Posts Tagged ‘debt’

I’m going to keep this round up nice and short since my family isn’t doing so well with cold and fever running rampant.

13 Ways To Save Money And Go Green at My Two Dollars — A lot of good ideas on how to save money and help out the environment.
10 Steps To Avoid Becoming A [...]

Prioritizing retirement savings against paying down student loans is a very common money management question for young workers today. This wasn’t the case in prior generations where college graduates start their first job with less student loans and were offered pension as part of their benefits package.

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A Story About American Economy
This week a friend of mine sends a story that funny, yet revealing about the fading American economy.  The story was entitled: Why you cannot find a descent job in America? And here’s the story:
Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 a.m. [...]

Last Friday, I received a question from one of my readers. He asked that I respond publicly so that others may pitch in with their opinions. However, I took it a step further and passed his question to a few blogger friends and I’ve included their answers here as well.
I am an avid [...]

Not long ago, I participated in a lively conversation in the GRS forums entitled: Debt Snowball vs. Emergency Fund. The premise is very simple. Should the person start an emergency fund while he’s still in debt? In this case, we are talking specifically about credit card debt averaging 15% in interest.
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My family is going on a vacation for a few days. We’re going as far south as Virginia Beach on this trip and I look forward to see the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and neighboring area. I will be resuming my normal schedule by July 14th. I wish everyone a happy and safe [...]

The most valuable lesson I’ve been taught came from my dad –- from the day I was a little girl being bounced on his knee till today when I’m a career woman in my own right, dad has just one piece of advice when it comes to finance –- Just because you have the money, [...]

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 [...]

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Alas, problogger, we hardly knew ye at Brip Blap — Steve who became pro-blogger not long ago shares his thought on pro-blogging and the reason why he went [...]

A friend at work is thinking about borrowing from his 401k plan to fund his business start-up. He mentioned it to me and I told him that it’s a terrible idea to borrow from 401k. It may sound appealing at first — i.e., fast loan application, easy to qualify, and you pay the [...]