Financial Literacy Month: Why Being Knowledgeable About Personal Finance Will Save You From The Unexpected

April 23, 2012
Financial Literacy Month

April is Financial Literacy Month, and was officially designated as such by the US Senate in 2003. Here’s are some reasons why financial literacy is so important.

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Cutting The Cord And Getting Your TV On The Cheap (Without Using The Big Bad Cable And Satellite Companies)

February 3, 2012
Watch TV Free Or Cheap

Cable and satellite TV bills continue to rise. It’s time to cut the cord, and find cheaper video content options. Here’s how we do it.

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Mobile Wallet: Path To Future Financial Ruin?

January 18, 2012
mobile wallet pros and cons

Most Americans carry their cell phones everywhere, so there is great reason to be excited by technological advances such as a mobile wallet.  Simply use your phone to pay everywhere you go and leave the credit cards and cash behind. Benefits Of The Mobile Wallet Even better, the mobile wallet offers many benefits that credit [...]

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Greed Pushed A Neighbor To Commit Insurance Fraud And Then Suicide

January 3, 2012
Greed and Suicide

My wife’s parents had a neighbor who seemed successful, but recently he plead guilty to fraud and faked his own death. Greed never ends well.

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Where Did You Get Your Money Smarts?

October 10, 2011
Money Smarts

A recent CNN story reported that 42% of people learned their financial smarts from their parents.  That means over half of those surveyed felt they received the majority of their financial education from outside of their home.  If people aren’t learning from their parents, it begs the question: Where are people learning about money? It’s [...]

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How To Become A Millionaire: How Even An Average Income Can Lead To A Million Dollars Saved

September 22, 2011
How To Become A Millionaire

Creating a net worth of a million dollars is possible for just about anybody. Here’s how to go about achieving that goal.

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Why Do You Really Want To Be Rich?

September 15, 2011
Why Do You Want To Be Rich?

What are the real reasons that many of us have for wanting to be rich? What goals for wealth do you have? Why do you want to be rich?

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Psalm 49: Important Lessons About Your Personal Finances

August 22, 2011
Psalm 49 Lessons On Money

Psalm 49 gives us some very important warnings about our personal finances and wealth in general.

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Dave Ramsey Comments On My Post About His New House, His Debt Philosophy And Giving

June 21, 2011
Dave Ramsey's Philosophy

Dave Ramsey recently built a new house and paid cash for it. I wrote about it, and a discussion quickly started, which Ramsey himself added to. Here’s a further discussion of what he had to say.

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Family Gives Back Over $45,000 That They Found In Their New Home

June 1, 2011
Found Money

A man recently bought a new house, and found over $45,000 in cash stashed in the attic. What did he do with the money?

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How Does The Leader Of The Free World Invest? President Obama’s Investing Strategy

May 20, 2011
How Does Obama Invest?

This past week the President and Vice-President released their financial disclosure forms and revealed how they invest and save. Are there things we can learn from them?

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A Money Lesson From John Wesley

May 12, 2011
John Wesley and Money

John Wesley was a Christian theologian from the 1700’s and is credited as leading the Methodist movement.  So what could this guy teach you about money? Wesley was actually noted for his simple but profound financial principles. John Wesley is known for the following famous quote “Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved [...]

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Lending Club Update: Returns Increasing Above 10% As Higher Risk Loans Stay Current

April 5, 2011
Lending Club Investing Strategy

My Lending Club returns have continued to improve since I started adding higher risk loans for people with lower credit scores, but good jobs and income.

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How To Find Your Unclaimed Money

March 8, 2011
How To Find Unclaimed Money

There is over $33 billion in unclaimed money waiting to be found. Find out exactly what unclaimed money consists of, and how to find your share!

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