Personal Finance Review – First Birthday Edition
June 17, 2007
We celebrated our son’s first birthday a little early yesterday with a birthday bash. Although he didn’t really know what was going on I think he had a good time. He had his own little birthday cake that he dug into; it was fun watching him enjoy the icing while managing to get it all […]
Personal Finance Review – Job Review Edition
June 14, 2007
As a manager of a group at work, I’ve been tasked with doing mid-year reviews for my team. I find it a bit frustrating that I have to spend hours of my time putting together documents that don’t really add any value in our company. Everyone gets a 2.5 – 3.5% raise at the end […]
Personal Finance Review – Speeding Ticket Edition
June 7, 2007
I paid a speeding ticket yesterday; set me back $119.50, ouch! Not only did I have to pay all that money, I was delinquent in paying the ticket so the state had revoked my driver’s license. Now I have to mail in documents proving I paid and request they renew my license, which will cost […]
Personal Finance Decision Guide – Roth IRA vs. Traditional IRA
June 4, 2007
What money decision are you trying to make today? Read on, it may be covered in this second edition of the Personal Finance Decision Guide. This is a compilation of money articles from various sites comparing or explaining two sides of money concepts. In an interesting turn of events, this is the first time there […]
Personal Finance Review – Car Seat Edition
June 3, 2007
Babies cost money! We had to buy a new convertible car seat for our little guy since he outgrew his first car seat. Installing it was a pain; it would be neat if someone had a website where people could upload videos of how they installed their specific brand and model of car seat. The […]
Online Banking vs. Local Banking, Which is Better?
June 2, 2007
Online banking with companies such as Bank of America and Wachovia are great for convenience and access but sometimes they can’t offer the service of a local bank. Banking Trends Making money from lending and deposits has grown increasingly competitive over the last 10 years and profit margins have narrowed for local and regional banks. […]
What Would You Do With a Financial Windfall?
June 1, 2007
Lazy Man and Money recently asked me and several others what we would do with a $50,000 windfall. My first thought was to pay down our mortgage since it’s our biggest expense and will cost us many thousands of dollars over the life of the loan. Startup Capital However, I got to thinking how 50 […]
Personal Finance Review – School’s Out Edition
June 1, 2007
The day has arrived. The school year is over and my wife is officially a stay at home mom! She’s been waiting on this day for many months and we’re very excited to have the little guy hanging out with mom all day. Her last paycheck arrives in July. We’re not looking forward to that […]
Musical Money – Carnival of Personal Finance #102
May 29, 2007
Come sing your money worries away at the Carnival of Personal Finance – Musical Money edition! Everyone loves a good tune, I’ve set about half of the submissions to music from Pink Floyd, Linda Ronstadt, Tupac Shakur, Kenny Rogers, The Beatles and more….. Check out the editor’s picks then look around for your favorite songs, […]
Personal Finance Review – Backup Your Data Edition
May 27, 2007
During the course of my financial housekeeping this weekend I saved an older version of a spreadsheet over top of a new one. The mistake set me back hours & hours of work, which could have been avoided if I regularly backed up my data. I do have another copy of the spreadsheet but it’s […]
