Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
I was browsing the Bargaineering Forums and came across a question from Green Panda about Ramit's new venture, The Scrooge Strategy.
I doubt I'll sign up for it -- $2 or so per e-mail is a bit pricey for this kind of thing -- but the selling page had some gems. ...
Posted in Frugal Living | 15 Comments »
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Sun's Financial Diary posted a graph on the uptick in the US national personal savings rate. It's reached a 7-year high, breaking 3%. This is a far cry from the 1970s and 1980, when the savings rate was north of 10% of disposable income. Over the past fifty years we ...
Posted in Commentary, Economy, Personal Finance | 6 Comments »
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Today I celebrate seven years of being married to the best woman in the world. (Even though the traditional wedding gift for the seventh wedding anniversary is copper, I decided against giving my wife a bunch of pre-1982 Lincoln cents.)
I've certainly grown up a lot about how I interact with ...
Posted in Personal Finance | 10 Comments »
