Some of us are going to be seeing a lot of traffic lights over the next week or so . . . Here are some articles that I like:
A great article from Kevin at Moolanomy where he challenges us to help ourselves, not the economy. He is right. Our government needs us to spend money. [...]
Here are some articles that Mrs. Stew liked this week:
Think Your Way to Wealth wrote about the challenges of living on one income. There are challenges, but also blessings to having a parent at home all day . . .
This article might be a hint from Mrs. Stew – Borrow from None wrote about lesson [...]
I don’t know about you, but I think Daylight Savings is dumb. Why not just let the amount of sunlight wax and wane naturally? I miss driving home when the sun is still up at 5 pm . . . not a big deal, but I would love to get rid of it. Here are [...]
Here are some articles that I like this week. I hope you find something to think about!
Craig Ford at Moolanomy asked should parents have a financial double standard for sons and daughters? I have both.
Mighty Bargain Hunter is worried that the new credit card legislation will result in higher costs for responsible credit card users. [...]
My daughter has requested a fairly expensive Halloween costume. She wants to be “Kit” from the American Girl book series. Hopefully I can convince her to accept one of the low cost costume ideas from Lynnae at Being Frugal. I am also taking suggestions.
Jason, one the writers at Bible Money Matters tells what you need [...]
Here is some reading that I found stimulating this week.
Borrow From None presented a challenging analysis of Proverbs 22:7, “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”
Plonkee wrote about shared finances for couples who are cohabitating. I’m old fashioned when it comes to those sorts of things – I [...]
Here are some articles that I enjoyed this week:
The Silicon Valley Blogger confesses that she has a lot of stray 401K’s bouncing around out there. She is going to consolidate and roll them over into an IRA. You should too.
The Investing Toolkit posted an article about utilizing online investment tools. Investing sure has changed over [...]
Here are several articles that I found interesting during the past week:
If you are a first time home buyer, you might qualify for an Federal Housing Adminsitration backed loan. You can read all the details at Bargaineering. One statement that I found a little brow wrinkling was the FHA uses no tax-payer funding . . [...]
Here are some articles that I found interesting this week:
The Silicon Valley Blogger asks what do you plan to do in retirement? As part of the article, she posted a fascinating video about a 93 year old stock broker. Watch it.
The Smarter Wallet wrote down some thoughts on health care. I pretty much operate under [...]
Here are some articles that I found interesting or useful this week:
Pretty basic, but we can all use a reminder. Lynnae at Being Frugal lists five steps to pay off your credit cards.
I love to travel and I do a great deal – mostly within the States, but I fly or drive across state lines [...]
I am almost 600 miles away from home tonight, but I can still write this post and work on various tasks by virtue of the internet – especially the wireless kind. It is amazing how our lives have been changed by technology. Here are some personal finance articles that I found interesting over the past [...]
I don’t even care that he is playing for the Vikings, I love watching that guy play.
Clever Dude had an interesting post about the high mark up of disposable razor cartridges. I have a couple of comments. First, companies will charge what the market will bear. If consumers quit purchasing a particular item because it [...]
So . . . I always thought that my library fines supported the public library. Mrs. Micah says that such fines do not support your local library. Turns out that they are more like a tax. MM suggested several, more proactive ways to help out your local library.
Do you have chrometophobia? Click over to Cash [...]
Here are some interesting posts from around the personal finance blogosphere this week:
How to find cheap airfare and hotel like a ninja master was writen by Paul Van Leirop and posted at Moolanomy. I knew most of the tips that he shared, but I did not know how the new search engine from Microsoft called [...]
I enjoy reading other bloggers and here are a few posts from around the personal finance blogosphere that I enjoyed this week:
Being Frugal wonders if there is ever a moral obligation to pay more. The reason cited in the post is related to employee compensation, i.e. should we choose Company A over Company B simply [...]
