August 25th, 2010

When I reached my financial bottom in April 2006, one of my first responses was to simply start reading a lot about personal finance. I checked out a pile of books from the library on personal finance and tackled a lot of different suggestions from those books, along with some of my own ideas that I came up with ...
August 22nd, 2010
Tomorrow, several people that matter a lot to me are starting their college experience. Here are fifteen things I’d like to suggest to them that they’re probably not hearing from anyone else who has been giving them advice on college over the past three months.
You don’t have to know what you want to do right now. You’ve probably ...
August 18th, 2010
Until recently, it had never occurred to me that dreams could offer insights into financial and career dilemmas. Then I had a dream that revealed a financial fear, and finally discerned ...
August 18th, 2010
This past weekend, I had an hourlong interview on the syndicated Your Money Matters radio show, hosted by Marc Pearlman. You can listen to it on his site or listen to it in iTunes.
Also, I’ve recently written a few articles for OPEN Forum that you may want to read that focus on frugality and small businesses.
Building Success Without ...
August 17th, 2010
"Eventually, you can afford to better your life."
You’ve worked hard all your life, saving up while making sensible decisions about your finances. You built a sizable nest egg and is currently in ...
August 13th, 2010
Over the past few weeks there has been some good promotions in the personal finance space that I would like to gather in one place for your convenience. If you’re thinking about trying out one or more of these services, this is a good time to give it a go. Here are some of the notable promotions:
Investing
Lending
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August 10th, 2010

Have you recently started investing and would like to learn more about stocks, bonds, and mutual funds? If so, you have come to the right place. You can find a lot of information about investing for free right on the Internet. Here is a list of 7 of the best financial sites for investors that are new to the investing game. ...
July 28th, 2010
Along my financial journey in life, I made a great number of mistakes. In this ten part series which runs from July 19 to July 30, I’m going to focus on ten of my worst mistakes and the difficulties and successes I’ve had in overcoming those mistakes.
I treated my credit card as my emergency fund.
In late 2004, the brakes ...
July 10th, 2010
Lately, I’ve been reading the very enjoyable book Stop Getting Ripped Off by Bob Sullivan of The Red Tape Chronicles (a full review will come in a week or two).
The first section of the book discusses at length how people are often stymied at personal finance due to basic math skills. Here’s a quote, from page 7, ...