Archive for September, 2011

See you at the Financial Blogger Conference

Friday, September 30th, 2011

To my blogging colleagues: Very much looking forward to meeting you there in person -- many of you for the first time. Best wishes to everyone for a fun and productive conference!

So you want to buy gold but don’t own any. When?

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

A friend and I got to chatting about investments over lunch recently. After lamenting about the stock market, 401(k)s, and so forth, we talked a bit about precious metals. Like most people whom I've talked with about this subject -- including myself, I suppose -- we wish that we would ...

Review of Living the Savvy Life by Melissa Tosetti and Kevin Gibbons

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The authors were kind enough to get a complimentary copy of Living the Savvy Life into my hands a while back.  Subtitled "The Savvy Woman's Guide to Smart Spending and Rich Living," Melissa Tosetti and Kevin Gibbons have a lot to say in this 219-page book.  The book's primary audience ...

Businesses don’t care whether you’re mourning or not

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Baker posted a link on his Google+ profile to this CNN Money article.  Denise Townley received a letter from Discover Card less than two weeks after her mother had passed away seeking to settle her mother's debts.  It would be an understatement to say that Ms. Townley wasn't pleased by ...