I’ve always enjoyed this annual survey conducted by PNC Advisors. It seems that the prices for the items on the 12 days rose 6.1% this year to $18,348.87. For those who want to go all out and buy all the 364 gifts as repeated in the song, the total comes to $72, 608.02. Here are [...]
There is an article over at money.com on when it pays to take a pay cut. This struck a chord with me immediately because of the large monthly cut I have voluntarily taken to try and make the websites my full time job. According to the article, these are the times when taking a pay [...]
The third in the series of sites I want to get up before the end of the year is about half way done and should be completed by tomorrow. This site was actually built off an article I wrote a couple of weeks ago and is called Cost of Smoking. The main reason that we [...]
“Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.” – Winston Churchill
The last month of the year is almost here and along with all the other stuff that needs to get done, December 31 is also the deadline for a few tax relates issues. You can see a list of them in a new article I wrote 2005 Year End tax Deductions While much of the [...]
Most of you are probably aware of the rule of 72 – it’s an easy way to calculate the approximate number of years it will take for your money to double based on a fixed interest rate. Simply divide 72 by the interest rate percentage you expect to receive and the answer will be approximately [...]
“You try to be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy.” – Warren Buffett
The timeshare site is done for the most part. I actually have more sections to finish writing, but there are ten fairly good sections up now which makes the site at least presentable. Even if I don’t add the other pages for a few months, the site will survive. While I’m still not sure how [...]
“Money can help you to get medicines but not health. Money can help you to get soft pillows, but not sound sleep. Money can help you to get material comforts, but not eternal bliss. Money can help you to get ornaments, but not beauty. Money will help you to get an electric earphone, but not [...]
Ahhhhhh, it’s been one of those days. I wasn’t able to get the site finished as planned. In fact, I took it all down and started again on each of the sections from scratch. For some reason it doesn’t seem to be flowing right and there is a lot of conflicting information that I need [...]
