personal finance books

iPhones are often criticized as expensive and ostentatious. Why buy a smart phone when you can make calls from a $10 pay as you go phone? It may seem like a waste of money, but used properly an iPhone can be a powerful tool in your personal finance arsenal. Here is just a small sampling of [...]

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 [...]

Many of us were not taught the importance of personal money management when we were young. We did not learn to save, invest, allocate, or how to make our money work for us. Many of us are in debt, have no idea how we got here and do not know how to start digging ourselves [...]

Saving more money is a goal most of us share, but many Americans find that they have very little saved at the end of the month. The recent recession saw Americans saving more than we have in years, up to nearly 7% at one point. In recent months though, that number has been falling back [...]

Just over two years ago, I started a personal finance blog called Moolanomy. Over the years, I poured my heart and soul into it, and it became the key to my life dreams. I have many dreams and amongst them: working full-time on web sites and moving my family to Northern Virginia. It so happened [...]

If you’re cashed up from living frugally all these years, now is the time to go on an eBay rampage! Many rich are now forced to sell of their goodies on the cheap because they too need cash flow to fund their expensive lifestyle. eBay happens to be a great portal to buy just about [...]

I have noticed a couple of Sales Tax Holidays articles: 2009 State Sales Tax Holidays at Cash Money Life and Sales tax holiday reminder! at Don’t Mess With Taxes. This is a good opportunity to do your back to school shopping and reduce sales tax on items that you need anyway. Of course, you can [...]

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 [...]

I have been blogging about personal finance for just over two years now (our 2nd anniversary was July 15th). I have seen many bloggers come and go, but those that stick around continues to improve and add useful content to the Internet daily. In support of my argument, Fiscal Fizzle recently offered his thought on [...]

This is an early edition of my weekly highlights, as I am getting ready to head out for a road trip vacation. Next week, I’ll be featuring a few guest articles from various personal finance bloggers.
Highlights
This week Moolanomy was mentioned in the Examiner.com in P2P Followup: Growing up is hard to do by Barbara Bryn [...]