Archive for the ‘Commentary’ Category
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has become a bit of a Roman circus of consumerism. Retailers competing for customers' wallets with "leaked" ads coming out weeks before the big day, crazy traffic jams, all manners of people fighting tryptophan-induced sloth to get up for bunker-buster deals and full-contact shopping.
Retailers ...
Posted in Commentary, Deals and Steals, Shopping | 4 Comments »
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
I really hope the Financial Samurai is kidding with his latest post on debt reduction and weight loss. I really hope that he's just being wacky and looking for link bait or something to further Yakeziefy his web presence. ;)
Here's his premise: Buying the plasma, leasing the convertible, and living ...
Posted in Commentary, Debt Reduction | 3 Comments »
Monday, September 13th, 2010
In the wake of the CARD Act comes some belt-tightening by credit card issuers because they now have to treat their most profitable customers as children, rather than letting them suffer the consequences of their financial actions. As these customers are no longer as profitable, issuers need to find money ...
Posted in Commentary, Credit | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
While other bloggers are setting people up for failure this Labor Day, I hope that I can set up people for success.
Do you have a job today? If you do, please take a second to give thanks for it.
For me, and many others, it's by far the largest source of ...
Posted in Commentary | 7 Comments »