In Part Two of Starting a Business with Pocket Change (you can also read part 1 of this series) I discussed specific steps to take and purchases to make when it’s time to create a business identity and launch your business. This next article in the series will touch on free software for running your [...]
A Wealth of Smarts Does Not Guarantee Actual Wealth: A new long term study has found that being smart isn’t necessary to be wealthy. While being smart does equate to more earning power, it doesn’t result in more accumulated wealth. $10 Airline Tickets: New airline SkyBus is offering introductory plane tickets for as low as [...]
When shopping for a used car you can take two very different routes. In my younger years with much less cash I always bought used from a private party. But you can also find some pretty good deals at the dealer as well. When shopping for a used car you could start with your newspaper, [...]
Study Sheds Light On Pay Gap Women Face After College: A new study says that the “pay gap between college-educated men and women continues to widen in the years following graduation.” Do You Need To Know How To Play Golf To Get Ahead In Business? Interesting question. Learning how to play certainly won’t hurt your [...]
Since I live in an expensive part of the country, I never gave a thought to buying a home. Everyone I knew, even successful people in their mid-thirties, rented. Then I started reading personal finance books, all of which said that I needed to quit renting yesterday. At first I just dismissed this advice because [...]
If you have ever been in a brick and mortar store and wished for the convenience of online price comparisons when deciding on a purchase, there is a service out there that tries to bring just that to your cell phone. The service is called Frucall. As long as you have a cell phone, you [...]
Money For Nothing: Do we have to do something to get money? Most people would say yes, but according to a recent study, today’s college kids don’t necessarily believe that. $4 A gallon Gasoline On The Way: Due to increased commutes, oil refinery limitations and the gulf hurricane season on the way, motorist shouldn’t be [...]
One of the most frustrating wastes of money is when you buy produce that ends up not tasting good. In most cases, I simply chalk it up to bad luck and take the loss. Part of the problem is that I’ve never known how to pick fruit to get the best of the bunch. Now [...]
You probably don’t realize it, but you drive much more than you need to. You get into your car much more often than you should, but there’s a simple way that you can make sure that you only drive when you need to — by paying yourself a small fee every time you get into [...]
Spam I Am – I try an Internet get-rich-quick scheme: See what happens when a writer from Slate decides to try one of those spam email get rich quick schemes. Health Care: Americans spend $7,100 on health care annually, while Canadians spend $2,900 (and get better results) The history of home values: 1890 – Today
