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What Is The Worth Of *Net Worth* If It Is Not Usable?
2007-05-16 21:21:00 Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. ~ Benjamin Franklin. Beyond such philosophical implications, I have been thinking about the issue of usability of net worth since the last Sunday Review - in which I mentioned it with reference to Super ... More About: Net worth , Worth , Wort
What Do You Look For In An Online Bank Account?
2007-05-15 22:42:00 Sometime back, Henry @ Binary Dollar asked this money question: “What do you look for in an online bank account”? and invited responses from a few bloggers. Here is what I had to say about my views in choosing an online bank account. 1. High Interest Rates - This is the juicy part of online ... More About: Online , Bank , Count , Line , Look
What Do You Look For In An Online Bank Account?
2007-05-15 22:42:00 Sometime back, Henry @ Binary Dollar asked this money question: “What do you look for in an online bank account”? and invited responses from a few bloggers. Here is what I had to say about my views in choosing an online bank account. 1. High Interest Rates - This is the juicy part of online ... More About: Online , Bank , Count , Line , Look
Simple Saving Trick: Pay Yourself First And Then Keep Stealing
2007-05-14 21:11:00 This is not a new invention or anything; smart people have been increasingly stashing (saving) away money from themselves ever since the advent of the concept of “pay yourself first” (which has existed forever). However, in our case, we sort of *accidentally* extended the concept to suit our purposes - we call it ... More About: Trick , Simple , First , Teal , Steal
Simple Saving Trick: Pay Yourself First And Then Keep Stealing
2007-05-14 21:11:00 This is not a new invention or anything; smart people have been increasingly stashing (saving) away money from themselves ever since the advent of the concept of “pay yourself first” (which has existed forever). However, in our case, we sort of *accidentally* extended the concept to suit our purposes - we call it ... More About: Trick , Keep , Simple , First , Teal
The Sunday Review #20: Interesting Paper Clip Edition
2007-05-13 16:30:00 Grading undergraduate homeworks is usually a very boring job. However, every once in a while, something interesting pops up and makes you smile. Here is one such thing: That’s a part of a broken paper clip bent around to hold the loose pages together. Also, the student was kind enough to point towards the object ... More About: Interesting , Review , Clip , Sunday , Paper
The Sunday Review #20: Interesting Paper Clip Edition
2007-05-13 16:30:00 Grading undergraduate homeworks is usually a very boring job. However, every once in a while, something interesting pops up and makes you smile. Here is one such thing: That’s a part of a broken paper clip bent around to hold the loose pages together. Also, the student was kind enough to point towards the object ... More About: Interesting , Review , Clip , Sunday , Paper
Call For Guest Posts And Vacation Plans
2007-05-12 19:30:00 I will be on vacation for a few days before, during, and after the Memorial Day long weekend towards the end of this month. It will be a good opportunity to showcase some new and fresh writings from other bloggers, on this blog. So, if you have something to share and want to ... More About: Vacation , Plans , Call , Posts , Guest
Call For Guest Posts And Vacation Plans
2007-05-12 19:30:00 I will be on vacation for a few days before, during, and after the Memorial Day long weekend towards the end of this month. It will be a good opportunity to showcase some new and fresh writings from other bloggers, on this blog. So, if you have something to share and want to ... More About: Vacation , Plans , Call , Posts , Guest
Bulk Is Not Always Frugal - Watch Out For Prices Like These
2007-05-11 22:36:00 It’s our general tendency to *assume* that when things are sold in bulk, they should be cheaper. Here is what we discovered about bulk prices at our local grocery shop the other day: Some of you may remember that last Sunday I ranted about onions getting horribly expensive (see that “was $1.99” in the upper ... More About: Watch , Like , Frugal , These , Always
Bulk Is Not Always Frugal - Watch Out For Prices Like These
2007-05-11 22:36:00 It’s our general tendency to *assume* that when things are sold in bulk, they should be cheaper. Here is what we discovered about bulk prices at our local grocery shop the other day: Some of you may remember that last Sunday I ranted about onions getting horribly expensive (see that “was $1.99” in the upper ... More About: Watch , Like , Frugal , These , Always
Money Question: How Do You Handle Financial Disagreements?
2007-05-10 17:30:00 The money question this week comes on the heels of my last week’s post on the importance of financial communication between family members. In the absence of proper financial communication between family members (or in the presence of different financial habits), some sort of friction is natural. Different people will handle such disagreements in different ... More About: Money , Question , Financial , Quest , Hand
Carnival Of Personal Finance #99 - Awesome Money Quotes Edition
2007-05-07 14:08:00 Welcome to the 99th Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance . Since there is a lot to read below, we will skip on the introductory blah blah. The entries are organized into 12 different categories and a table of content is provided to make it easier to navigate through the 55 articles featured in ... More About: Personal Finance , Money
The Sunday Review #19: Expensive Onions Edition
2007-05-06 14:18:00 Wow..onion prices are bringing tears to our eyes. We tend to eat a lot of onions through a variety of recipes and probably consume about 14~18 pounds of onions in a month (…yeah we have a strong mouthwash too). During most of our purchases in the last month, the prices have been around $1.99 ... More About: Review , Sunday , Pens , Edition , Onion
Husband, Does Your Wife Know How To Invest? Wife, Does Your Husband Know Ho
2007-05-04 15:15:00 I discovered something interesting yesterday. My boss doesn’t know how to handle his bills! It was none of my business to know this, but during one of our conversations he happened to mention that his wife is away for a conference and he is supposed to take care of some their bills - and is ... More About: Wife , Know , Invest , Husband
Thursday Money Blogs Roundup: $11 Billion Of Bottled Water Edition
2007-05-03 18:54:00 I was reading an interesting article on Smartmoney.com titled “20 Small Ways to Save the Planet” and saw this reported in it’s 20th tip - Skip Bottled Water : In 2006, Americans spent a record $11 billion on bottled water, according to the Earth Policy Institute. I thought that was interesting because, immediately after the ... More About: Money , Roundup , Blogs , Thursday
Submit Your Articles For The 99th Carnival Of Personal Finance
2007-05-03 18:01:00 The 99th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance will be hosted on this blog on Monday, May 7th. If you are interested in communicating your financial thoughts and/or opinions to the world, make sure you submit your articles before 5:00 pm (ET) on Sunday, May 6th. Read these submission guidelines and then use this submission ... More About: Personal Finance , Articles
Spirit Airlines Deal: $0.01 Each Way
2007-05-02 21:24:00 Right on the heels of Skybus’s $10 deal, Spirit Airlines is offering a $0.01 airfare promotion with a lot more destinations (than Skybus) available.The only problem: the promotion ends today at 11:59 pm ET. So, if you have been generally looking for some airline tickets, hurry up to Spirit Airlines and see if ... More About: Deal , Line , Lines
Junk Snail Mail Contest - Who Sends You The Most Financial Junk?
2007-05-02 15:50:00 That’s a part of my junk mail pile (neatly arranged) from the last few weeks. Finally, after much procrastination (as usual), I got to shredding the damned things yesterday. This time, I documented the rogue mail senders, so that I can systematically hate them according to how much junk they send me. Here are ... More About: Contest , Mail , Financial , Most , Test
A Way To Reduce Spending - Think About The Number Of Hours You Will Need To
2007-05-01 16:30:00 Here is a quick money hack. If you compulsively feel like buying stuff when go window shopping, then this might work for you. Whenever you want to buy something, make it a habit of thinking in terms of the number of hours you will have to work in order to earn money equal to ... More About: Spending , Reduce , Ending , Will , Think
Carnival Of Debt Reduction #85: The American Way Of Debt Edition
2007-04-30 11:23:00 Let’s start this edition of the Carnival of Debt Redu ction with some historical perspective on debt in America. Here are some interesting facts on consumer debt in the 19th century (source). Before organized consumer credit, there were five major lending sources: pawnbrokers, illegal small-loan lenders, retailers, friends and family, and mortgage lenders. Indebtedness was common prior ... More About: American , Edition
The Sunday Review #18: Parents Of Obese Children Edition
2007-04-29 12:57:00 Over the weekend we were shuttling between our town and another big city on some errands. During one of the drives, me and my wife got into an interesting discussion on obese children and their parents’ mentality. The cause of the discussion was a family of 5 (3 obese children with 2 obese parents) ... More About: Children , Review , Sunday , View , Parents
Can You Save Too Much In An Emergency Fund? What Do You Think?
2007-04-27 18:30:00 Recently, Ben @ Money Smart Life ran a series of posts on “Can You Save Too Much In An Emergency Fund “. The purpose of the series was to answer this question posed by a reader: ?Is there such thing as saving too much money in an emergency fund? What?s the best place to keep the ... More About: Think , Merge
Thursday Money Blogs Roundup: Pig Fat Diesel Edition
2007-04-27 06:53:00 Read about an interesting solution to energy crisis on BBC the other day: American oil company ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods, the world’s biggest meat producer, have announced that they will produce diesel from pork fat. Cows and chickens will also be transformed to power motor vehicles. The companies say that this renewable source ... More About: Money , Diesel , Roundup , Blogs , Edit
How Much Is Your Monthly Electricity Bill?
2007-04-26 20:47:00 Here is a snapshot of our electricity bill for the month of March. That’s slightly on the lower end of our bill spectrum, but the average is not very far from that amount. Probably around $48. I am trying to find the lowest bill we ever had (I think it was around $38)…but in all ... More About: Electricity , City , Much , Tricity , Electric
How Much Would A 3 MPH Crash Cost You? Hint: Thousands!
2007-04-25 19:09:00 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released some interesting crash results in a report published in March this year. The report summarizes the damage and the costs involved for numerous vehicles when crash-tested at 3 mph (corner impact) and 6 mph (full impact) for bumper performance, in tests that were designed to simulate real-life ... More About: Cost , Sand , Much , Crash , Thousand
Skybus - From Seattle To Columbus And Back In $40.80
2007-04-24 22:57:00 Came across some interesting information about Skybus on The Consumerist. The newly launched airline is offering $10 one-way deals for travel between Columbus , OH and a few other cities across the country. Your flight has to either originate from, or terminate at Columbus (you can’t fly between City A and City B without stopping ... More About: Seattle , Back
Festival Of Frugality #71: Definitions Of Frugality Edition
2007-04-24 12:24:00 Welcome to the 71st edition of the Fest ival of Frugality. Before we start with the festival submissions, here are some thoughts. Sometimes, when we are engrossed in squeezing out every ounce of worth from a penny, it is easy to loose sight of reason and rationality. Hence, every once in a while, to put ... More About: Definitions , Edit , Definition
Stuff That?s Painful When Piled
2007-04-23 22:03:00 Here is a list of potentially problematic things that grow exponentially if you do not pay attention to them on time. These are all commonplace things that have just one lesson associated with them: a stitch in time saves nine. Perhaps there are more lessons involved like: procrastination is a thief of time …and ... More About: Stuff , When , That
The Sunday Review #17: Earth Day Edition
More articles from this author:2007-04-22 13:05:00 For those who are not aware, every year, April 22nd marks the “Earth Day”. In short, it’s a day when people *suddenly* realize the importance of global warming and environmental degradation. It’s like those other days when we suddenly realize the significance of our mother, father, spouse, children, teachers, and grandparents. But hey! one ... More About: Earth Day , Review , Sunday , The Sun 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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