Have an emergency? Find the money from both expected and unexpected places!
Yesterday, I had an emergency: my computer hit the dust a second time in 2 years. The first time it croaked, my hard drive crashed but most of it was recoverable. I ended up spending close to $1,500 to [...]
Welcome to the traditional monthly net worth update – The June 2008 edition. I keep writing these updates to give myself a little heads up on how the finances are doing and it seems that most readers find them enjoyable also.
Lets start off with our income and expenses. Even with our reduced income [...]
I just moved some of our portfolio to cash. There’s a chance that we may need to access it during the upcoming year and I wanted a way to maximize the return, but avoid any risk so I have the appropriate amount of money all year.
I asked on Twitter if anyone had done something [...]
Fourth of July is the ultimate holiday weekend. Summer time, parades, fireworks. What more could a person ask for? Having fun on Fourth of July is an American tradition! The Fourth of July weekend can quickly get expensive… especially if you are hosting a BBQ. All the food and beer can add up quickly.
Fourth of July weekend does not have to be expensive. There are ways to cut costs. It usually just takes a little bit of imagination and some self discipline, but that’s nothing new when you are trying to save money. Here are [...]
Quitting your job isn’t easy but sometimes it’s the right thing to do. The problem is, it’s not an easy decision to make. In fact, a lot of times it’s an easy decision to avoid because you can’t figure out what your best options are.
Quit Your Job or Not – What’s Best for You?One of [...]
Welcome to the Carnival of Careers #5, back at brip blap for the week! There were a lot of great submissions below, and I highlighted a few as my picks. Enjoy!
photo credit: Daquella manera
Editor’s Picks:
Kristie presents Bored with your job? Work overseas for the summer! posted at Norway – An American In Oslo. It’s [...]
Time again for the monthly Smith Manoeuvre Portfolio update, June 2008 edition.
For those of you just joining us, The Smith Manoeuvre is a Canadian wealth strategy that utilizes a home equity loan to invest in income producing assets. The result is a tax deductible loan and portfolio that increases as you pay down your [...]
Do you have friends or family that you can share ideas, ask questions, and garner support from when it comes to money issues? Why would you want to be part of a money network? As the Beatles sang:
“I get by with a little help from my friends”
It’s really nice to have a group of people [...]
Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Weekend Linkage – June 29, 2008
Check out these excellent readings from The Money Writers and elsewhere around the PF blogosphere.
9 Ways to Save Without Breaking a Sweat I can add one more to make it 10 ways: Use automatic invesment plan when possible to invest in mutual funds.
Rate Your [...]
Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Discover More Card $100 Bonus Offer
Found this Discover More Card deal on the Clipper Magazine in my mailbox.
Details of the offer are:
$100 Cashback bonus when you make $500 in purchase;
0% APR on balance transfer until June 2009;
5% Cashback bonus;
3% balance transfer fee.
I have discussed this card in my [...]
I’d like to highlight a great new tool introduced to us by one of my fellow Money Writers called PopTop Ranks! The folks behind My Dollar Plan, Madison and Scott, have put together this great web tool that allows you to see dynamic rankings for blogs and web sites based on their subscriber numbers. [...]
Like almost all of my weekend posts, I try to highlight something that’s not necessarily related to personal finance. Maybe it’s a small detail of something that’s going on my life. Earlier this week, I was driving to the store to do some shopping and I heard an unusual song. It caught my attention because I would categorize it as rap, but I don’t listen to channels that typically play rap. Perhaps it’s a lot like one of favorite bands, Cake.
I went home and found the the video on YouTube. I showed it to my [...]
Some great articles by The Money Writers this week:
The Digerati Life has written another great article that explains the ups and downs of the stock market in “A Stock Market Reality Check: What Investment Risk Actually Looks Like.” It shows that historically, down periods are followed by much higher markets.
My Dollar Plan lists [...]
Yet another week gone by! Hard to believe. If you’re looking for part 3 of my location-independent family posts, don’t worry, it’s coming next week. The Carnival of Careers will be here, too. And in the meantime I’ve managed to work a heavy-overtime week (the extra money wasn’t necessary but is nice [...]
Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Make Hundreds of Dollars by Referring People
There are quite a few programs out there that actually pay you for referring new customers to them. And if you can manage to exhaust all your referrals, you can make hundreds, even thousands, or dollars without much of work to you, though [...]
Original post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Make Hundreds of Dollars by Referring People
There are quite a few programs out there that actually pay you for referring new customers to them. And if you can manage to exhaust all your referrals, you can make hundreds, even thousands, or dollars without much of work to you, though [...]
For some of you, I’m coming out with this a little late in the day. I apologize. If it’s still Friday, you’ve got a chance to take advantage of the following deals:
This week’s highlight for wacky pick is:
Unicycle – The savings of $10 isn’t that breath-taking, but I have to wonder how many unicycles Amazon sells. Aren’t you dying to know this? I’m can juggle a bit, but I’m not to adding a unicycle any time soon.
Best Value of the Week?
Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator – I made that a question because I haven’t looked a GPS [...]
What if you could be a fly in the wall at some company you’re really interested in joining? Know what life is really like at the company where you commit your precious 50 hours a week to.
As employees, we get ourselves ranked, rated and reviewed every time we have a performance evaluation from which [...]
If you were paying attention to the news yesterday, you probably saw that the stock market decided to take quite a dive. Most indicies slipped 2-4% in a single day. Normally, I wouldn’t mind so much, as it is all just a part of the current cycle, but it is quite irritating that this happened [...]
Canadian Capitalist and Canadian Dream have both responded to my post on choosing between family and money. Canadian Capitalist says that “Passive Investing lets you have a Life.” Meanwhile, Canadian Dream has own thoughts in “A Reply to Money and Family.”
Mrs. Micah hosted the latest Carnival of Personal Finance. We submitted a [...]
What Happened to the Rankings?
Each month I’ve been ranking personal finance sites by subscribers. It provided a great measurement tool, but it was a very manual process.
I asked my husband to create a process that would update the rankings automatically. Not only did he do that, but he created a whole new site [...]
Most days, I try to avoid watching CNBC. I’m weird in that I often find it entertaining. I avoid it because I often get the feeling that I’ll be able to time the stock market. Yesterday, I couldn’t resist temptation and I flipped on CNBC for a few minutes.
The Price of Oil
The price of a barrel of oil jumped over $140. It seems like yesterday that people were wonder if oil would top $100. It came close for a while and would dance between $90 and $95. I expected $140 to happen [...]
Investing in the stock market can be overwhelming for a beginner but the potential financial rewards are enough to motivate many people to learn how to invest in stocks. One mistake that many beginners make is to get caught up right away in buying and selling stocks without really understanding what a share of stock [...]
One group I heard a lot from in the reader survey were people that are relatively new to studying personal finance topics. A common item of interest was learning more about stocks and investing so today I’m beginning a series that will help explain how stock market investing works. Thanks to everyone for their feedback!
I’m also [...]
Investing in the stock market can be overwhelming for a beginner but the potential financial rewards are enough to motivate many people to learn how to invest in stocks. One mistake that many beginners make is to get caught up right away in buying and selling stocks without really understanding what a share of stock [...]
