I was reading Thrifty Ray’s Red to Black Journey about what a gift of money had meant. I wrote earlier about a similar incident with one of my friends. One of the truly wonderful aspects about getting your finances in order is that you have many more opportunities to create such circumstances where a gift [...]
We took a trip to the sea today. Over the years, we have developed a lot of games to liven up the trips which don’t cost any money. I talked about how we always look for phone cards when we go out. Another form of free entertainment we enjoy whenever we go out is collecting [...]
Since I seem to be in video mode…I came across these two public service announcement videos (both load a bit slow). I think they do a good job of relating what debt is like. Although it might not always be in the front of your mind, it does follow you around like that. Debt Is [...]
For those of you who have been looking for the straight talking truth about investing in stocks, here you go. “Straight Talk About Today’s Markets” by Century Global. Enjoy.
Hello Kitty piled to the ceiling I really didn’t want to get into more detail about the entire Hello Kitty business because, let’s face it, it forces me to reveal that I know more about Hello Kitty than is healthy for any grown man to know (how many men do you know that can name [...]
You’ll be able to get a lot more information on the Google Finance from other sources – it seems geared toward companies and investing rather than personal finances, but there is one nice feature that I wanted to point out for those tracking their individual stocks. If you have a Gmail account (if you don’t, [...]
I’m going to take a stand here and not include articles that I don’t feel are about debt reduction. This doesn’t mean the articles were bad (in fact, several were quite good), but simply they didn’t really belong in this carnival. While mortgages, budgets, investing and other such topics can have debt reduction qualities, after [...]
Our satellite site Timeshare Trap received some good media coverage. I was quoted in an article by Gregory Karp in the Chicago Tribune titled Unloading Time Share Likely A No-Win Deal. It was nice to see a mainstream media outlet highlight this problem. The question of how to get rid of a timeshare is a [...]
I came across this topic of conversation in the forums: Would You Sell Your Eggs To Pay Off Debt? – It seems if you have the brains and the right looks, your eggs may be worth 5 figures and a minimum of 4 figures if you qualify. The question is would you consider selling them [...]
When you give information to a company, that information is worth money. Whether it is an application for a credit card or a cell phone application, the information can (and often is) resold to others for a profit. You may be surprised at how much it is really worth. For example, a lot of the [...]
