Money for the Rest of Us

I’ve been thinking lately that Personal Finance Bloggers must be control freaks. Who else would spend so much time thinking about money? Who else would bother to create elaborate budgets? Who else would meticulously count every cent they earn, spend, and save? Who else would not only do these things, but then write about them? [...]

I’m a big fan of HSBC’s online high-interest savings account. In part because there is an ATM right near where I work which makes for easy (and fast) transfers. Today, I was walking by my local HSBC and there was a table outside. I was curious and so I stopped and chatted. Turns out they [...]

The Festival of Under 30 Finances, (May Graduation Edition) has arrived! The question was: “What’s one piece of financial advice you wish someone had given you when you graduated from college? (Or if you haven’t yet graduated, what do you think you’ll struggle with most and need advice about when you graduate?)” We had several [...]

There’s a really interesting piece in the Washington Post today about Socially Responsible Funds. I’ve always thought that socially responsible funds are a great way to invest in what you value. If you value the environment or don’t want to give money to big tobacco or promote weapons, then socially responsible funds seem like a [...]

I’m hosting the next Festival of Under 30 Finances.  The question is: What’s one piece of financial advice you wish someone had given you when you graduated from college? (Or if you haven’t yet graduated, what do you think you’ll struggle with most and need advice about when you graduate?) Please submit your articles through [...]

As recent graduate, I couldn’t wait to start earning some money. Unfortunately, with the lack of financial education in schools, the only guidance I had was what I received from my parents and what I read. That only gets you so far. With all the advice dispensed this time of year, I thought a little [...]

That’s right, I’m in the middle of finals right now (including stats); so there probably won’t be regular posting until the end of next week.

There’s a big pieces in travel news this week: Skybus- an ultra-low cost ($10 plus taxes) airline opened their website for ticket sales this week. They start flying in May. There’s a really good post about it over at Upgrade Travel, so I’ll defer you to him for the details. But, when it comes down [...]

I have a wonderful loving old Golden Retriever who has kidney disease.  We discovered this about 2 years ago after she had been peeing on our rug (even if we were gone for just 3 hours) and we took her to the vet.  After a number of blood tests they determined that she has kidney [...]

We’ve all heard about the gender pay gap– women earn anywhere from 65 cents to 75 cents to men’s $1. But that’s certainly couldn’t be true for our generation– twentysomethings right out of college. There’s no way we can be earning less than men our age at our exact same jobs, is there? Apparently, there [...]