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20
Jul
2012
Jon Ochoa

Getting a handle on your finances (Part 2)

In our last installment, we went through creating a basic budget in this installment, we are going to use our basic budget and create an electronic version of the envelope system. 

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16
Jul
2012
Jon Ochoa

Getting a handle on your finances (Part 1)

I know as a designer/developer, it is odd to blog about finance.  I do have to admit it is a passion of mine to help people get their finances on track. I am going to do a series of blog posts that define how I work out my finances in hopes this helps people who don't understand finances get a handle on it. This is something that I have been working and refining since 2004 and I have developed a system that I feel works for me. This doesn't mean that it will work for everyone.

In part one, we will look at how to set up a basic home budget.

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16
Jan
2012
Jon Ochoa

I lost my shirt in a Ponzi Scheme

I actually didn't lose my shirt, but I thought the title appropriate. 

A few years ago, I opened a bank account with a shiny new bank called Washington Mutual, it was a great bank, I used that account as my transfer account. Because of the interest rates associated with some of the online banks and since they were fairly new and I always like trying new things, it made more sense to keep my money in an online bank.

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01
Nov
2011
Jon Ochoa

My Favorite Finance Tools

So I know it has been a while since I have done anything with my blog. I recently found out (accidently mind you), that someone actually subscribes to my blog. So James, I am hoping you can find future posts useful.

This could potentially be a multi-part posting.

MINT.COM

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