What Is An Annuity?
May 13, 2008 :: Retirement :: 7 Comments
I've heard about annuity before, but didn't really know what it is until I read a Fidelity newsletter over the weekend. I thought the information provided was very good so, I am going to share what I learned here. Annuities Annuities are insurance products designed to help you invest for retirement ...
eFinPLAN Online Financial Planning Software Review
April 16, 2008 :: Financial Planning :: 9 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 ...
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 ...
My Plan For The Tax Refund
March 28, 2008 :: Taxes :: 15 Comments
Hank at My Investing Blog is hosting a giveaway with a few prizes up for grab. There are a couple of ways to enter, and one is by answering the following question: How will you spend/save your 2007 tax return? If you aren’t getting one, how much do you owe? Photo by ...
Don’t Buy Credit Card Life and Disability Insurance (GP)
March 26, 2008 :: Credit and Debt :: 1 Comment
You would never take out an insurance policy on behalf of your bank and pay its premiums, would you? But that's exactly what you're doing when your credit card company convinces you to buy life and disability insurance. The sales pitch plays upon fears of the unknown: What if you ...
Health Insurance, Medical Expenses, and Unscrupulous Doctors
February 14, 2008 :: Life, Family, and Health :: 13 Comments
The other day, David at My Two Dollars lamented how he's falling further into debt due to his medical bills. The gauntlet of procedures he's going through just reminded me of my own situation. In fact, we just received my wife's first hospital bill -- $1,510 for her epidural! ...
TaxCut Online and 2007 Tax Law Changes
January 28, 2008 :: Taxes :: 8 Comments
There has been a lot of talk about the economic stimulus package and tax rebate among the personal finance bloggers last week. Today, I am going to shift gear a little and start talking about income tax return. Traditionally, I use TaxCut to prepare my tax, but this year ...
6 Easy Ways To Simplify Your Finance
January 10, 2008 :: Financial Planning :: 31 Comments
One of my favorite motto is: "simpler is better." I think it's crazy how someone like Madison can have 181 accounts and still live a sane life (hi, Madison). Since she shared her strategy on how to manage her 181 accounts and complex finance, I'll share how I ...
Is Baby Insurance a Good Buy?
December 31, 2007 :: Insurance :: 21 Comments
Early in my wife's pregnancy she registered on a couple of web sites to get free samples and discount coupons. One thing we get in the mail a lot was information about The GROW-UP Plan® from Gerber Life. Basically, it's a whole life insurance plan that offers: Whole Life ...
22 Money Maximizing Moves You Can Do Today
November 20, 2007 :: Financial Planning :: 27 Comments
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 ...
Carnival of Personal Finance #127 - Wonders of the World
November 19, 2007 :: Miscellaneous :: 52 Comments
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 ...
I Just Saved A Bunch Of Money On My Insurance
November 13, 2007 :: Insurance :: 22 Comments
"I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO." I am sure you heard that famous line before. In this post, I will share my story about how I saved $1,145 per year, or 30% off my original insurance bills -- and it ...
My Cars and My Life
November 12, 2007 :: Insurance, Miscellaneous :: 17 Comments
This article is part of the M-Network group writing project about cars and what they meant to us. This series will run from November 12th through the 16th, and we welcome you to share your stories with us. At first, I was going to launch into this long history about how ...
Moolanomy weekly roundup #14: “Frugality” edition
October 28, 2007 :: Weekly Roundups :: 15 Comments
This has been another great week for the M-Network with our aggregate feed now moved to FeedBurner Ad Network. For our subscribers, this mean faster feed, less encoding errors, and you can actually see who wrote the post now! As always, we are committed to provide high-quality full ...
Money Lesson #3: Investment Vehicles
October 5, 2007 :: Investing :: 19 Comments
This week lesson with my wife was about different investment vehicles. I am not an investment guru, so our conversation was mainly around the ones we do use. However, I did some Google searches and included other investment vehicles I do not use for the sake of completeness (links are ...
