<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:46:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@thatguymatt/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Answering The Question:  What Is Food?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems like a stupid question. Duh, food is what you eat! According to the dictionary, food is any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plants absorb, in order to maintain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@thatguymatt/answering-the-question-what-is-food</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@thatguymatt/answering-the-question-what-is-food</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2017 17:41:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Fq2Kf91QsUUPQiao9kiG7vui6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monthly Passive Income Report - October 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm working towards financial independence, where I don't depend on a job to survive. At best I'll be able to quit work forever in the near future. At worst, I'll rely less and less on someone else to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/passiveincome/@thatguymatt/monthly-passive-income-report-october-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/passiveincome/@thatguymatt/monthly-passive-income-report-october-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[passiveincome]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 02:10:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Faa4Sg7mEtKnxgn4SG1bUjTMx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Get Paid to Grocery Shop]]></title><description><![CDATA[It used to be if you wanted to save money on groceries, you had two options: Use coupons Buy items only in season/on sale/discounted Here in the 21st century, with our smartphones personal computers in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@thatguymatt/how-to-get-paid-to-grocery-shop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@thatguymatt/how-to-get-paid-to-grocery-shop</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:22:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Ha7oGRpnC8NVAFANhagXhmT74?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Awesome Money Articles I Read This Week - October 20th, 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are thousands of people out there writing about their financial lives, sharing their tips and experience, and providing examples of how to pay down debt, save for retirement, build financial security,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/5-awesome-money-articles-i-read-this-week-october-20th-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/5-awesome-money-articles-i-read-this-week-october-20th-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:53:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FstZJwphp1FJ1wjGP5zREYtiA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chainlink, Swift, Sibos, Oh My!]]></title><description><![CDATA[With Sibos coming up, a lot of LINK investors are anticipating at the very least a working  prototype of ChainLink's smart oracles being used for SWIFT message processing using APIs.   Long story]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chainlink/@thatguymatt/chainlink-swift-sibos-oh-my</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chainlink/@thatguymatt/chainlink-swift-sibos-oh-my</guid><category><![CDATA[chainlink]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:40:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhyfuMqxU5YT6Gz2LKYdwfDS9f58apdPYwLYDCK9FcKee?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shareholder or Stakeholder - Which One Are You?]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of the day, the number one goal of personal finance is to Cover Your Ass (CYA). Think about it. Budgeting, saving, debt, investing, insurance – these topics don’t just involve money, they can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/shareholder-or-stakeholder-which-one-are-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/shareholder-or-stakeholder-which-one-are-you</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 01:33:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FacnW9WM6Wk33KcRgA5HdMFaN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Awesome Money Articles I Read This Week - October 13th, 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are thousands of people out there writing about their financial lives, sharing their tips and experience, and providing examples of how to pay down debt, save for retirement, build financial security,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/5-awesome-money-articles-i-read-this-week-october-13th-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/5-awesome-money-articles-i-read-this-week-october-13th-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:11:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FstZJwphp1FJ1wjGP5zREYtiA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eidoo.io's Full Page Ad In the WSJ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier today, the Wall Street Journal featured a full page ad for mobile wallet/exchange app Eidoo.  Eidoo seeks to be one of the many projects attempting to bring the investing side of cryptocurrency]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thatguymatt/eidoo-io-s-full-page-ad-in-the-wsj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thatguymatt/eidoo-io-s-full-page-ad-in-the-wsj</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:23:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4HhKqefv41Pq7yqevg2oy7dZDp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst Predicts 3-4% Returns For the S&P500 over the next 6 months]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Sam Eisenstadt was the director of research at leading investment research firm Value Line.  He retired after 63 years and over 3 decades of modeling stock market returns.  MarketWatch’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@thatguymatt/analyst-predicts-3-4-returns-for-the-s-and-p500-over-the-next-6-months</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@thatguymatt/analyst-predicts-3-4-returns-for-the-s-and-p500-over-the-next-6-months</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2017 23:53:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhyfuMqxU5YT6Gz2LKYdwfg35weMdbygtYSHPn9gv28vJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Paper Losses" Are Now Pixel Losses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that 1/3rd of Millennials save more than 10% of their income?  To put that in context, the national savings rate is currently about 6%.We do a better job of saving, but a worse job]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/paper-losses-are-now-pixel-losses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/paper-losses-are-now-pixel-losses</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:26:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do We Need More Adoption Or Investment to grow Crypto?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In general around 50% of Americans do not have any investments in the stock market (including individual stocks, mutual funds, and 401k plans).   Also, it's safe to say that the majority of stock]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thatguymatt/do-we-need-more-adoption-or-investment-to-grow-crypto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thatguymatt/do-we-need-more-adoption-or-investment-to-grow-crypto</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:18:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Stock Prices with Milestones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since the release of the original iPhone: At the end of the day, there will be ups and downs, bubbles and bursts, influences outside of our control, and uncertainty. A lot of tech companies have come and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investing/@thatguymatt/apple-stock-prices-with-milestones</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investing/@thatguymatt/apple-stock-prices-with-milestones</guid><category><![CDATA[investing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2017 02:51:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Hes3K8FuH6MmtteVN6mwJAVtr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ark Dip?  Bring Your Chips!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since it's all time high on Sept. 14th, Ark has seen it's marketcap slashed by almost 40%.  The price, once above $4, now sits at around $2.30.   I attribute this downward trend to a few things:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thatguymatt/ark-dip-bring-your-chips</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thatguymatt/ark-dip-bring-your-chips</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2017 18:02:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhyfuMqxU5YT6Gz2LKYdwfeQNd1dfAh3WSdXizxsmaPq8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reminder:  The Best Revenge Is Living Well]]></title><description><![CDATA[It takes a lot of work to not care what other people think about you. There are books and blogs and seminars and programs all with the same purpose:  to reclaim that satisfaction, that wholeness that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thatguymatt/reminder-the-best-revenge-is-living-well</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@thatguymatt/reminder-the-best-revenge-is-living-well</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:29:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing Good:  The Solution To Economic Inequality?]]></title><description><![CDATA["A rising tide lifts all boats". The statement above is usually used to refer to the idea that a growing economy is good for EVERYBODY. It sounds nice, but does it really work? I think it does. The problem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@thatguymatt/doing-good-the-solution-to-economic-inequality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@thatguymatt/doing-good-the-solution-to-economic-inequality</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 15:09:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Early Adoption Echo Chamber!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I try to remember that it's easy to feel like everybody is on to something due to the echo-chamber nature of the internet. We spend our time reading about things that interest us, and we're connected directly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thatguymatt/the-early-adoption-echo-chamber</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thatguymatt/the-early-adoption-echo-chamber</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:16:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVk6AaGSp2t7omJvW5VNc8jugxwBuE27HkT7h1mR5ugk3qJgSztocaBUhiwaZUjkWCyqXm1kQnohFjFb8kUTJf6EJavs4N3GiMgitJZieHEmmvh7sbkpGiRp5ujFVBoearMyaPr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jobs "Report" And The Drowning Middle Class]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's been a lot of talk of fake jobs reports going around lately.  Before that, the hot topic was the struggling (as always) American middle class.  See a pattern? There is plenty of blame]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@thatguymatt/the-jobs-report-and-the-drowning-middle-class</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@thatguymatt/the-jobs-report-and-the-drowning-middle-class</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:11:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Awesome Money Articles I Read This Week - October 6th, 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are thousands of people out there writing about their financial lives, sharing their tips and experience, and providing examples of how to pay down debt, save for retirement, build financial security,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/5-awesome-money-articles-i-read-this-week-october-6th-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@thatguymatt/5-awesome-money-articles-i-read-this-week-october-6th-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 23:43:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FstZJwphp1FJ1wjGP5zREYtiA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinfolix - How I Track My Crypto On The Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's face it: Crypto can get complicated. In the vast sea of coins and exchanges, at the end of the day you just want to know what you've got, right? So you need a way to track your portfolio - something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/portfoliotracker/@thatguymatt/coinfolix-how-i-track-my-crypto-on-the-go</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/portfoliotracker/@thatguymatt/coinfolix-how-i-track-my-crypto-on-the-go</guid><category><![CDATA[portfoliotracker]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 17:46:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Faac4Ao2PtNPCnqwSUna4Jupz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monthly Passive Income Report - September 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm working towards financial independence, where I don't depend on a job to survive. At best I'll be able to quit work forever in the near future. At worst, I'll rely less and less on someone else to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/passiveincome/@thatguymatt/monthly-passive-income-report-september-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/passiveincome/@thatguymatt/monthly-passive-income-report-september-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[passiveincome]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thatguymatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 16:47:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Faa4Sg7mEtKnxgn4SG1bUjTMx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>