Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
I’ve mentioned before how much I like the "deal". For me, the "deal" is anything that I can do to get a better price on something. I absolutely hate paying retail for something. When I do have to pay retail for something I find myself feeling a bit of dread as I pay the cashier. Whether I’m at the department store buying new clothes, or
Here’s an interesting article that talks a bit about the current financial state of America but also looks at the ongoing strategy of spreading capitalism around the world. I have to agree with this guy. I think it’s time we all look inward both at a personal level, by living below our means, and as a country by starting to look inward to increase domestic
From the beginning of my investment career I have always thought that if you weren’t in stock with all your money then you were probably missing out on some returns. That was especially true as I watched the dot com era and then the latest run up in stock prices. While I did keep most of my investments in index funds, I have always had
I’ll tell you. My luck has been GREAT lately. First I managed to take all my investments out of the market before it crashed and sent it to Nigeria in order to receive a huge cash payout. (still pending) and now it turns out my email address has been selected for a 1 million Euro prize. That’s a lot of US dollars!!! Here’s the note:
I was watching a show called "Airline" recently and watched as two passengers were refused entrance on to their flight. They had been drinking too much and were somewhat drunk and belligerent. The younger of the two people started saying he wanted his money back and was directed to the ticket counter to receive it. On the way, he made all kinds of drunken comments
Okay, now this just pisses me off: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5973452&page=1 I hope it’s not true, but I suspect that it is. $440,000 retreat? Incredible.
NCN over at No Credit Needed found a site that calculates the cost to drive your vehicle. Being a car lover like I am, I’m always curious about the price of particular trips. Normally I use the IRS figure to calculate my real cost to drive somewhere. This site seems to just use the gas price. JD at Get Rich Slowly continues his tradition of
I have to confess something. We’ve been running with a dangerously low emergency fund balance for quite some time. It all stems from building the lake house and all the costs associated with doing that. We have finally caught up with everything from construction and are working hard to start building our emergency fund back up. How bad is it? Well, we are currently running
Wow. That’s about all I can say when I watch this video. Boston Gal has a video on her site of a home being "trashed out" in California. Trash out is when a company comes in and removes all of the stuff that was left when a family has to leave their home due to foreclosure. I was shocked to see what people left behind.
It’s done: http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/03/news/economy/house_friday_bailout/index.htm?postversion=2008100309 All it took was to add an additional $100+ billion in pork to the bill to get a bunch of additional votes. My 5 year old thanks you lobbyists!!! Now all we need is for the baboon to sign it in to law. Maybe he’ll get confused and accidentally veto it.