What if Your Money Disappeared Tomorrow?

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At any one time, I’m following 2 or 3 television shows. Three hours of weekly TV is plenty, so I try to stick to that limit. Right now, I happen to be watching Top Chef: Just Desserts (just finished with Top Chef: DC), the latest season of Flashpoint, and Discovery’s The Colony. A “Controlled Experiment” [...]

When Home Ownership Went Downhill

Have you noticed how owning a home is getting a terrible reputation lately? We are a society that loves to challenge the status quo, and thanks to the spectacular collapse of the housing market, the long-time “American Dream” is the new target. “Isn’t this the best time to buy a home?,” you might ask. “Aren’t [...]

The Slow Monopoly of Mint.com

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Ten years ago, when I first seriously got into personal finance and started using yearly versions of Quicken, there was a decent amount of choice. The big players, Quicken and Microsoft Money, kept each other somewhat on their toes and new features were implemented over the base design, although Quicken never really changed much. Somewhere [...]

Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage or Credit Card?

More and more people are electing to pay their credit cards, rather than their mortgages. I analyze the trend and provide some of my own observations.

Ron Insana Book Tour Stops Here

Reviewing Ron Insana’s book, How to Make a Fortune from the Biggest Bailout in U.S. History.

Looking Out to 2010: Economy and Personal Finance

I polled a number of bloggers in the space about what the average person can expect from their money in 2010, how the economy will play a role, and what we should be doing to reach our financial goals.

Things to Be Thankful For

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite seasons of the year–here are a few things I’m thankful for this year.

How to Take Advantage of a Crappy Economy

The economy might be sucking, but there are plenty of diamonds in the rough as far as I’m concerned. Here are a few of them you can take advantage of!

Can Swine Flu Affect Your Finances?

With swine flu in full swing throughout Mexico and the United States, a number of my personal finance colleagues have taken it upon themselves to comment about how the flu can affect your personal finances. I also threw out the question in the “Twitterverse” last night and received some good reading in return. Philip Brewer [...]

Spending Down, Savings Up – There is Hope After All

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Just when I thought that the American consumer has lost all sense of how to handle money, the New York Times reported yesterday (see article) that spending is down for the sixth month in a row, and that personal savings rates are the highest they have been in six years. Although the lack of spending [...]

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