Category Archives: Personal Finance

Why Can’t I Make Ends Meet? (Redux)

By Malik Abdul Rasheed | September 28, 2009

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: In no way shape or form is this post endorsing the use of usury (interest) when terms like FED funds rate, credit, mortgage, stock market, investment, savings, loan, borrow, etc are used. This is merely an explanation of my fact finding mission on the different economic theories that have impacted the thinking of [...]

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Renting vs Buying a Home

By Malik Abdul Rasheed | August 10, 2009

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: In no way shape or form is this post endorsing the use of usury (interest) when terms like mortgage, investment, savings, loan, borrow, etc are used. This is merely an explanation of how I became a home owner and some of the choices I made to get out of renting an apartment. Hello [...]

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8 Myths that Might Mess Up Your Life

By Malik Abdul Rasheed | July 6, 2009

I have been pondering over the last several weeks on what my next blog post should be. I actually have a really juicy post coming up on my 6-month fact finding mission on what the Austrian School of Economics is and how it shaped my views on what the economic business cycle should be (or [...]

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