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Saturday, December 15th, 2007Everything I’ve believed in and written about for the past 20+ years just got summed up in a great post over at The Simple Dollar. No further introduction is necessary for this one…
Enjoy!
Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on the Back of Five Business Cards
Teaching Your Kids Dollars and Sense
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Tomorrow is a big day at the Mauder household… Our 19 year old daughter is finally moving out on her own.
Yup, she found a small studio apartment and signed a rental agreement. Of course, she only has a part time job that pays around $200 per week, she has zero savings, and up until […]
Charles Schwab Lowers Account Minimums and Eliminates Minimum Balance Charges
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Well, it appears that as of April 20th, my favorite brokerage has lowered their account minimums and waived minimum balance fees for people who make a commitment to invest on a regular basis.
That’s right… Charles Schwab, in a press release on Friday, announced that the minimum amount to open a new account has been […]
Ask Dave: How Do I Save for my Kids College?
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006Manuel T. from Odessa, TX asks: I am thinking about putting some money away for my children either for college or just for them to have. I would probably start off with a thousand dollars and add a little each pay check. If for college what is the best way to go? If for savings, […]
Our search for the best reward credit card
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006Now that our credit card debt is consolidated onto a 0% interest Discover card, and our debt reduction plan is well underway, we decided a nice reward card was in our financial future.
With You Need A Budget (YNAB)as the new #1 weapon in our financial arsenal, we once again have the control that will allow […]
Inspired to save more by the men of Babylon
Monday, March 27th, 2006A part of all you earn is yours to keep. That’s one of the first wealth lessons Arkad taught to the less fortunate men of Babylon. Of couse, I’m referring to the book, The Richest Man In Babylon, which recently called to me from a dark corner of the book shelf and begged to […]
How Do You Measure Up as a Money Saver?
Saturday, March 25th, 2006According to the 2005 Retirement Confidence Survey (PDF) done by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a full 52% of all workers have less than $25,000 in savings. Even more shocking is that fully 70% are in the 25-34 age bracket!
In my age group, 35-44 (I’m 37), only 10% has saved somewhere between $100,000-$249,999. With a […]
Paper or Plastic? er, I mean Electronic… Statements that is.
Friday, March 17th, 2006I was rifling through a stack of papers this morning trying to find a statement from one of my brokerage accounts. The frustration brought on by this search made me start thinking about the age old question… Should I choose paper or electronic statements?
It seems that every time I log into one of my […]
Which online savings account is best?
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006Thanks to a post I found over at the 2 Retire At 50 blog, I was able to finally make my decision as to which high-yield online savings account to open. My choices were ING Direct, Emigrant Direct, and HSBC. ING is definitely well known for their famous ‘Orange’ savings account and you’ve probably even […]
SNL Skit: “Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford”
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006I saw this over at It’s Your Money recently and thought it was hilarious so I had to share it! I don’t normally watch SNL (Saturday Night Live) so I obviously didn’t see this when it aired. So if you missed it like I did, here’s the Steve Martin skit from the February 11 SNL […]
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