Tag: personal finance
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May 04, 2008 06:58 PM EDT --
By the way, I am not referring to you wife or girl friend whose name happens to be Fannie. I am referring to YOUR fannie, as in, your butt.
You see, the conventional wisdom about economics and personal . . .
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February 15, 2009 10:20 AM EST --
For your viewing pleasure, in case you have been wondering what I look like:
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/CRED15S_20090214-211607/206839/
So there you have it. . . .
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March 23, 2008 07:41 PM EDT --
Start your own company. Become rich and famous. Live the American dream. Happens all the time, right? That's the impression one gets from reading Fast Company , Inc. , Entrepreneur , and any number . . .
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October 05, 2009 08:00 AM EDT --
Think “a penny saved is a penny earned” is too old fashioned? Then check out these expenses that are actually making you poorer and how you can turn pennies into retirement money. These are . . .
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October 18, 2006 03:47 PM EDT --
Your credit score is more than just your good name. It's your ticket to the American Dream, since very few of us can achieve . . .
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March 26, 2007 01:35 PM EDT --
Hi! I'm Stan Hinden, a retired Washington Post financial writer and author of "How to Retire Happy," published by McGraw-Hill. The subtitle of my book is: "The 12 Most Important Decisions . . .
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October 23, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
Tis the season to put away the summer clothes and pull out the fall and winter stuff. If, by chance, you or your children have changes sizes, you may opt to do some shopping at thrift stores to . . .
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November 05, 2009 08:42 PM EST --
In the difficult economic times of today, many banks are becoming even more rigid with their screening process. Businesses and markets tend to go in cycles. In tough times, people lose their jobs, spending . . .
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November 02, 2009 02:07 PM EST --
Some consumers have large credit card bills, and they should be paid back if they have the money. If you don't, expect calls from the credit card collectors. There are abusive tactics . . .
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August 15, 2008 02:10 PM EDT --
I've been watching my "necessary evils" stock portfolio climb in recent months. American-made cigarettes, beer, and liquor are on the upswing.
I credit it to two things: people . . .
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March 26, 2007 10:11 PM EDT --
Consumers regularly run-up credit cards, dip into home equity or sell off investments and other other assets to finance day-to-day expenses, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In January . . .
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March 09, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
The current massive lending/mortgage/credit crisis has spawned a new, but quite understandable, response on the part of the financially crunched hone owners: just locate a new place to live you . . .
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February 07, 2007 11:22 AM EST --
By Gail Harlow
My mother was a profligate spender, until the day my father died. When she became a widow and had to balance the checkbook and pay the bills herself, the term “fixed income” . . .
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April 12, 2007 05:18 PM EDT --
National Association of Realtors Predicts 0.7% decline in 2007 -- the First Annual Drop on Record.
For months, the news in the housing market has been, at best, mixed. The good news is that mortgage . . .
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June 01, 2007 02:10 AM EDT --
By now, most Americans are not only convinced that global warming is real, but also that we are largely responsible for it as well.
As a result, some people have taken pro-environmental steps, such as . . .
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July 18, 2007 07:44 PM EDT --
It takes an economic professor to coming up with something as clever, and obvious, as this doozy.
Have you seen the news of the estate sale for Charleston Southern University professor Al Parish? He was . . .
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October 07, 2009 09:59 AM EDT --
Have you ever thought why some people seem so free from debts? It is pretty easy to become one of those people. The steps to stability with your personal finances is targeted control of your personal . . .
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October 02, 2006 02:51 PM EDT --
Forgive me if I am repeating something that is already known by the members of these groups- I figure re-telling this is better than not having spread the word at all!
The other day I was reading one . . .
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March 23, 2007 04:57 PM EDT --
Nationwide's handy online calculator is based on work done by the Center for Retirement Research, and turns out a score that shows you where you stand. Most questions can be answered off of . . .
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June 15, 2007 03:40 AM EDT --
Looking for a new way to teach your children about chores, responsibility, and money management? Well, look no further than www.payjr.com, a website dedicated to that very mission. The concept . . .
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