Archive for April, 2008
The Cost of Road Rage and Aggressive Driving
April 30, 2008 :: Life, Family, and Health :: 40 Comments
I missed work yesterday because I was a victim of road rage (ironically, after I wrote about safe driving last week). Someone felt it was acceptable to block two lanes of a three lanes highway, get out of his car, open my door and start beating me. As the ...
The Best Wedding Tips and Stories Giveaway
April 29, 2008 :: Life, Family, and Health :: 40 Comments
The wedding season is upon us. In a few weeks, we will be seeing weddings and happy faces all around us. As a way of rewarding my readers and bloggers who regularly read Moolanomy, I am going to start another giveaway. The Best Wedding Tips and Stories Giveaway The Prize The ...
Why I Am Glad The Economic Stimulus Check Is Coming Early
April 28, 2008 :: Money :: 29 Comments
As some of you may know the economic stimulus check is coming one week early! You might say, "Hey, that's old news." Well, I am not here to tell you about the rebate check coming week early (this week instead of next). I am here to share ...
34 Ways To Save Money On Car Expenses
April 25, 2008 :: Frugal Living :: 23 Comments
With the recent increases in gas price, everyone is feeling the pinch. What used to be a $30 fill up is now $40. And every household budget is in crisis from the rising gas price, along with everything else. So, I figure this is a good time ...
25 Ways To Save Money On Health Care
April 24, 2008 :: Life, Family, and Health :: 30 Comments
I came home from work last night and my wife handed me the May issue of Parents magazine. She pointed out an articled called "25 Ways to Save Money on Health Care" by Teri Cettina. She thought I might like it, and she was right! I am going to ...
10 Ways New Parents Overspend On Their Newborns
April 23, 2008 :: Frugal Living, Life, Family, and Health :: 33 Comments
My wife and I have been new parents for nearly five months now. Lucky for us, we got some good advices early on, including those from a guest post by Paidtwice: 10 "Preparing For Baby" Tips For the Frugal-Minded. However, I understand how easy it is to overspend on ...
How To Create A Successful Home Business (GP)
April 22, 2008 :: Business, Job and Career :: 12 Comments
After reading Pinyo's article entitled 7 key factors to Build successful alternative income streams. It really got me thinking about the various aspects of our personal finances and how appropriate each one is. In the article Pinyo makes an excellent point right at the start in which he comments Do what ...
My Biggest Budget Busters
April 21, 2008 :: Money :: 18 Comments
Lynnae at Being Frugal tagged me and asked about my biggest budget busters. The request could've been difficult since I don't budget. Fortunately, I have been experimenting with Mint.com, and I was able to pull out some big purchases and budget busters. So, here are my top ...
Weekend Reading: April 20, 2008
April 20, 2008 :: Weekly Roundups :: 9 Comments
This was a great week for members of the M-Network. Here are just a few highlights: First, be sure to check out our brand new M-Network Blogs home page. Being Frugal welcomed CNN readers after her blog was featured CNN Living, $10,000 for child's birthday party? Single Guy Money was cited ...
Labor Capital, The Forgotten Asset Class
April 18, 2008 :: Investing :: 12 Comments
The first time I heard the term "Labor Capital" clearly explained was in our monthly column by Larry Swedroe. So what is labor capital? Basically, it's your ability to generate income by trading your labor for money. Larry advises that investors should take their labor capital into ...
Why Lending Club Has Stopped Taking New Lenders
April 17, 2008 :: Money :: 15 Comments
Initially, I wasn't going to write about the change at Lending Club, because I didn't want to speculate. But since I wrote about it a few times, I felt obligated to share my thought on this event to my readers. A Quick Background Lending Club is a peer-to-peer lending network where ...
eFinPLAN Online Financial Planning Software Review
April 16, 2008 :: Financial Planning :: 11 Comments
Kent Irwin, who recently wrote a guest article: Is Suze Orman Right, Can You Be Your Own Financial Planner?, sent me a free license to use his eFinPLAN online financial planning software. In this post, I am going to provide you with my initial experience, and I will follow ...
15 Tips to Avoid Overspending for First-Time College Students (GP)
April 15, 2008 :: Education, Money :: 18 Comments
For both parents and students, off-to-school shopping can be an important financial lesson that should be shared. It is a prime opportunity for parents to get to teach their kids a few remaining lessons about budgeting and personal finance: two very important lessons college kids should be learning before leaving ...
Touching Peoples’ Lives
April 14, 2008 :: Insurance, Life, Family, and Health :: 13 Comments
When I started blogging, I'd never thought that my writing could possibly impact anyone. Above all else, it was a way for me to learn more about money management. It was more about me than it was about others. This all changed last Friday, when I read a ...
Weekend Reading: April 13, 2008
April 13, 2008 :: Weekly Roundups :: 7 Comments
This afternoon I ran across a few interesting articles I'd like to share. But first, I'd like to remind you that there's still 17 days left before I pick one lucky winner to receive a $50 Amazon gift certificate. The winner will be randomly chosen from the comments ...
