Cash Money LifeCash Money LifeCash Money Life is a personal finance blog with helpful information for everyone, and a special military money section designed to help military members. There is also great information on how to choose an MBA program and some helpful career informat Articles
Self-Employed Retirement Plans
2008-12-15 11:30:00 I love having my own business. While it is a lot of work, it is also very rewarding. I need a creative outlet in my life, and my business gives that to me. I also love having another income source. You never know what life will throw at you, and diversifying your income streams helps ... More About: Retirement , Investing , Plans
Weekly Roundup - Christmas Card Edition
2008-12-14 22:43:00 My wife and I spent the morning writing out Christmas cards and wrapping presents. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! This week’s recommended articles: Happy Birthday to Million Dollar Journey! Frugal Trader celegrates 2 years of blogging. Congrats, FT! a little something on the side?. Plonkee Money talks about alternative income streams and why they are ... More About: Personal Finance , Card , Roundup , Weekly
Watch Out for Inflation in 2009
2008-12-13 14:08:00 This is a guest post by Simit Patel, a contributing analyst at InformedTrades.com, a site that offers free courses on trading the world’s financial markets. At the time of this writing — December, 2008 — the US economy is characterized by deflation. Deflation means the supply of money is falling, the value of currency is rising, ... More About: Watch , Inflation
MoneyAisle - Banks Bid for Your Money
2008-12-12 11:56:00 This is a great time to be a consumer looking for a high yield savings account or looking to open a high interest Certificate of Deposit (CD). In our current economic climate, many banks are scrambling to line up new deposits, and you can take advantage of this by letting banks bid for your money. ... More About: Money , Banks
Ask the Readers: Is Regifting an Acceptable Practice?
2008-12-11 14:14:00 Christmas is fast approaching, which means it’s time for Christmas shopping and exchanging gits. Chances are, most of us will receive a gift or two that we either don’t want or don’t need. So what do you do with that gift? Do you add it to the clutter in your closet where it will never ... More About: Personal Finance , Readers , Practice
10 Personal Finance Essentials
2008-12-10 13:53:00 This article is part of an M-Network group writing project, the 12 Days of Christmas - Personal Finance Style. Last year, the M-Network changed the lyrics to the popular Christmas song to give them a financial twist. This year, we are at it again. Links to the previous Days of Christmas are located at the ... More About: Personal Finance , Insurance , Investing
10 Unique Gift Ideas for Christmas
2008-12-09 12:48:00 Every Christmas I rack my brains to come up with unique and useful Christmas gifts for friends and family members. I try to put thought into the gifts I give and I want to give my loved ones something they will remember. Often, the best gifts aren’t the latest gadgets on the market - they ... More About: Ideas , Personal Finance , Gift Ideas , Gift
Shopping for Individual Health Insurance
2008-06-09 18:49:00 I am currently on vacation. This is a guest article by Miranda Marquit, who writes about personal finance for Yielding Wealth and edits information on debt consolidation for DestroyDebt.com . One of the biggest concerns right now in America is health care. This affects your personal finances on a variety of levels. And some people ... More About: Health , Shopping , Insurance , Health Insurance , Individual
Weekly Roundup - Vacation Edition
2008-06-08 17:39:00 Hello Everyone, my wife and I are currently on vacation in TX to visit family and see my little sister graduate high school. It’s nice to take a few days off work - even though I just started the new job. Speaking of vacations, the M-Network members recently wrote a series on vacations. Check ... More About: Personal Finance , Roundup , Vacation , Weekly , Edition
You Can?t Squeeze Blood From a Stone ? What to Do When You Absolutely Can?t
2008-06-06 16:51:00 I am currently on vacation. This is a guest article by Jonathan, who writes the blog Master Your Card, a blog about getting out and staying out of debt, and mastering credit card use. Your credit card bill is due on Tuesday, at the end of business hours ? do you know where your minimum ... More About: Stone , Debt , Blood , Squeeze
How to Scare a Loved One ? Start a Business
2008-06-05 12:40:00 I am currently on vacation. This is a guest article by Tisha Kulak, a freelance writer who is an editor/writer for a credit card blog, a consumer news blog, and Empowering Mom - a blog about entrepreneurship. She has also co-authored a book on hiring a freelance author. Anyone who has ever started a ... More About: Business , Start
Blockbuster Total Access - Free 30 Day Trial
2008-06-04 15:20:00 I was skimming through the internet yesterday and found a great deal - a free one month trial to Blockbuster Total Access ! The Blockbuster Total Access plan allows you to select movies online and they will send them to you in the order you have them selected. One of the advantages of this plan over Netflix is that you can exchange or return your movies at any Blockbuster store for your convenience. This free trial is only available to new customers, but you may be able to put the plan in a spouse’s name to get another trial if you have used Blockbuster Total Access before and have since canceled the service. The best part is - you don’t need a coupon code to take advantage of this deal! Just use this Blockbuster link, fill out the info, and make your selections. You can receive your first DVD in as few as two business days. Note: As part of this offer, you agree to sign up for the monthly plan at $9.99 per month. However, you will still get the free month whether you continu... More About: Free , Trial
The M-Network Vacation Guide - Vacation in the Off-Season to Save Money and
2008-06-03 16:19:00 Today, the M-Network is doing a series on vacationing. Frugal tips, ideas, experiences, personal accounts… everything. Check out the other M-Network blogs for more tips - and have a great vacation this year! Last fall my wife and I took a cruise to celebrate our honeymoon. We were actually married a year before ... More About: Money , Save Money , Vacation , Season
Deciding What to Do With Your 401(k) When You Change Jobs
2008-06-02 15:52:00 As many of you know, I resigned my job a couple weeks ago and since then I have started my new job. During my first week at my new job I enrolled in my benefits plans and now need to figure out what to do with my old 401(k). Basically, there are 5 options for ... More About: Jobs , Change , Investing
Weekly Round-Up - Graduation Edition
2008-06-01 16:35:00 Hello everyone, it’s that time of year again… high school and college students around the country are graduating and heading on to the next stage of their lives. Next week my wife and I will travel to TX to visit my family and watch my little sister graduate high school. Then she’s off to college ... More About: Personal Finance , Round Up , Graduation , Weekly , Round
High School Money Book - Book Review
2008-05-30 13:54:00 I’ve mentioned several times in the pages of this site that I think personal finance topics should be taught to high school students. Well, High School Money Book is designed to be that primer. I would consider this book to be a jack of all trades, master of none, type book because of its breadth ... More About: Book Review , Review
Reader Question - How Can I Improve My Credit Score?
2008-05-29 13:45:00 I recently received an e-mail in which a reader asked how to improve his credit score. This reader question is why I recently wrote about how FICO credit scores are determined and how to improve your credit score. It was easier to write a couple articles explaining the details, then answer his question. I think ... More About: Credit , Question , Reader , Improve , Score
How to Improve Your Credit Score
2008-05-28 16:04:00 Having a strong credit score is one of the most important things you can do to help control your finances. Your credit score is used every time you apply for a loan, to help determine interest and insurance rates, for background checks when you apply for a job or for renting a house, and ... More About: Credit , Improve , Score
How is Your Credit Score Determined?
2008-05-27 13:34:00 Your credit score is one of the most important numbers in your daily life. Credit scores are used for loan approvals, determining interest and insurance rates, when screening for employment and rental applications, and even determining eligibility for cell phone contracts. But not everyone knows how credit scores are determined - and this is important ... More About: Score
Memorial Day
2008-05-26 15:50:00 This Memorial Day my wife and I will be going to a local national cemetery with my grandmother to observe the Memorial Day ceremony. The ceremony usually has a performance buy one of the Air Force bands, speeches given by veterans and local military officials, and it ends with a flyover. Afterward, we will ...
Weekly Round-Up Announcing the Book Winner
2008-05-25 15:52:00 Hello everyone, I hope you all have some nice plans for Memorial Day weekend. My wife and I are going to a friend’s house this weekend for a little BBQ. It will be nice to kick back and enjoy an extra day off. Book Giveaway Winner : First, thank you to everyone who entered. These ... More About: Personal Finance , Round Up , Weekly
An Exit Interview and My Last Day
2008-05-23 13:10:00 As many of you know, I recently resigned from my job and today is my last day. Though I gave my managers a lot of signals that I was unhappy in my current role (even telling them this verbatim), they seemed surprised when I resigned. A couple days after I resigned, they made me a counter ... More About: Interview
The Exit Interview
2008-05-22 13:50:00 I did my exit interview this week, and it was a fairly interesting experience. My only previous exposure to an exit interview was in the military, and I’m not sure you can really compare that to the corporate world very easily. Enlisted military members sign a contract for a defined time period, at which point ... More About: Interview
Is US Currency Illegal?
2008-05-21 13:47:00 CNN reported yesterday that a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Treasury Department is violating the law by failing to design and issue currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired people. This decision upheld a ruling from 2006 and could possibly force the Treasury Department to redesign the US paper ... More About: Currency , Illegal
Get $206 in Free Groceries!
2008-05-20 13:31:00 One thing I’ve noticed lately is that the price of groceries is skyrocketing! So much in fact, that people have started stockpiling staples such as rice and flour. Personally, I think the media is playing a role in this and people are overreacting. But the fact remains: grocery prices continue to rise. While I can’t stop ... More About: Free , Groceries
What is COBRA Insurance?
2008-05-19 13:12:00 When I resigned my job just over a week ago, I met with my HR rep at my office to go over a few things before my final day. One of the topics we covered was COBRA Insurance , or COBRA continuation coverage. COBRA stands for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, and is a ... More About: Personal Finance , Cobra
Weekly Roundup - New Job Edition
2008-05-18 16:39:00 Hello Everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. I’m just trying to take a few moments to relax because last week flew by for me! It’s been nonstop since I resigned from my job last week, and there are a ton of little things that need to be done before you can walk away. ... More About: Personal Finance , Roundup , Weekly , Edition
Make Money, Not Excuses - Book Review
2008-05-16 14:51:00 I recently received a copy of the book, Make Money , Not Excuses, by best selling author Jean Chatzky. The subtitle is Wake Up, Take Charge, and Overcome Your Financial Fears Forever. I think that sums up what this book is about - taking control of your financial situation and coming to terms with the fact ... More About: Book Review , Make Money , Review , Book
No, I Won?t Accept Your Counter Offer
2008-05-15 15:05:00 As most of you know by now, I resigned my job last week. The biggest reasons I resigned from my job were career stagnation and lack of job satisfaction. I approached my managers multiple times over the last 9 months or so to try and find something more challenging within the company, but I was ... More About: Counter , Offer , Accept
Conservation & Frugality
More articles from this author:2008-05-14 18:53:00 The other day I was chatting with my friend David, who writes two blogs - My Two Dollars and The Good Human. Many of you are probably familiar with My Two Dollars, because it is part of the M-Network, along with Cash Money Life and several other great personal finance blogs. If you aren’t familiar ... More About: Conservation , Frugality 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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