The best hybrid cars were a hot topic when gas prices were above $4 a gallon and everyone wished they had a Toyota Prius. The price of a hybrid car vs. the gas savings it offered seemed like a much easier choice with ever climbing gas prices.
Gas Prices vs Car Prices
Although the cost of a [...]
…or vice versa.
You may be thinking about changing your career path. Maybe your “career” – the actual work you do – no longer appeals to you. Or maybe the work environment (long commutes? corporate offices? 9-to-5 hours turning into 9-to-8 hours?) has lost what little fascination it once held for you – we’ll call this [...]
RRIF, or Registered Retirement Income Fund, has been an acronym that has been thrown around in quite a few posts around here without explaining them fully. This article will get into the basics on how RRIF’s work and their general purpose.
What is an RRIF?
As mentioned above, RRIF stands for Registered Retirement Income Fund and it’s [...]
Hard to believe I have been writing here at Frugal Dad for an entire year! In some ways it is hard to remember a time when I wasn’t writing, but in other ways I can easily remember being a fan of so many other blogs, but hesitating to start one myself.
I have been a great [...]
Lots off folks are still “off” right now. I’m still on some kind of semi-break from the online world as we continue to entertain our guests over the holidays. One more week before I can see myself getting back on full track with the usual routine. In the meantime, I am doing [...]
Mercy Corps has always been one of my favorite charities and is where we’ll be sending our year end charity donation. I like contributing to Mercy Corps because I feel I’m a global citizen and they work in about 40 countries around the world where people are in dire need of assistance.
Their mission is to [...]
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Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway – Day 5
Original Post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway – Day 5
So the Christmas holiday is almost over, but our Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway will continue for two more contests that bring us to the new year.
This Friday, on the fourth day of the contest, Andrew [...]
A good number of people expected a second stimulus check by Christmas, and many others held out hope for another stimulus check by the end of the year. Well, with the year winding down it looks like the chances of getting another stimulus check are zilch. And the stimulus package pitched by the incoming Obama [...]
What’s the fallout on the biggest stock investment scam ever? How will these stock fraud schemes affect us? More than you think.
I found this incredible. The Madoff saga is far from over. The consequences continue to ripple through the financial world, with more developments that continue to bug. I’ve been following [...]
The moment that I realized this economic downturn was real was the day that I quit my job to move to Orlando. I thought to myself, “I won’t have a problem finding another job”. Three months later, I’m very aware that the economic downturn is real.
I have applied for numerous jobs without receiving any [...]
I’ve caught a couple of news segments saying that today is a second black friday. Makes sense to me. Here are just a few of the reasons why today might be such a good shopping day.
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<li><b>Day Off of Work</b> – When Christmas falls on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, people generally have to work the [...]
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The best online savings accounts offer high interest rates, no fees, a low minimum balance, easy online transfers, simple ways to deposit and withdraw your money, and of course - good customer service.
Online savings accounts from banks like ING Direct, FNBO Direct, HSBC Direct, WT Direct, Emigrant Direct, and E*Trade Bank have become very popular due to the [...]
Getting old is no fun. It takes longer to do pretty much everything, your body starts failing you, and a lot of times you’re living on a fixed income. As we all get older, who will be there to take care of us when we need it most?
You and your family may watch [...]
When I was a kid I remember being so depressed the day after Christmas, knowing Santa would not make a return trip for some 364 days. As a grown up, I developed new reasons to become depressed after Christmas: bills!
Fortunately, in the last couple years we have managed to get a handle on our Christmas [...]
photo credit: mockstar
Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. We spent it in the traditional fashion – our mixed Jewish/Christian family visited our good friends (my wife’s best friend) – who happen to be Muslim – and their new baby. I don’t draw much from this experience other than to say that New York is one [...]
We began to celebrate Christmas last night, on Christmas Eve.
We’ve gone through the first half of our annual family celebrations and now’s the hangover. I’m a bit groggy from a fun, wild night of partying and good food with relatives and old friends. Our wild night comprised of making sure that the kids [...]
Happy Holidays! I put together a holiday message for you in the video below. This is one of my favorite songs and it made me think about traveling home over the holidays and seeing friends and family.
I’m still learning how to use the video service so future ones will be a little smoother. [...]
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NURU Personal Finance Cards and a Giveaway
Original Post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
NURU Personal Finance Cards and a Giveaway
Are you looking for a quick reference card that explains the basic concepts of personal finance?
I received a deck of NURU Personal Finance cards from the publisher a while ago, but have been putting off taking a look at it until now. Actually, [...]
Just a quick note to wish you a Merry Christmas! Since we traveled for Thanksgiving, we’re home for Christmas, which is nice!
I’m planning to hit the after Christmas sales tomorrow to get some new Tree Trimmings and Holiday Decorations for next year.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday! If you don’t celebrate Christmas, hopefully [...]
photo credit: Grzegorz Łobiński
For those of you celebrating Christmas, enjoy it – and for those of you who don’t, enjoy it, too! It’s a day off, right? In my household we’ve got an oddly extended holiday season running through our whole ethnic/cultural mix. Starting with Hanukkah (potato pancakes), through Christmas (here comes Rudolph [...]
You may have noticed a lighter-than-normal posting rate here at Frugal Dad over the last couple days. My mom returned home from the hospital on Tuesday, some 102 days after her surgery in early September. What a long three months it was for her!
We are so happy to have Mom home, but there were many [...]
Similar to last year’s post, I still believe that Amazon gift cards are one of the best last minute gifts. If you’ve been out shopping today, you probably agree with me. The beauty of an Amazon gift card is that Amazon has nearly everything you can imagine. That’s why I used it [...]
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Some people really love Christmas. And they share their holiday spirit and Christmas cheer by going all out this time of year.
Some of us can’t help it. We have to have the biggest, or the most, or the coolest thing out there. Some of us have to be different even for Christmas. [...]
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Weekly New Jobless Claims Reached 26-Year High – Char of The Day
Original Post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Weekly New Jobless Claims Reached 26-Year High – Char of The Day
The U.S. job market remains gloomy.
Early this month, the government statistics showed that monthly unemployment rate surged to 15-year high last month. Today, the Labor Department says Americans who file for new jobless insurance claims rose 30,000 for [...]
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Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway – Day 4
Original Post on The Sun’s Financial Diary
Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway – Day 4
Here’s the question for this Friday December 26th:
What’s your guess of the closing number of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on December 26, 2008?
Today’s contest will remain open till 9:00 am EST December 26th.
Yesterday, Steve made another near perfect [...]
