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Have you ever wished there was a stock market crystal ball? Or a stock palm reader? Or anything that you could use to forecast the stock market? Unfortunately, there is not any way to entirely predict the market, but there are some tools that may be able to help.

Has anyone else noticed just how crazy everyone is going over Extreme Couponing? While I was going back and rounding up some of the great posts I’ve seen over the week, I was amazed at how many were about couponing.

Our own Melinda is a couponing extraordinaire (according to me), and it’s fun to see her get so excited about the Sunday coupons coming out! In my town, it’s a rarity to see someone going in the line in front of you with a coupon; however, that is quickly changing.

I’ve never been one of those people who could throw their hands up when riding a roller coaster. I suppose I know that holding the safety bar is just a false sense of security, but I do it all the same. My husband, on the other hand, hates roller coasters, but once he’s convinced to ride one, it’s arms up all the way.

Financial Opposites

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm starting to "super-coupon." This idea of combining coupons plus sales to buy items at a much lower cost isn't new and isn't rocket science (thank goodness!), but it does take a little getting used to, especially if you've been a casual or occasional coupon user like myself. We've already discussed exactly what super couponing is, so now we'll take a look at where you can get those neat little squares of savings.

When I was younger, I could not save. If I had cash in my wallet, I spent it. If I overspent the funds in my checking account, I transferred money from savings. In fact, my robbery of my joint savings account got to be so frequent that I earned the nickname "Sticky Fingers."

Investing is a journey. There is an end goal, but there are a lot of steps along the way. If you’re just starting to invest or are contemplating the big jump into the investment pool, consider thinking of your goals in qualitative rather than quantitative terms – just like you must when you train horses. Let’s look at how two seemingly different concepts can be surprisingly similar.

Horse Training as an Example

In today's economy, after the real estate crash, it may seem strange for some people to even consider real estate as an investment opportunity. For most of us, the house we live in is enough real estate risk. You may wonder why anyone would want to purchase an investment house right now, especially if you were one of the many people burned by the housing crisis. Others may feel the same way about investing in the stock market. Why invest now, when our economy is still struggling?

Happy holiday weekend! I’ve enjoyed reading many great posts over the last week. I tried to include most of them here; although, there were quite a few of you who I considered added multiple posts for in this lineup. I can’t wait to find out what you have in store for us next week!

Money Cone had a rather exciting Friday in “So Someone Tried to Use My Credit Card to Buy a Laptop.”

Whether you are trying to get out of debt or are developing your nest egg, your first step to both is to pay yourself first. Lucky you, right? Well, this really can be just as easy as it sounds.

However, it is not nearly as fun as it sounds. The idea of paying yourself first simply means that you will work on a percentage basis to allocate your funds, not that you will spend money on whatever you please. Bummer? Not so much. When you pay yourself first, you are putting as much of your cash toward saving as possible to spend on bigger things (like retirement) later.

“How I Got My Body Back After Baby!!” the headline screams. The picture of a new celeb mom’s impossibly toned and tanned physique grabs your eye as you wait in the grocery store’s checkout line.

Yeah right, huh? You're right: to shed post-baby poundage, that celebrity probably had access to an incredible personal trainer and a fabulous private chef (who only prepared the yummiest low-cal diet food possible).