Archive for the ‘Saving’ Category
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
OK, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, especially when I'm about to talk about ketchup.
I went grocery shopping with my wife last night, and in the condiment section, shockingly, I found various brands of ketchup. The store brand came in a number of sizes. Here are two of them:
20 ...
Posted in Saving, Shopping | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
This economic downturn hasn't been kind to a lot of people. Jobs that haven't been taken away from people have had their hours cut, their workload increased, or their cost of living allowances taken away. Jobs that people used to be able to count on are on very fragile ground.
If ...
Posted in Economy, Making Money, Personal Finance, Retirement, Saving | 3 Comments »
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Sun's Financial Diary reported that the 2010 contribution limit for 401(k) accounts will remain at $16,500. The announcement came from the IRS Thursday. There had been speculation that the contribution limit could be reduced in light of a decreasing CPI (and, indeed, the CPI is down from a year ago.)
Sun ...
Posted in Retirement, Saving | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
No Credit Needed is taking his oldest daughter (ten years old) to open her first savings account. He and his family have been free of consumer debt for over three and a half years now and this is a milestone in how he's educating his children in wise money management. ...
Posted in Banking, Saving | 7 Comments »
