Archive for November, 2007

Cash Money Life is running a contest Share Your 2008 Financial Resolution for a Chance to Win an iPod! that will end December 4th at 11:59 PM, Eastern Daylight Saving Time. I never own an iPod before, so I am going to give this a try.
My best friend and his wife recently bought me the [...]

The following post illustrate how to eliminate credit card debt on your own without using credit card debt consolidation services. Personally, I think these credit card debt consolidation companies could be helpful to some, but for the most part, they are charging you money for something that you could do on your own.
Here is [...]

The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80-20 rule or the law of the vital few, is an observation that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. I often use the Pareto Principle in my job, especially when we work on quality or process improvement projects. A nice thing about Pareto [...]

I have to admit that when I first start this blog, I didn’t have a solid goal. The truth is that I had just finished reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and felt motivated to improve my finances. I used to have a meta-blog (blog about blogging) and recognize how proficient I became with [...]

Ever since Prosper signed up as an advertiser on Moolanomy, I have been thinking about lending out money on Prosper as a way to build alternative income. Looking around the web, this seems to be a legitimate way of growing my money without relying on the stock market. Here are some excerpts from [...]

A while ago Brip Blap started a Public Declaration Meme, and challenged a few friends to declare something publicly — great for accountability by the way! In this post, I commit publicly to…
…hug my parents every day…

Photo of Pinyo and nephew taken by his wife
When we were young, our parents held us and [...]

First, I want to declare that I know little about world economy, but I am intrigued by it. I am writing this in hope that you (my readers) can pitch in with your thoughts on this. So let’s get started… Last week, I asked my readers What’s Wrong with this 401k [...]

Now that the benefits enrollment for my company is over, I can start thinking about things that I could do before the end of the year to make my money work harder for me. Here are 22 ideas that I want to share with you.

Photo from morgueFile

Boost 401k contribution – I think I will [...]

I found this great list on Wonders of the World so this week carnival will be based on wondrous things in the world. There are a lot of submissions this weekend but I did manage to read through them all, and could certify their high quality. I list these in the order in which they [...]

Credit cards can be extremely beneficial to individuals and even small business owners. Then again, many can tell or have at least heard of one credit card horror story. Either way you look at it, a responsible and well disciplined person can use credit cards and their perks to their advantage.

Photo by Ian Britton via [...]