If you garden, you’ve got a ready supply of gifts right under your nose, it just takes some planning. Here’s a picture of a house plant of mine, just begging to be given a trim. The plant benefits in that it will bush out and become more attractive and I benefit as I will have [...]
I have collected a number of money confessions from people over the last couple of months. This is one of them. This is confession number 25 in the series: “I don’t leave tips on principle no matter how good the service.” Other confession already listed: Children’s Savings Work Money & Happiness How Rich People Look [...]
When the Electric Choice program first allowed consumers to choose their electricity providers, the media made a big deal about the potential savings for consumers. I called around to several companies but found very little difference in rates. A short time later, I discovered another, less well known method of saving on electricity that doesn’t [...]
This is one of the money confessions I have received anonymously from various people that I thought would be worth sharing. This is confession number 24 in the series: “I had to place my dog into the pound due to lack of money. I wish I hadn’t. I wonder if someone adopted him?” Other confession [...]
Certain Degrees Now Cost More at Universities: You may be charged more for deciding to major in a certain subject rather than another. The era of cheap money appears to be ending – and what that means to the US economy. E-Z Pass Orphan Exit Fees: If you use EZPass, you want to check your [...]
If you visit this website regularly, you probably aren’t a novice to the basics of personal finance. You’re already familiar with what you need to do to retire, how to protect yourself through insurance, and what constitutes good debt versus bad debt. There’s probably at least one person in your life, however, who hasn’t started [...]
I began to collect money confessions from people a couple of months ago asking them to anonymously write down their confessions. I was surprised by many of them and felt that some were worthy of sharing with all of you. This is confession number 23 in the series: “When I see poor people, I think [...]
In my recent article about how to start an IRA with $1 in 15 minutes, I said that you would be putting your money into a money market fund. I thought I should explain in more detail what this is for those of you who decided to go this route, so that you are informed [...]
This is one of a series of money confessions that I asked people to anonymously give to me over the last 2 months. I have chosen some of the more interesting of these to share with your. This is confession number 22 in the series: “I spent over $10,000 preparing for the Y2K disaster that [...]
When self-checkouts started to appear everywhere a few years ago, I balked at using them, despite the retail industry’s promises of shorter lines and lower prices. Call me a Luddite, but I believed (and still do believe) that this technology puts people out of work. A 2004 article in eWEEK.com’s special report on self-checkouts, “What’s [...]
