The fine line of frugality
I would consider myself a frugal person. I live well within my means and never make a purchasing decision without painstakingly going over the details to make sure I really “need” the item …
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Need some extra money - sue a telemarketer
I’m always looking for side jobs or easy ways to make some extra money on the side. Turns out that you might be able to make a decent amount of money by suing companies who violate the do not …
Read MoreI’ve switched to full text feeds
Not wanting to be left out I too have switched to full-text feeds. To be honest I’m not sure why I even had partial feeds to start with as I hate reading feeds that only give me a teaser and …
Read MoreThe true cost of owning a home - or reasons why renting isn’t all that bad.
My wife and I were discussing whether her soon-to-be-married brother and his future wife should really be looking to purchase a home right away. Knowing what I know about the couple and my personal …
Read MoreThe dreaded check engine light - what to do?
The check engine light came on in one of our cars sometime last week. Now before someone starts saying “I told you so that’s what you get for driving a POS”, it’s not on my …
Read MoreOT: The Bears still suck
Happy Schnapps Combo - The Bears still suck (snippet didn't want to get in trouble by posting the whole song) Well being from Wisconsin and a lifelong Packer fan it was with great joy that I …
Read MoreAsset Allocation - If you are young why wouldn't you be 100% stocks - Comments and Recap
Well turns out that me suggesting that young people with long investing time horizons invest 100% in stocks stirred up a lot of activity on my blog and to be honest I never could have imagined I would …
Read MoreAsset Allocation - If you are young why wouldn’t you be 100% stocks?
I know I have had a few people comment on some of my posts that I’m too heavily weighted towards stocks (100%) and it’s sort of common knowledge that when laying out your asset allocation …
Read MoreRetirement NestEgg Report - January 2007
Well it was another good month for my retirement nestegg. Gained over 4.5% and am inching closer to the $50,000 mark. It’s amazing how fast my nestegg continues to grow as just last December it …
Read MoreMy first day at new job
Well today is my first day at my new employer. It was easy finding jobs, but is was difficult deciding which job was the best for me (as you can tell if you’ve followed my blog this month). …
Read MoreCarnival of Personal Finance #85
The carnival of personal finance #85 is being hosted at FiveCentNickel this week. As usual there are many high quality posts at the carnival. I submitted my article on the odds of winning the lottery …
Read MoreMy Financial Journey’s pimp ride
Well if there was one thing and one thing only that I could recommend to people really looking for ways to save money to get out of debt or save some extra money for retirement it would be don’t …
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