I met up with a friend this weekend along with a group of his friends who I didn’t really know. When they found out that I write about money matters and personal finance, I received the question that I almost always receive: “So, do you have any hot investing tips?” Now I know what they [...]
There is a new debt industry film out titled In Debt We Trust by Danny Schechter that may be worth watching. According to the movie’s website: While many Americans may be “maxing out” on credit cards, there is a deeper story: power is shifting into fewer hands…..with frightening consequences. In Debt We trust shows how [...]
Do you suffer from Financial Bulimia? I think it’s an interesting definition for a way some people spend money. I’d never heard it before, but I came across it at So Now What?: Financial Bulimia. I have a tendency to get ultra frugal, and then snap and do something like book a last minute weekend [...]
This is another post that only has a minor connection to actual personal finance, but might explain why there may be a bit less posting than normal this week. This is going to be one of the busiest and most exciting weeks this summer for me. First and foremost, this Friday Nate and I will [...]
I mentioned that we had picked up a few new blogs that we added to our growing family last week. We found a writer for one of them. I’d like to extend a big welcome to Khyron who will be writing the Alpha Guy from now on: …As for my background, I studied electrical engineering [...]
A quick step away from personal finance… I’m not sure whether I should be happy or disappointed that one of the most popular posts on this site has little to do with personal finances. The fact is that my post about my wife’s entrepreneurial spirit and how it has made living in our house a [...]
I’ve never understood how the coupon people are able to get those really great deals. Even when Flash explained her $330 In Groceries For $27 I still wondered if there was some type of trick to it which would keep the average person from getting these deals. I began to pay close attention to the [...]
While there were a lot of complaints about the Emigrant system in the first few days after their website overhaul, one thing that I haven’t notice anyone report on is that Emigrant actually made a huge change that makes opening an account vastly easier. In the past when you opened an account with Emigrant, you [...]
I had a discussion with a friend this past weekend. He was trying to convince me that in order to start a business today, it costs a lot of money. While I will concede that it can cost a lot of money to begin a wide variety of businesses, there are also many that can [...]
I mentioned earlier that Yahoo Publisher Network ads were performing so poorly on our grocery coupon guide site that it only took a week to realize we needed to switch back to Google Adsense. That was definitely a smart move because earnings immediately shot up. The other site we decided to experiment with, frugal gardening, [...]
