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Money Links For 10-19-2007
2007-10-19 12:36:00 Here are some interesting money articles published over the week. Five Reasons Why Having A Child Isn?t As Expensive As You Might Think by Trent @ The Simple Dollar. Five Fabulous-Paying Jobs Anyone Can Do?Except They?re Totally Illegal by Nick @ Punny Money . How to Work Extremely Hard and Get Nothing Done by Ben @ Money Smart ... More About: Links
I Am Glad Oil Prices Are Rising
2007-10-17 18:30:00 I know this is selfish and evil, but I need to get this out of my system. Of course, the rising oil prices cause sharp momentary pain at the gas pump and gradually increasing pain at retail stores; but, there is a silver lining to this dark cloud that I am discovering about now. If you ... More About: Prices , Glad
Times When We Don?t Keep A Track Of Our Dollars
2007-10-16 15:30:00 We do try to save money on a lot of things in life and generally tweak stuff here and there a bit to get some extra juice out of our financial resources. However, there are rare occasions when we ignore the dollars and just focus on maximizing our experience. Here are two such examples. 1. ... More About: Times , Track , Dollars , Doll
Blog Action Day: State Of The Nation
2007-10-15 15:30:00 Here are a few things to laugh and cry about on the occasion of Blog Action Day. I just went a little off-track to save you from the monotony of reading some serious stuff on this matter on about 15,000 other blogs. According to unreliable sources, George W. Bush has also taken notice of this ... More About: Nation , State , The Nation
The Sunday Review #42
2007-10-14 23:47:00 A shout-out for some interesting articles published over the week. Am I Rich? by Jenn @ Frugal Upstate. Separate Checking Accounts, or Keep Them Joint? by MBH @ Mighty Bargain Hunter. Quality of Life is More Important Than Dollars by Patrick @ Cash Money Life. Mean Things Retailers Do That Piss Me Off by Nick @ Punny ... More About: Review , Sunday
Top Posts From The Month Of September
2007-10-12 20:36:00 I have been posting a bit slow over the past two weeks while I continue sulking over some recent unpleasant events. I do have a lot to write, but I am afraid it will sound a bit too negative for my own taste - and that’s not going to be of much help to ... More About: Posts , September , Month , Mont
Saving It For Later: Plastic Covers On Products
2007-10-11 17:05:00 Notice the plastic cover on our laptop: The laptop looks absolutely brand new under that shoddy plastic cover (which came with the original packing) and which is now old enough to warp itself out after more than a year of use - although, I am still not inclined to remove it completely. In the past, I ... More About: Products , Plastic , Covers , Saving
Money Links For 10-11-07
2007-10-11 17:04:00 Some interesting stuff that got published while I was sulking away: Should Men And Women Receive Different Personal Finance Advice? by Trent @ The Simple Dollar. Save Money By Living in a Mall Parking Garage for Four Years by Nick @ Punny Money. 27 Ways To Save Money On Food by Brett @ Frugal Law Student. Can Cheaper ... More About: Links
Olive Oil Users Aren?t All Snobs, Some of Us Are Just Misinformed
2007-10-08 15:15:00 The olive oil issue returns! but this time, somebody else wants to talk about it. This post is authored by Paid Twice who writes over at I’ve Paid For This Twice Already. If you are looking for bloggers in debt, who are fighting it out and inspiring others to do the same, you should ... More About: Olive Oil , Users , Olive , Snobs , Live O
The Sunday Review #41
2007-10-07 15:30:00 Let me start this link fest with a congratulatory note to Super Saver @ My Wealth Builder - a long time reader of this blog and a fellow blogger who managed to achieve the mythical “retire in your forties” dream. Here are a few posts from him that are overflowing with the joy of ... More About: Review , Sunday
Looking At Life From A Stock Market Perspective
2007-10-05 15:00:00 Since Monday evening, this week has been horrible for me in terms of how much crap life can hand over to someone in such a short amount of time. I don’t know how people tend to look at stuff, but right now, to me, it seems that getting your dreams crushed is far more ... More About: Life , Stock Market , Market , Stock , Perspective
Most Personal Finance Bloggers Are Rich, Self-Righteous, And Inflexible?
2007-10-03 17:10:00 A few months ago, there was a great discussion on this blog about what readers have against personal finance bloggers. Recently, a reader added some extra dimensions to the topic. Here is what she had to say: [Updated note: Here is a response from the author of this comment. I encourage you to read it ... More About: Personal , Personal Finance , Finance , Rich , Bloggers
Crossing Generations: Being Grateful For What We Have And Some Reflections
2007-10-01 16:29:00 It all started with these lines from the movie Rush Hour, which we watched over this weekend for the umpteenth time: Carter: …My daddy once saved five crackheads from a burnin’ building, by himself. Lee: My daddy once caught a bullet with his bare hand. One thing led to another and we (me and my wife) ... More About: Reflections , Crossing , Generations , Some
The Sunday Review #40
2007-09-30 20:30:00 Some interesting money articles for Sunday reading. Happiness In Frugality Is True Happiness by Dawn @ Frugal for Life. Saving Too Much @ Brip Blap. Six Ingredients for Generating Passive Income by Ben @ Money Smart Life. GM and the UAW Tentatively Agree on New Contract by Jeremy @ Generation X Finance. 10 Common Investing Mistakes Or Just Personal ... More About: Review
Vehicles Of Financial Frauds: Phishing, Vishing, And Other Social Engineeri
2007-09-28 17:30:00 Over the past few weeks, I have been getting increasing number of messages from readers about some Bank of America scam emails and related fake websites. As such, I though it would be in order to discuss some of these issues by the way of a dedicated post. Although, the content below is by ... More About: Social , Financial , Phishing , Vehicles , Frauds
Where Exactly Is The ?Pressure? To Spend?
2007-09-27 16:43:00 Many times, the blame for mindless consumerism falls squarely on the “social pressure” to spend. Here are just a couple of examples (out of many available) of how the “pressure” comes into play. From a TIME magazine article “What America Buys and Why“, published in October 2006: Status also drives us to shop. It’s what motivates ...
Money Links For 09-27-07
2007-09-27 15:32:00 Making A Major Life Change: Is It Time For Kathy To Abandon The City? by Trent @ The Simple Dollar. Don’t forget to go over the comments on this one. Moving Is Going To Save Us A Ton Of Money And Improve Our Quality Of Life by David @ My Two Dollars. More on moving ... More About: Links
Can You Make Sense Of This? 6000% Inflation, 600% Interest Rate, And A Boom
2007-09-26 19:33:00 A few days ago, this news on BBC just wouldn’t let me concentrate elsewhere (source): Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate slowed in August to 6,592.8% from July’s record of 7,634.8%, according to the Central Statistical Office (CSO). … At the end of August, President Mugabe introduced jail terms of up to six months for anyone caught trying to ... More About: Sense , Inflation , Interest , Make , Boom
Sign The Back Of Your Credit Cards - Useless Fraud Prevention Advice?
2007-09-25 16:37:00 “To protect your credit card against misuse, remember to sign the back of your card before you start using it” - you will hear that every single time when you call your credit card company to activate a credit card (or a debit card for that matter). Even the Federal Trade Commission (which, by the ... More About: Credit Cards , Advice , Credit , Fraud , Fraud Prevention
Got Financial Fantasies?
2007-09-24 16:04:00 I don’t know about you all, but I occasionally get tired of thinking about serious stuff - how to increase my income, how to live frugally, how to shop smartly, whether I am saving enough, whether I am spending too much, blah blah… And then, there are days when my mind just wouldn’t process anymore ... More About: Financial , Fina , Fantasies
The Sunday Review #39
2007-09-23 17:00:00 Some interesting reading material for a lazy Sunday . How to Quit Your Day Job in Six Not So Easy Steps by Ben @ Money Smart Life. Lazy Man and Jealousy by Lazy Man @ Lazy Man and Money. Why Have Americans Become so Overindulgent? by Lynnae @ Being Frugal. Are You a Better Investor? by Sun @ Sun’s ... More About: Review
Top High-Yield Savings Accounts: Interest Rates And Some Thoughts
2007-09-21 13:45:00 After the recent cut in the Federal Funds Rate, it is anticipated that most high yield savings accounts will follow suit and decrease the interest rates offered on deposits. In fact, a couple of fellow bloggers reported yesterday that ING Direct has already reduced it’s savings account interest rate from 4.50% (yawn) to 4.30% ... More About: Interest Rates , Thoughts , Interest , High , Rates
Money Links For 09-21-07: Death Special
2007-09-21 10:43:00 Looks like Jeremy @ Generation X Finance has had death on this mind lately. Here is a series of informative articles he has published recently on post-death wealth management: Transferring Assets Upon Death Through a Will Transferring Assets Upon Death by Operation of Law or Contract Transferring Assets Upon Death With a Trust Other interesting articles of ... More About: Money , Links , Special
A Quick Financial Awareness Wake-up Call
2007-09-19 19:18:00 Most readers who frequent personal finance blogs/websites must have read about a lot of financial advice by now - some of which is almost repeated to the point of boredom. However, I am not sure everyone processes all the information they get from such resources - even after reading it several times. Often, we read ... More About: Financial , Awareness , Quick , Wake , Call
Buy A BlackBerry For $10.5 Million, Get A Private Island Free
2007-09-18 17:18:00 I first came across this advertisement in latest issue of TIME magazine - splashed across the inside front cover with the title “The World’s First $10.5M Cell Phone - an exciting limited-time offer for billionaires.“ The ad proceeds to claim this: “Purchase this BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone for just $10.5 and we’ll throw in a ... More About: Blackberry , Free , Island , Private , Million
Carnival Of Personal Finance #118: Fun Money Facts Edition
2007-09-17 11:24:00 Welcome to the 118th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance - the fun money facts edition. As is the “tradition”, this week too there were more than 100 submissions to the carnival - of which only 88 managed to survive till the end. To make the arrangement of 88 entries look less intimidating, I ... More About: Personal Finance , Facts
Bear Market Is When More Women Wear Long Skirts
2007-09-16 18:08:00 Presenting the Hemline Theory of stock market performance. According to Reuters: Lower hemlines are coming back in fashion for spring and that could spell bad news for the U.S. stock market. The higher the hemlines, the better the outlook for stocks, according to a popular, but frequently disputed, theory. When hemlines drop, watch out — the Dow Jones ... More About: Women , Market , Skirts , Bear Market , Long
The Sunday Review #38
2007-09-16 17:26:00 Here are links to some interesting articles published over the week. A Look at an Equity-Indexed Annuity by JLP @ All Financial Matters. Go ahead and read the interesting comments by Art Dinkin and MossySF on this one. I am sure you will have a good idea of what Equity-Indexed Annuity (EIA) is by the ... More About: Review , Sunday
Investing Progress: Current Status, Mistakes, And Future Goals
2007-09-14 15:26:00 Nearly four months ago, I mentioned that my portfolio contained about 98% of cash and that I intended to make some efforts towards changing the situation. Now, after some agonizingly slow progress, I have managed to take some concrete steps towards that. Things started to take shape after I finally (successfully) opened a brokerage account ... More About: Future , Current , Investing , Goals , Status
Who Is Responsible For Lead In Toys?
More articles from this author:2007-09-13 16:10:00 We have been hearing about the recalls of “Made in China” toys, due to the presence of lead, for quite some time now. Each time this lead contamination issue is raised, fingers immediately start pointing towards the lack of quality controls on the Chinese end, and the blame falls squarely on the manufacturing facilities in ... More About: Toys , Lead 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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