Does Investment Portfolio Diversification Still Work?
A common lesson from a children’s story book has become one of the guiding principles for investing: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” But lately, I’ve come across a few articles where people are questioning the wisdom of diversification. Today, we are going to ask the question – could you make more [...]
5 Essential Investment Tasks To Complete This Month
Investing works best if you set it and forget it. However, at least once a year every investor should set aside some time to review their investment activities from the previous year. February is a great time to do this investment review because if you wait too long you’ll find yourself in the thick of [...]
How Getting Your Finances in Order is Like Getting in Shape
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 [...]
Your financial life has a certain trajectory — similar to a train on a track. There will be twists and turns, but you can easily determine where you will end up if you stay on the financial track you’re currently on. What if the traditional methods of working hard, cutting expenses, and saving don’t work [...]
33 College Budget Calculators for Students: Budget Now to Reduce Your Debt
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 [...]
How I Save $8,535 Per Year By Not Having A Car
I’ve never owned a vehicle. It’s awfully inconvenient to not be able to drive around. My commute takes twice as long via bus than if I were to drive. Going to grocery store is a pain, and I have to align buying toilet paper with the generosity of friends. Going out for dinner with my [...]
Weekly Highlights: April 26, 2009
This week Moolanomy was named as one of the Ten Blogs That Will Help You Become A Millionaire by The Online Investing AI Blog — thank you for the honor!
Ask M-Network
Here are two articles from our Ask the M-Network series:
Should I Pay Off Student Debt or Save Money? at Cash Money Life
What should I have [...]
There’s a quote by Gene Brown that says “One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.” As I enjoy my second month of being retired from my job, I reflect back on the things that my husband and I [...]
Weekend Reading: September 28, 2008
The first Presidential Debate was terrific. Both Senator McCain and Senator Obama shared their thoughts about The Financial Crisis of 2008. I was ecstatic when Obama clearly articulated other crises that also require our attention, but I also have to give McCain a credit for using the word GREED to explain our current dilemma.
10 Day [...]
Money Hacks Carnival #31 — Crisis And Bailout
Well, looks like we are having a rash of carnival crises here. Yesterday the host of the Festival of Frugality bailed and David at My Two Dollars bailed out the carnival with an emergency edition of the Festival of Frugality, and it’s our turn today! Here’s my quick and dirty bailout edition of the Money [...]
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