Archive for November, 2008
Envelope Budget System
Having difficulties tracking your budget? Have you mastered the budgeting process only to find out that you go over your alloted amounts on a monthly basis due to poor tracking skills? One way to combat this problem is to utilze MS Excel to its potential by downloading your online banking activity on a weekly basis [...]
The New Money Math (Source: Men’s Health)
Men’s Health magazine had an article in its December 2008 edition related to personal finances, so I thought I would share it with the readers of this blog (Thanks to Germano for letting me rip this out of his subscription). The tag line of the article was “The current economic mess happened because lenders, and [...]
Financial items from across the world wide web
It’s Sunday, so that means alot of football watching for me today. We have family in town this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, so we all will be going over to a friend’s house to watch football on Direct TV. While perusing the financial web today, I came across some good articles from the pf [...]
Run Your Life Like A Business – Part 1 of many…
As you can see in the header of my website, I have chosen the tag line of “Run Your Life Like A Business.” I chose this statement because I think individuals and families across the nation take for granted their personal financial situation, unless they are in times of trouble. You really should monitor your [...]
ETFs and Mutual Funds – what’s the difference?
Mutual Funds, in the simplest terms, are traditional actively managed funds of stocks usually. There are also funds that specialize in other things such as bonds, indexes, etc, but the average mutual fund is managed by a group of investment managers that choose a particular investment strategy (i.e. long term growth) and buy and sell [...]
Saving and Investing – 10 Simple Strategies
The AICPA’s 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy program has some really good articles and tools available to volunteers who desire to spend some of their free time promoting financial literacy education. Their 10 simple strategies for saving and investing are as follows: 1. Start Small – Anything is better than nothing. The theory of compounding [...]
Happenings from the Week Ended 11/14/08:
The S&P 500 Index ended down for the week, as market uncertainty continues to run wild. Between the massive bailout plans of Congress, the uncertainty of the U.S. auto companies, and unemployment on the rise, it is very difficult to be a bull in this market. My week consisted of commencing a new due diligence [...]
88% of employees say they have a hard time juggling work and life
I recently finished reading “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Timothy Ferriss which I think is an extremely eye-opening read. Some of the topics he writes about may seem far-fetched at first, but I think if you step back and analyze your current situation, you will agree with more than you disagree with in his book. This [...]
