Interviewing For A Job? Tailor Your Responses To An Interviewer’s Needs

November 30, 2010
Interview Questions To Be Ready For

This is a guest post from Ron Haynes, editor of The Wisdom Journal and author of a new eBook, The Inner View of Your Interview, exposing the motivations behind today’s top 100 job interview questions. Ron has been interviewing people for various positions for over two decades and uses his new eBook to give job [...]

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3 Important Financial Lessons That Changed My Life

November 29, 2010
Important Financial Lessons

Principles. They’re what financial planners depend on in order to offer wise counsel. Sometimes principles are simple and straightforward. Other times, they’re a bit more complex. Some principles need to be modified, others are timeless. What are some timeless principles that we need to be reminded of every so often? This is a collection of [...]

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Shopping On Black Friday? Tips To Find The Best Deals On The Things On Your List

November 23, 2010
Shopping Black Friday

Thanksgiving is almost here again, and as another year passes we all have so much to be thankful for. Our health, our families, and all the blessings we’ve been given throughout the year. For many people the Thanksgiving celebration also marks the coming of the biggest shopping day of the year when people young and [...]

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Financial Prioritization: How To Know What’s Important

November 22, 2010
Financial Prioirities

“Build your emergency fund.” “Invest in retirement.” “Pay off your debt.” The more I write about personal finance, the greater the complexities I discover when it comes to prioritization. For those just starting on the path to a healthier financial future, Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps might just be the ticket. But over the course [...]

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The Great Big List Of 75 Frugal Gifts You Can Give This Christmas

November 20, 2010
Frugal Christmas Gifts

Christmas time is only a month and a half away! At our house it’s one of the most joyous times of the year as we celebrate the birth of our savior, and revel in all the blessings we have seen in our lives during the year. This year we’re celebrating the birth of our first [...]

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Lending Club $100 Sign Up Bonus

November 19, 2010
Lending Club Sign Up Bonus

Lending Club recently announced a nice new sign up bonus that they’re going to be offering, and it is definitely for more money than when I originally signed up.  Lending Club is now offering a $100 sign up bonus for new lenders! Steps To Get Your $100 Sign up Bonus Getting your bonus is as [...]

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Decision On Extension Of The Bush Tax Cuts Pushed Off Until The Last Minute

November 18, 2010
Will The Bush Tax Cuts Expire?

I‘ve written several times on this site about the expiration of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, and how if they aren’t renewed for all taxpayers before the end of the year, we could be seeing an increase in tax rates for everyone across the board.  While both parties have been making overtures about [...]

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ShareBuilder Review: Discount Online Brokerage

November 17, 2010
ShareBuilder Review

Current ShareBuilder promotion: Open an account today and get $25 bonus. Open an account and use code 25WO10 I‘ve been looking into the many options available to me lately when it come to discount online brokerages.  It seems like just about everyone has a service that they like best, and that they prefer using.  The [...]

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Overcoming Financial Stress

November 16, 2010
Overcome Financial Stress

If you’re like me, you’ve already started to feel the pressure of the increased expenses that come during the end of the year.  Things like higher utilities, holiday spending, and end of the year tax prep can really put the pressure on your finances. At the end of last month, I sat down with my [...]

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God’s Provident Plan: Giving

November 15, 2010
God’s Provident Plan:  Giving

A while back I examined how I view what the Bible says about personal finance.   There was a brief introduction to something I like to call God’s Provident Plan,  and I planned on looking at several aspects of God’s Provident Plan in a 4 part series. This is the last post in that series [...]

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What Money Issues Does Our Lame Duck Congress Need To Address?

November 11, 2010
Year End Money Issues To Be Addressed By Congress

Now that election day has come and gone, and because there will be some drastic changes in the makeup of the congress, we’re in a sort of limbo – the lame duck congress. Despite the fact that many of these politicians won’t be returning, there are still a ton of things that really need to [...]

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2011 Traditional And Roth IRA Contribution Limits And Phase Outs

November 9, 2010
Roth IRA Contribution Limits

At the end of October the IRS released their 2011 IRA contribution limits.  If you have a Roth IRA (and you should), you’ll want to keep a close eye on the amount you’re allowed to contribute each year, because from time to time the amount does go up. When it does, you want to make [...]

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God’s Provident Plan: Prosperity

November 8, 2010
God's Provident Plan:  Prosperity

Earlier, I laid the foundation for how I studied personal finance in the Bible. I gave you a light introduction to what I call God’s Provident Plan and promised we’d look at each aspect in more depth. This is the third part of a series in which I’ll share what I’ve discovered about personal finance [...]

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Have A Debt Free Holiday By Using Perkstreet Financial Rewards Checking

November 5, 2010
Debt Free Holiday With Perkstreet Financial

In the past I’ve advocated planning ahead for regular expenses that come up every year by setting up specific goal based savings accounts at places like Ally Bank or ING Direct.  I believe it’s a good idea to plan ahead for things you know are going to happen, so that when the time arrives you [...]

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