{"id":2132,"date":"2010-11-08T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamateurfinancier.com\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2010-11-13T19:10:44","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T23:10:44","slug":"the-amateur-financier-one-page-financial-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theamateurfinancier.com\/blog\/the-amateur-financier-one-page-financial-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amateur Financier One Page Financial Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot to learn in the personal finance realm.\u00a0 Heck, I&#8217;ve written hundreds of posts on this blog, and have barely scratched the surface of this personal finance thing.\u00a0 Even with hundreds of personal finance bloggers (or thousands, maybe?\u00a0 Are there thousands of personal finance bloggers, or does it just feel that way when I look at my &#8216;To Be Read&#8217; list?), we&#8217;re still only touching on a fraction of the financial sphere.\u00a0 The world of money is quite 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