Why I Am Glad The Economic Stimulus Check Is Coming Early
April 28, 2008 :: Money :: 29 Comments
As some of you may know the economic stimulus check is coming one week early! You might say, "Hey, that's old news." Well, I am not here to tell you about the rebate check coming week early (this week instead of next). I am here to share ...
2007 Tax Year Returns Are Done!
February 25, 2008 :: Taxes :: 17 Comments
I finally completed and filed my 2007 tax returns. Normally, I prepare my own taxes with TaxCut; however, this is the first year that I use the TaxCut Premium Online Federal + State + E-File version. I thought the online version was just as good as the desktop version, and ...
Roger Clemens, Steroids in Baseball, and Congressional Hearings
February 12, 2008 :: Miscellaneous :: 19 Comments
I have been listening to this crap about steroids in baseball, and how Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee are dueling it out in a Congressional committee hearing. Frankly, I want to puke. I understand that steroids use by these sport stars set bad examples for our younger generations, ...
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 ...
What To Do With The Fed Economic Stimulus Package Tax Rebate?
January 25, 2008 :: Financial Planning :: 27 Comments
So the stock market is doing badly and there's fear of recession. To combat our economic downturn, the Fed slashed interest rate by three-fourths of a percentage point, and the Congress hammered out a deal for a $150 billion in economic stimulus package. What does this mean? According to ...
Preview of Upcoming Articles at Moolanomy
January 22, 2008 :: Miscellaneous :: 4 Comments
There are a lot going on at Moolanomy's ideas factory. Unfortunately, I can't write them down fast enough, but I want to share everything now -- talking about patience! Anyway, here is a list of topics that I will be talking about over the next few days, may ...
Would You Like to Pay My Taxes?
December 27, 2007 :: Investing, Taxes :: 17 Comments
This question came to me when I was reading The Dough Roller's post about why do mutual funds close to new investors. Part of the post read: "...taxes for existing investors went up after a fund closed. Why? Because there was no longer an influx of new investors to share ...
22 Money Maximizing Moves You Can Do Today
November 20, 2007 :: Financial Planning :: 34 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 ...
Mutual Fund Double Whammy
October 24, 2007 :: Investing, Taxes :: 8 Comments
I just got hammered by a mutual fund double whammy. Since I bought my SSgA Tuckerman Active REIT (SSREX), it lost nearly 6%, then the fund distributed $2.9418 per share last Friday. The end result? The fund is now down almost 20% and I will have to ...
Impact of Taxes, Inflation, and Currency Illustrated
October 9, 2007 :: Investing, Taxes :: 11 Comments
After I wrote "The Weak Dollar is Killing Americans' Wealth" for Consumerism Commentary last Thursday, I was still intrigued by this new perspective on wealth. As a visual person, I thought this alternative look at the same concept may be easier to grasp and would like to share ...
Mortgage Refinancing That Nearly Cost Me $370,000
September 18, 2007 :: Home and Real Estate :: 4 Comments
I mentioned previously that I made many financial mistakes in the past. One of the more serious ones was refinancing my mortgage from 30 years to 15 years in 2003 (about 4 years after I purchased my home). On the surface, I did a brilliant job of saving ...
