Archive for the ‘Personal Finance’ Category
Monday, December 21st, 2009
(Welcome to this week's Carnival of Personal Finance. After you check out the posts for this week, I invite you to check out my Back to Basics series. I'd also love for you to subscribe to my feed or follow me on Twitter.)
Welcome to the Carnival of Personal Finance, ...
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
One of the most important rules of investing is this: Don't invest in anything you don't understand. If you don't understand stocks, don't invest in them. If you don't understand options, don't invest in them. If you don't understand futures contracts, don't invest in them. If you don't understand credit ...
Posted in Investing, Personal Finance | 2 Comments »
Friday, November 27th, 2009
I do software development at work. A term that gets thrown around a bit is code smell. It's a catch-all for any number of programming practices that indicate more serious underlying problems, or that indicate that quick fixes were made that will be more costly to maintain down the road.
Basically, ...
Posted in Budgeting, Personal Finance, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
A few weeks ago I met "J" of BudgetsAreSexy.com, and Nicole of Breaking Even Communications, up in DC. It was a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and in the process I really got a feel for what generous hearts they both have.
Subsequently J gave me a sneak peek ...
Posted in Charitable Giving, Personal Finance | 2 Comments »