How Much Money are You Hiding in Your Swiss Bank Account?
August 27, 2009
The Bank Secrecy Act requires United States citizens holding a financial interest in, or signature or other authority over, a bank, securities or other financial account in a foreign country to report these accounts to the government.
Of course just because there’s a law requiring you to report the money doesn’t mean that people have abided [...]
Quicken Discounts Thanks to Microsoft Money
August 26, 2009
Quicken discounts of $20 off Quicken Deluxe and Quicken Premier are available for the next two weeks. Intuit is running the special offer since the personal finance software Microsoft Money is no longer available for sale.
Microsoft Money Discountinued
Although Microsoft Money will be supported through the end of 2010 many long time Money users are up in [...]
Budget Travel Book Winners
August 23, 2009
The budget travel tips are in and the random number generator has selected some winners! David is giving away two copies of his book in the contest and since we had so many useful entries I’m going to ship copies to two more readers.
Here are the winners as chosen by Random.org along with their budget travel [...]
Best Financial Advice You Wish You’d Taken
August 21, 2009
What’s the best financial advice that you’ve heard, but then ignored? Can you think of a piece of advice that you wish you had followed?
Of course, you may have more than one but what’s the discarded advice that really sticks out in your mind, or that would have had the biggest financial impact?
Here are some [...]
Financial Planner Profile – Neil Vannoy
August 21, 2009
After putting together the financial planner websites with blogs list a few weeks ago I got a chance to meet a few of them in person at an event. One of the planners I got to visit with was Neil Vannoy of Vannoy Advisory Group.
Getting Acquainted
Neil’s a Certified Financial Planner in Texas and apparently has a [...]
Little Budget Travel Book Giveaway
August 9, 2009
Going on vacation is fun but I do have a problem with it. Not only are you not earning money while you’re away, you’re also typically spending more money than you would at home. Of course, I’m not suggesting that you skip your vacation, just find some ways to make it cheaper!
David Ning, over at Money [...]
Are You Planning Your Life Around Money?
August 4, 2009
Imagine a dark day in the future when you’re lying stiff and embalmed in a casket, your friends and family huddled around saying their tear-stained goodbyes. What will they say about you? How will you be remembered?
Begin With the End In Mind
Sorry for the unpleasant throughts but this is one of the exercises in Stephen [...]
Five Ways You Can Save Money This Summer
August 3, 2009
Visit the Library
I’m not a big book reader, mostly because I don’t have much spare time. I do most of my reading online where I can pick up small chunks of information pretty quickly. My wife and son on the other had love books.
If we had to pay for all the books that they [...]
Making Extra Money on eBay Edition
August 2, 2009
I used to sell a lot of stuff on eBay. On the way home from work I’d stop by discount stores and buy heavily discounted products, my favorite were sporting goods. In the evenings I’d create listings in my eBay store and answer any questions that came in about the products I was selling. In [...]
Financial Advisor Websites With Blogs
July 27, 2009
Financial advisor websites are often little more than an online brochure explaining the qualifications and services of the financial planners that run them. Of course these advisors are busy watching over the personal finances of their clients so it makes sense that they don’t have a lot of extra time to write articles for their website [...]
