financial behavior

There’s no shame in admitting it: It’s possible to make it through college and into the real world without having the first idea about investing, money management, or anything that deals even remotely with finances. But thanks to the growing number of Web sites and online tools devoted to fiscal responsibility, it’s easier than ever [...]

January!  Time to once again set lofty goals. While glancing through a fitness book (Fit and Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness) I noticed a subtitle — Reaching Wellness through lifestyle management.  The section “introduces the general process of behavior change and highlights the decisions and challenges you’ll face at each [...]

The young people today have a wide range of financial struggles. For the most part, young people have too much debt, bad spending habits, not enough savings and poor investing skills. Throw in today’s record unemployment for young workers and the result isn’t pretty. Most people would agree that investing should be a part of [...]

Since most colleges don’t have classes on budgeting and basic money management it’s up to students to educate themselves. This collection of 33 free student budget calculators, spreadsheets and worksheets will help students of all ages create a workable budget — plus learn some basic budgeting skills along the way!

Here’s what you’ll find:

9 Web-Based Budget [...]

The follow article (Q&A) was provided to me by State Farm. After a careful review, I felt the information was useful and neutral enough to share. Regardless of what insurance company you decide to use, these tips should be equally applicable. Here’s the article:
Based on some research we did at State Farm, we realized that [...]

I didn’t always agree with Dave Ramsey because I think some of his recommendations aren’t mathematically efficient. But as I pass my two years mark as a personal finance blogger, I must admit that have a growing appreciation for his school of thought. After all, we are human beings and not robots — so, mathematically [...]

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! I just want to wish everyone, especially all the moms out there a happy day. This week, Moolanomy was featured on The Kirk Report, Mainstreet.com, and WSJ The Wallet — please be sure to give these sites a visit.
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Here’s a good video podcast by Dave Ramsey. In just 5 minutes, you can improve your chance of financial success — how can you say no to that? In this video, you’ll learn what Dave Ramsey is all about and what he teaches. I thought the segment on Baby Steps and Debt Snowball was particularly [...]

This is the 8th issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry’s full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page.
Now, let’s get to the questions and answers (please note that the [...]

Over the weekend, I came across a rather interesting series called The History of Credit and Debt at Myvesta.org. In this carnival, I’ll be sharing short excerpts from the series.
This week carnival is not big, but it’s packed with good articles. In this carnival, I selected 9 articles as the editor’s picks and the first [...]