Archive for June, 2008

I often hear the notion that we are financially worse off than our parents. It seems that they were doing just fine on one income, while we struggle with our two. There are articles that explore this issue and compare things like mortgage, car, inflation, day care, etc. — but I think these [...]

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First of all, I want to thank Pinyo for giving me the opportunity to do a ‘online coupon’ guest feature on his terrific blog. I hope I can bring a unique perspective, along with some online coupons that can save you some money. I am a firm believer that there are certain [...]

Last week, I wrote Introduction To Morningstar Style Box and thought it’s a good idea to start writing more introductory level articles about investing. Over the next few weeks, I am hoping that I could organize my Investing archive into an “Investing for Beginners Series” for your convenience. In this article, I’ll attempt to [...]

Last night, I was pondering the subject of cash flow (essentially how money flow through our hands) and about financial well being. I played around with various visualizations that consist of income, expenses, debt, and assets. What I came up with was the 5 stages of financial health below.
I believe that all of [...]

eFinPLAN is an online financial planning software that I have been using for the past few months. If you are interested in a review, you can check out my eFinPLAN Financial Planning Software Review. Over the next few days, I’ll be doing a review of the resulting financial plan produced by eFinPLAN so [...]

Are you thinking about buying a house? With all the foreclosures and the housing market becoming more favorable for buyers, this may be a good time to buy. But how could you be sure that you’ll be ready? The standard answers might be something like this:

Your percentage of gross income that goes toward housing costs [...]

Just a quick update about my 100 push ups…my arms are killing me! I thought I would’ve recovered enough to reattempt the week 1 day 1 program yesterday, but apparently not. Hopefully, I can try again Monday, but I am not sure.
Great Articles from PF Buzz
This week great articles and personal finance finds [...]

I was adding a few sites to PF Buzz Planet yesterday, and stumbled upon a web site called One Hundred Push Ups (via Too Smart To Live Like This). This is a timely find since I have been thinking about getting back in shape lately. To tell you the truth, I am feeling [...]

In doing your investment research, you may have come across a Tic-Tac-Toe-like box similar to the one below. This box is called the Morningstar Style Box. This particular one came from Vanguard 500 Index (VFINX) profile on Yahoo! Finance.

What Is a Morningstar Style Box?
Morningstar Style Box is a visual tool created by Morningstar, [...]