Archive for the ‘Personal Finance’ Category

Carnival of Personal Finance: Parts-of-speech abuse edition

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, ...

Don’t be afraid to ask about what you don’t know

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 ...

What money smells do you need to work on?

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, ...

Scratch-off lottery games WILL eat your lunch

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 ...