Money for the Rest of Us

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There is a great comment today over at Ramit’s blog. There is a bit of a debate going on about the current market and yesterday’s drop and whether this is the beginning of a recession. Check out comment number 7: Index Funds. Tax deferred accounts. Automatic re-occurring investments into the fund(s). Forget about it till [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 416 points today.   The media is creating a big hype about it because it’s the biggest drop since September 11th.  But, there really is no need for anyone one to get too worried.  Here are four reasons I don’t care and you shouldn’t either. Money is in the stock [...]

I am currently pursuing my Master’s degree in Criminal Justice. I’ve found that most people have a good idea of how to protect their houses from burglars, but few know the best ways to protect their identity and prevent identity theft. So, I’ve put together a list of 10 ways to protect yourself from identity [...]

There’s big news in the world of personal finance gossip: Suze Orman is gay. Or maybe it’s not such big news, as folks have hinted about it for years. You might be saying to yourself, “Who cares if Suze Orman is gay? It’s her personal life and she has a right to privacy. This is [...]

I’ve often thought that I’ll know I’ve become rich when I can do whatever I want. Period. But thinking about it more I’ve realized that that doesn’t work. I won’t ever be able to do whatever I want. I’ll always have obligations to my friends, my family, myself and to society. No matter how much [...]

This morning I woke up and was shocked at what I found on the front page of today’s Washington Post: the Clintons were $12 million in debt when they left the White House. No matter what your political leanings, you have to admit that it’s a terrible sign of our times when a President can [...]

This week the following posts were featured in carnivals: Getting Rich: It’s the Little Things. in the Carnival of Personal Finance  The Best Day of the Year to Buy Chocolate in Festival of Frugality  Putting Off Now for Later in Under 30 Carnival

Update: The links below are no longer valid.  The page has been moved to Slice.ca (I fixed the first link) but the rest of the resources can’t be found.  I will fix the links as soon as I am able.  If you know where the pages have been redirected to, please let me know. Gotta [...]

I just got an email announcing a rate increase for the ING Electric Orange “checking” account to 4%. (There are actually no checks with this account. Just a debit/ATM/Mastercard.) The checking account rate is now up to 4% for accounts with less than $50,000. This is nearly the same rate as their savings account! Wow. [...]

Queercents has an awesome post about taxes for twenty-somethings.  If you still have yet to think about your 2006 taxes check out this post.