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thumb 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 [...]

thumb How to Get In Shape and Save Money

Tired of spending money on things you don’t use or get very little results out of? I’m referring to your gym membership. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of gyms and love going to them, but when they cost an average of $33 per person per month, it comes down to a combined [...]

thumb Best CD Rates (Certificate of Deposit Rates), March 2010

The following is a list of the nationally available highest yields 12-month CD rates. In general, certificates of deposit (CDs) are great investments because your principal is protected by FDIC insurance and your interest rates are guaranteed. Moreover, you can use CD Ladder to make your CD savings more flexible and effective. You can open [...]

thumb Best Online High Interest Savings Account Rates, March 2010

The following is a list of top online banks that offers high yield savings account, high interest savings account, or high yield money market account. All of these accounts are FDIC insured up to $250,000. Your principal is protected and you’re guarantee a positive nominal return on investment. For March 2010, the average interest rate [...]

thumb 9 Job Hunting Tips For Facebook Users

A few weeks ago I received an email.  In the email I was asked to give a reference for two individuals who were applying for the same job.  That’s not really unusual, right? We’ll, here’s the kicker.  (I hope this doesn’t get too complicated …) One of the key decision maker’s daughter and I are [...]

thumb Update Your Resume Even If You Have A Job

Although I am fairly young, this is the most difficult job market that I can remember or can even imagine. Everyone I speak with seems to have some level of job insecurity. During tough economic times in the past, there were always a few professions that were “safe”: medicine, law, government, etc. These days however, [...]

thumb Would You Use Real Money to Buy Virtual Products?

I recently read an article in The New York Times (hat tip for bringing it to my attention: MAPping Company Success) about the increasing trend of using real money to pay for virtual goods. The article also addresses the rise of credit, via a company called Kwedit.com, to pay for virtual purchases online. This article [...]

thumb The Secret To Spending Less Than You Earn

If you read enough personal finance blogs, you’ll see a common theme and the number one answer to your financial dilemma — “Spend Less than You Earn”. Unfortunately, it’s easier said than done, otherwise, we wouldn’t have this rampant debt problem in our society. Fortunately, I went through this myself, and over the years, I’ve [...]

thumb The One Reason Why You Need A Risk Management Plan

Seems these days everyone has an opinion on how to make money in the stock market. Only now it’s not just the stock market, there is options, foreign exchange, commodities and bonds. And it’s no longer just investing or trading. There’s swing trading, position trading, income investing and dividend investing. Yet I’ve barely scratched the [...]

thumb Five Things That Are Acceptable To Spend Money On

We in the personal finance blogosphere love to fill the internet with ideas on how to save money and discuss everything under the sun that you should not spend money on. Well, today, I’d like to discuss a few things that I believe are acceptable purchases.

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