The Golden Rule of Personal Finance
Posted on August 18, 2007 - Filed Under Debt, Financial Planning, Saving, Spending | Leave a Comment
Personal finance can be overwhelming and confusing. With all the pitfalls and intricacies along the way it takes time, experience, and education to understand it all. But to simplify the point of everything this personal finance blog has written and condense it into one sentence it would be as follows: The simplest way to live […]
Read More..>>Book Review: Affluenza - The All-Consuming Epidemic
Posted on August 14, 2007 - Filed Under Book Review, Net Worth, Relationships and Money, Saving, Spending | Leave a Comment
After seeing some other personal finance bloggers churn out book reviews like machines, I figured it was my turn to give a critique of a few of books. I will be posting more book reviews in the future, but today I just got finished with Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic.
Affluenza is defined as “a painful, contagious, […]
Carnival of Personal Finance: 113th Edition
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Carnival of Personal Finance | 1 Comment
My Open Wallet is hosting the 113th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. I just got done going through the entries this week and here are some of the entries that caught my attention:
What To Do With Your Childhood Baseball Card Collection. Matthew from FinanceIsPersonal.com talks about options available for unloading your old baseball […]
Read More..>>Car Dealer’s Worst Nightmare: Cash or Pre-arranged Loans
Posted on August 9, 2007 - Filed Under Loans, Debt, Credit Report, Saving | 5 Comments
Car dealers can make up to 75% of their showroom profits on extras including arranging auto loans and leases, extended warranties, anti-rust coatings, tire and oil change plans according to a recent NY Times article. When borrowing through the dealership it is much easier for the dealer to persuade the buyer to roll up many […]
Read More..>>6 Things To Know About Your Homeowner’s Insurance Prior To A Disaster
Posted on August 7, 2007 - Filed Under Insurance | 2 Comments
Anyone living in the coastal Southeastern United States knows the importance of understanding your homeowner’s insurance prior to hurricane season (June through November). I can remember when the first hurricane of the 2004 season was approaching Central Florida, Hurricane Charley, calling my insurance company to fully understand the details of my coverage. That was a lesson for me as […]
Read More..>>How Much Is Enough In Silicon Valley?
Posted on August 6, 2007 - Filed Under Relationships and Money, Net Worth, Financial Planning, Saving, Income, Spending | Leave a Comment
For many Silicon Valley millionaires the sky is the limit. Their neighbors drive six figure cars and live in seven figure houses. Keeping up with the Jones’ in Silicon Valley has become out of control. In this weekend’s NY Times article entitled “In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don’t Feel Rich”, the working class of the small […]
Read More..>>Top 5 Online Banks
Posted on August 5, 2007 - Filed Under Banking | Leave a Comment
Waiting in line at a drive up teller at a local bank is something I will never do again. Rushing to the local branch of your bank trying to get there before it closes should be a thing of the past for many. Banks have committed to bringing all the features of the local branch […]
Read More..>>Welcome To The New Site
Posted on August 4, 2007 - Filed Under Extra | Leave a Comment
As I stated I have recently sold the domain name that was previously associated with this blog, plus6.com. Apparently there is some link to plus6 in aviation and a buyer felt it was a great fit for his concept. Anyhow, the Saving With Me title is more appropriate to my needs. Please add the new RSS […]
Read More..>>How The Student Loan Industry Became Big Business
Posted on August 2, 2007 - Filed Under Debt | 2 Comments
Student loans are becoming a hot topic as students graduate each year with more student loan debt than the previous class. Tuition and fees are rising rapidly at the university level. Books continually have outrageous costs with little improvement in courseware. Housing costs for college students have skyrocketed in many parts of the country. To compensate for all […]
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