Archive for the ‘Personal Finance’ Category
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Welcome to this week's Carnival of Personal Finance! We're in the final stretch to the holidays. A number of my picks for this week's carnival deal with the holiday season. Enjoy all of the posts!
MBH Picks!
Good Financial Cents tells the story of how he got started as a financial planner.
Credit ...
Posted in Carnivals, Personal Finance, Uncategorized | 20 Comments »
Monday, November 29th, 2010
It's the holiday shopping season. Already. Again. Where does the time go? (Minute by minute, I'm told.)
Two thousand eleven will be upon us in only a month. Here are a few tasks that are worth doing to tie a financial bow on 2010:
Review your health and dental care ...
Posted in Basics, Organization, Personal Finance | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
The son of one of my high school classmates lost a tooth. He's similar in age to my daughter. Here's the brief exchange from my classmate and her son:
My classmate: "[Son], what do you think the tooth fairy will bring?"
Her son: "Maybe she can bring me a credit card!"
Out of ...
Posted in Credit, Personal Finance | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
I didn't do a huge amount of financial due diligence when I was dating my wife and after I became engaged to her. At most, I had a warm fuzzy feeling that she wasn't too badly in debt and that she could cover (barely, perhaps) her bills with her job. ...
Posted in Debt Reduction, Personal Finance | 4 Comments »