Archive for November, 2010

Mighty Bargains for Veterans Day 2010

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

First off, to our veterans ... thank you for your service! Black Friday -- a day of full-contact shopping that is becoming nearly as traditional as Thanksgiving -- is only two weeks away.  I have to smile when I hear about Black Friday circulars being "leaked."  Unless leak has come to ...

Value of a gold-filled jewelry: A reader’s question

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Got this question a couple of days ago from a reader: How much is 15.4 grams of gold filled worth to a gold and silver place? Here's what I can tell you. A gold and silver place will likely give you less than melt value for your chain. If they're not going ...

Snapping ARM defeat out of the fixed-rate jaws of victory

Friday, November 5th, 2010

It really disheartens me to see people go from some of the best kind of debt to have to some of the worst kind, at the worst possible time. Someone over at Basically Money was planning to do a mortgage refinance from a 30-year fixed-rate at 5% to a 5/1 adjustable ...

No need to trust in the stock market gods

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

J Money is one of the liveliest personal finance writers I know, and an awfully hard worker.  In between this and his other blogs, he's got LoveDrop.org going on, a new idea in paying it forward to individuals who've come upon hard times.  Ahh ... to have a third of ...