Taxes, Pay Raises, Investing, Real Estate, and an Interview in the Carnival Roundup
January 13, 2007
Another great week for personal finance on the web! Here at Money Smart Life I covered the topics of taxes, pay raises, investing, and real estate. Don’t Mess With Taxes welcomes us to tax season 2007 with the Carnvial of Taxes. Check out my entry if you want to know how to pay your personal […]
Are Your Friends Money Dummies? Here’s a Simple Way to Help Them Out.
January 12, 2007
Do you have friends that constantly make poor financial decisions? Do you want to help them out but don’t know how? You’re afraid to step on their toes by offering financial advice. You don’t want to come across as pushy or a know it all. However, you care about their future so not doing anything […]
Consumers Know Your Enemy! Save Money by Learning Retailer Strategies.
January 12, 2007
How would you like to listen in on a retailer’s secrets to getting consumers to spend money? Below is a recent interview with Pam Danziger, a renowned expert in consumer marketing and psychology. The interview was distributed by the Service Core of Retired Executives, a nonprofit organization that offers business advice for entrepreneurs, to help […]
Attention Generation Y, Don’t Forget to Rollover Your 401k!
January 11, 2007
Generation X Finance and Boston Gal picked up on an article yesterday that describes how people from Generation Y tend to switch jobs more frequently than ever before due to a variety of generational factors. The extinction of pension plans and the rise of 401k plans is one of the signs of this generational shift. […]
Leading with Their Wallets – Personal Finance Leaders
January 11, 2007
Lazy Man and Money listed his five favorite personal finance bloggers yesterday. I read all of the sites he listed regularly and pretty much concur with his assessment of each. As I thought about the commonalities among these sites I remembered a special report on leadership from October’s U.S. News & World Report that listed […]
The High Price of Job Security
January 10, 2007
“This is so convoluted, no one is ever going to be able to figure it out!” said one cube dweller to another. The other smiled and said, “I know, job security baby!” I’ve worked in my current software job for 7 years and suppose I could be considered a “key” employee for our product. I […]
Clean Out Your Closets, Sell Unwanted Christmas Gifts. Hurry, Deal Ends Saturday!
January 9, 2007
eBay is running a promotion for new users that waives the insertion fee for the first three items you list. If you’ve never used eBay before, this is a good chance to give it a go for free. If you have anything valuable sitting unused in your closets or an unwanted gift that’s worth some […]
Flexible Spending Account Reimbursements Simplified
January 9, 2007
Thanks to changes made by the Internal Revenue Service, many of us are able to make claims against our 2006 Flexible Spending Account balance for health care expenses incurred up through March 15, 2007. If only we could find a way to simplify the process. Receipt Overload With a new baby the number of receipts […]
Phone Bills Too High? A Tax Refund Will Help Ease The Pain.
January 8, 2007
This is the one time that a big phone bill may work out to your advantage. The IRS is granting a tax refund to give back money collected for federal excise taxes on long-distance phone calls since 2003. It allows a standard refund you can claim on your tax return. According to an article in […]
FinanceSpirations – Working Hard and Spending Very Little
January 8, 2007
In the first submission for the contest, Iram shares her financial habits. Sounds like ING can be credited with motivating her to start saving. A variety of blogs have inspired her to avoid credit card debt. Her story is below, I’ve highlighted some parts that caught my eye. Iram, thanks for setting a good example […]
