Posted July 29, 2009 - 12:00 by Philip Brewer
Your IRA and 401(k) (or 403(b) if you work for a non-profit) are great tools for deferring taxes, and have other advantages as well. But because they're labeled "retirement" accounts, people are much too likely to put the wrong investments in them. Here's how to use them correctly.
Posted July 29, 2009 - 09:00 by Nora Dunn
What happens if an opportunity comes your way that you just can’t pass on, but just can’t find the money for either? If you have an opportunity account, you won’t have this problem. And don’t fool yourself: going into debt is no justification for seizing opportunity.
Posted July 28, 2009 - 04:00 by Philip Brewer
It's easy to find books and articles on how to manage your money to support your long-term goals. You can read a lot about stocks and bonds, retirement accounts, investing in gold, real estate, options and futures. But managing your day-to-day spending money tends to get short shrift. Here's a primer.
Posted July 24, 2009 - 10:00 by Andrea Dickson
Between the moon landing (fake! It was filmed in Nevada!) anniversary, a recent solar eclipse, and amateur astronomers discovering huge craters on Jupiter, your mind may have been in the stars as of late. We're here to bring your mind back down to Earth, and right into your wallet. This week, smart gardens, iPhone apps that might make up for the iPhone, paying with coupons without starting a fight, and more.
Posted July 21, 2009 - 12:00 by Philip Brewer
This article has its roots in an article I wrote some time ago that used the terms wage slave and debt peonage--terms that some people objected to. Those making free choices aren't slaves, they said, even if their poor choices result in a hard life. There's some truth to that. But there's also some truth to the notion that our system makes it easy--almost automatic--for people to trap themselves.
Posted July 19, 2009 - 23:41 by Will Chen
Neil Armstrong's moon walk 40 years ago represented one of the pinnacles of human achievement. In the spirit of honoring excellence, I'm proud to present the 8th edition of the Best of Money Carnival -- a celebration of the 10 best personal finance articles of the week.
Posted July 17, 2009 - 12:00 by Andrea Dickson
This week in the Best of Personal Finance, love your money, keep it cool, ignore your mother's advice, savagely murder your debt in its sleep, because debt is slavery, or maybe an obligation that you just don't want to have, stop eating so much in the afternoon, and what you need to register for for your baby shower.
Posted July 16, 2009 - 09:00 by Philip Brewer
Just to be clear, I'm also worried about a surge in inflation, but that's not what I'm talking about here. I don't know the future, so I try to stay away from predictions. But you don't need to know the future to "predict" a surge in the Consumer Price Index. All you need is to know the recent past.
Posted July 16, 2009 - 05:00 by Will Chen
Welcome to the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights, the Sweet 16 Edition. This nifty carnival is the creation of Penelope Pince from Pecuniarities (aka Hermione from our forums). We had the honor of being one of the first hosts of this carnival. It is really gratifying to see this carnival blossom into a wonderful personal finance resource.
Posted July 12, 2009 - 04:00 by Philip Brewer
A few times I've written a post that I thought was good, but that seemed to vanish into the blogosphere without a trace. On my two-year anniversary of writing for Wise Bread, I'm going to link to five of them and suggest that you take a look at them. For a few long-time readers it may be a second look. (But, judging from the number of reads these got, not many.)
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