Going Green to Keep More Green in Your Pocket
With much of the focus on going green today, the average family can do much to help the environment. Not only will you be doing your part for global warming and climate change, you will be doing your wallet a big favor as well.
Investing for the Future
The winds of change are definitely blowing in [...]
Educating Young Children about Money
My mother-in-law is very generous when it comes to giving my children money. It usually comes in the form of $5 or $10 bills inserted into holiday cards or in person during the twice-a-year visits, at which time she chooses to hand them money in a covert way; a sheepish attempt to hide the fact [...]
Do you make bad financial decisions? Blame evolution.
According to this article in the Los Angeles Times, evolution accounts for a lot of our strange ideas about finances. Most people would rather earn $50,000 a year while people around them made $25,000, than earn $100,000 a year while people around them earned $250,000. Irrational, but in this case, [...]
Secrets That Helped The Rich Get Rich
Reader’s Digest recently posted a article titled Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires. While I don’t think there are any “secrets” to becoming a millionaire, it’s good to be reminded of what is important, especially by those who have already made it. I really liked the following quote:
“For the rich, it’s not about getting more [...]
The 5 Blogs That Sent The Most Traffic My Way In 2007
As I did last year, I like to look back and thank the sites that have referred my blog in one way or another and sent the most traffic my way in 2007. I can sincerely recommend each one of these blogs. Each one contains great content, and if you find anything of worth on [...]
Most Read Posts of 2007
How often a post is read, doesn’t always reflect quality. Often it is just an indicator of how it ranks in Google or where it’s linked from. Some of these posts were whipped up in a couple of minutes, others took more time and research. But, for what it’s worth these are [...]
Financial Goals for 2008
Net Worth: $105,000
We put a fair amount of thought into our net worth goal for 2008. $105,000 represents a significant challenge, but one we think we can reach. We will have to average a gain of about $600/month more than we did in 2007. There are a few reasons we think [...]
An American Hedge Fund Giveaway Winner
Congratulations to Carl Hunter for winning our giveaway of An American Hedge Fund by Timothy Sykes! Carl is an avid seeker of knowledge and poor college student finding out that finance may be where his real passion is.
Carl, be sure to check your email for details, and enjoy the book.
We Have New Jobs!
My wife has worked for her current employer for over 4 years. I have worked for my current employer for almost 4 years. Strangely enough, within about a week of each other, we have both been offered new jobs, and we both have accepted them.
My wife was was starting to dislike her work. [...]
Who Owns America’s Wealth?
This short clip displays the distribution of wealth throughout the US population. Who do you think owns more wealth, the top 1% of the population or the bottom 90%?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VHNXTBwj80
