarios. I especially love the Monte Carlo analysis. (Table [...]

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Numeric Observations

by mapgirl on February 22, 2007

Today, 80 blogs are linked to me. That’s a nice round number.
My heavy on the religion post about Lent this week was post number 666. That makes me chuckle and no, it was not planned at all.
It’s a math geek thing to look at the significance of numbers. I’m not one of those crazy numerology [...]

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Calculating Your Blended Rate

by mapgirl on June 27, 2006

CNN/Money has an article which instructs you how to calculate your blended mortgage rate.
I found this rather interesting. I got a figure of 6.0% from a mortgage at 5.75% and a HELOC at 7.18%. If I wanted to refinance, I’d probably have a tough time finding a loan for that price without incurring lots of [...]

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Fun with Excel

by mapgirl on June 15, 2006

Frank, the Financially Savvy Atheist has a rockin’ spreadsheet for a payment amortization schedule. He walks you through the formulas you need to set up and it’s actually pretty useful if you are a spreadsheet jockey at work. It’s definitely intermediate to expert level skill.
It’s been quite fun to noodle around with it. Of course, [...]

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Recently Enjoyed Posts

by mapgirl on May 17, 2006

Title insurance and why you need it.
No Credit Needed has an excellent list of money saving tips that you will actually use. I mean, if you owned a printer or a swimming pool, which I don’t. But it’s still a great list of small tips!
Frank will make you an Excel genius. And here I thought [...]

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A Different Way to View Your Finances

by mapgirl on May 10, 2006

You can’t know what salary to ask for if you don’t know what you really need to make. Before you start a job hunt, I think it’s important to know what your target salary is. It’s not that a number should be your only goal, but even if you find a job you love, [...]

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