Posted 5 days 17 hours ago by Philip Brewer
My brother told me once that, when he was in college, he handled money this way: "When I got paid, I set aside enough money for cigarettes, then spent the rest buying pizza and beer for everyone until the money ran out. The other people I hung around with did the same."
Posted 3 weeks 5 days ago by Xin Lu
Recently, I read about a promotion from a home builder in San Diego where consumers could buy a 4000 square foot house for $1.6 million and get a smaller home by the developer valued at $400 thousand for free. This sounds like a fantastic deal, but I am always wary of anything labeled with "buy one get one free", and here is why.
Posted 6 weeks 2 days ago by Philip Brewer
Is there an amount of money that's too small to concern yourself with? People make that case, usually saying something like "Life is too short to waste time counting pennies." They're missing the point, though, because they're focusing on the wrong thing.
Posted 9 weeks 4 days ago by Paul Michael
It seems the retail giants are serious in their quest to get hold of your economic stimulus check. One of the biggest, Sears, is offering to multiply your check if you spend it there. And others are following suit.
Posted 13 weeks 1 day ago by Jabulani Leffall
The government is letting people think that it's okay to make bad choices. The Treasury is rewarding bad behavior and the consumer is learning nothing except to keep up the good work choosing bad alternatives.
Posted 21 weeks 1 day ago by Xin Lu
Have you ever paid more than you normally would for something when you are trying to cheer yourself up? A recent study showed that a group of people who were sad offered almost four times more money for a bottle of water than a control group. Read on for more information about the "misery is not miserly" phenomenon.
Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago by Kate Luther
Feel like you're just living payday-to-payday? Having trouble figuring out where all your money goes? Then a zero-based budget just might be for you.
Posted 23 weeks 4 days ago by Philip Brewer
Are you tired of reading the same frugality suggestions? I'm talking about the repeated exhortations to eat out less, turn off your cable, and stop buying expensive coffee drinks. Tired as they are, these suggestions keep showing up for a reason: they're examples of the key insight that the best way to raise your standard of living is to focus your spending on the things that give you the most pleasure.
Posted 26 weeks 5 days ago by Lana Goodrich
How do you resist the urge to spend money when you're with less-than-frugal friends? 5 tips inside.
Posted 36 weeks 1 day ago by Julie Rains
Want to have the wealth you need to follow your dreams? Brett Wilder, Certified Financial Planner and author of The Quiet Millionaire suggests that there are 7 major obstacles to financial success. Find what's in your way to accumulating and keeping wealth.
Posted 1 year 12 weeks ago by Andrea Dickson
Money, to me, is often something to just be tossed at problems. I don't look at my receipts after buying groceries. I don't worry about being charged too much, since I figure that carefully studying my receipts makes me look petty. In fact, this is an attitude that gets me nowhere. I don't protect my money. Maybe I would if I thought of it like a kitten.
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| Posts | Cmts | |
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| Fred Lee | 3 | 19 |
| Julie Rains | 5 | 20 |
| Linsey Knerl | 12 | 31 |
| Margaret Garcia-Couoh | 2 | 6 |
| Myscha Theriault | 6 | 50 |
| Paul Michael | 6 | 14 |
| Philip Brewer | 12 | 32 |
| Xin Lu | 9 | 21 |
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