The First Payday: Helping Your Teen Understand Money

First Payday

Teens vary in their responses to getting a job. Some long for the freedom that having their own money promises. They want an increased cash flow for their clothing end entertainment budgets. ...

7 Money Saving Ideas For City Slickers

I moved into a big city in the last year, DFW to be a bit more specific, and I have been amazed at all of the fun things and all the options that have opened up to me since I got here. The only downside is that lots of these options cost money. Generally speaking, people think living in the ...

Saturday Morning Roundup – Snow and Taxes Edition

Thanks to the snow, it looks like I’ll be stuck in the house for most of the day on Saturday. Atlanta received anywhere from 2-5″ of snow in the metro area and higher amounts of snow to the south. The roads were starting to get bad last night as the temperatures dropped so I figured today would be a good ...

15-Minute Resolution #1: Save More For Retirement

Do you feel you aren’t saving enough for retirement? Worse, do you feel like what you should be saving for retirement is some huge number you’ll never reach? I think such daunting numbers are what kept a lot of my younger co-workers out of the 401k plan completely.

How about 1% then? ...

Why you should stop complaining about Obama and the budget — and fix yourself first

Dumb people Why you should stop complaining about Obama and the budget — and fix yourself first

35 comments — written on August 31st, 2009 (12 hours ago)

I wrote this a few months ago, when the entire country was freaking out about Obama’s budget and the bailout, but never got around to posting it. Even though it’s a few months old, I cover ...