For those that regularly read personal financial blogs, magazines or other sources, the vast majority of the information in this video series will be fairly basic. One of the things about saving money is that most people already know how to do most of it, they just don’t take the time to break old habits [...]
If you had any doubt that you could use your instincts to predict virtually any future event and make money, that doubt should quickly be fading. HedgeStreet, an online futures market which is government regulated has launched “hurricane contracts” to speculate on the damage they will cause. There are two types of hurricane speculation in [...]
Here is an interesting site that I came across today. The name of it is FareCast and it uses an algorithm to predict the future prices of airline tickets to the destination where you want to go so you know whether it makes more sense to purchase them now or to wait to buy them. [...]
A short introduction to my painless saving philosophy: As you can see, I’m still trying to get the hang of this video stuff. Some things I learned: No more videos at night – I look like a stalker of some type. Hopefully daylight will bring a bit more light to it. Definitely need to learn [...]
I had an interesting question emailed to me the other day: What in your opinion are the most important skill sets to have in order to be successful with your personal finances? Is it essential to be organized or to not like shopping? Are there skills that can’t be learned that are essential to stay [...]
This is my first video attempt with my new digital video camera. Since my main concern was whether or not I could 1) take the video 2) upload the video to my computer 3) edit the video and 4) upload the video to youtube, having it relate to personal finance wasn’t factored into it too [...]
This little find comes courtesy of the savviest young one you’re likely to meet. With the cost of college textbooks now costing approximately $900 a year, finding ways to save on them is a top priority for a lot of students. A company called Freeload Press has come up with a innovative way to slash [...]
I was contacted by a friend that was having trouble with a collection agency regarding a very old debt she had. In fact, the debt was over 9 years old so she assumed that it was long history, but all of a sudden it appeared in her credit report as a recent debt. She couldn’t [...]
I finally purchased a video camera which I hope to use quite a bit in the months to come. I went against my normal shopping habits on this one and I hope that will ultimately be for the better in the long run. Usually when I shop for something, I do a lot of research, [...]
For those of you who have not been watching the news lately, Northwest Airlines handed out a booklet to their employees who were going to be laid off including a section called “101 Ways To Save Money” – the airline employees responded by protesting the list as offensive: “This is disgraceful that somebody at Northwest [...]
