Exchange Traded Funds – An Investor’s Introductory Guide
July 22, 2008
Mutual funds are the investment vehicle of choice for retirement accounts of many Americans, but there is a new kid on the block. The Exchange Traded Fund or “ETF”, isn’t exactly new, but it has grown in popularity over the past five years with many amateur investors. So, what is it? Is it the right […]
PayPal Online Payment System Review
July 21, 2008
Paypal is becoming a more-ingrained part of the Internet. If you’ve ever been worried about security problems using Paypal, keep reading. The service is pretty invaluable, but it’s also had some ups and downs. What exactly is Paypal: it’s a online payment system allowing payments online without having to deal with money orders, checks, or […]
Strategic Planning Edition – Personal Finance Review
July 21, 2008
I spent part of the weekend doing some much needed strategic planning for this site, our finances, my career, and life in general. Personal Strategic Planning Sometimes I have a tendency to get so entangled in the details of everyday life that I lose sight of the big picture. In an effort to be a […]
True Credit Review – How I Use the Credit Score & Credit Report Monitoring Service
July 19, 2008
What is True Credit? True Credit is a credit monitoring service that allows you to check your reports and scores from all three credit bureaus each month. Do you really need to monitor your credit reports? Well, depending on who you ask this service is either a valuable lifeline or a total and complete waste […]
ING Direct Orange Savings & Electric Orange Checking Accounts – Online Banking Review
July 18, 2008
A couple years ago, online savings accounts such as ING Direct became very popular. Their enticing savings rates caused many people to take their short-term savings out of traditional banks and into the internet world of banking. When my wife and I got married, we opened up an ING savings account for our emergency fund […]
Personal Stories and Product Reviews
July 18, 2008
The personal stories round of the audition is over, hopefully you got to know the writers a little. Thanks to everyone that’s given their feedback so far. I know some people have said they’d prefer to wait until the auditions are over, and others plan to comment after each round of articles, whichever you’d prefer. […]
Past Problems with Credit Cards: A Confession
July 17, 2008
Writer Auditions – Author Henry Brown – Offer Your Feedback Here’s a little something about me: I was an expert on credit cards before I was an expert on my own credit card situation. A few years ago, I got hired to write a series of articles about credit cards. I was deemed the credit […]
What the Kung Fu Panda Can Teach You about Becoming a Millionaire
July 16, 2008
Writer Auditions – Author Connie Brooks – Offer Your Feedback Last weekend we took my daughter to her very first movie: Kung Fu Panda As we sat in the theatre, and the lights went down, I did not expect much from the movie. In fact I planned to spend the entire time studying my daughter’s […]
How I Stopped The Debt Cycle In My Life
July 15, 2008
Writer Auditions – Author Erik Folgate – Offer Your Feedback It was March of 2002, and my mother was dropping me off at our local community college. It was that point that I realized my life had come to a low point. I had no car, no job, and I was in a ton of […]
Who’s Your Favorite – Meet the Money Smart Life Writers
July 15, 2008
Welcome to the kick off of the writer auditions here at Money Smart Life! As I mentioned last week, there will be several people auditioning for a writer’s spot on this site over the next few weeks. I’ve gone through a careful interview process to choose three quality writers and am excited to introduce them to […]
