Archive for May, 2007
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Money Question: What Would you do with a Windfall? Part 2
Earlier today, I published part 1 of What Would You Do With a Windfall. If you missed that it might be worth catching up. What did I ask the bloggers? Simply this:
Where is the single best place to invest a $50K after-tax windfall now? Assume the following: you don’t need [...] -
Money Question: What Would you do with a Windfall?
Over the past couple of weeks, I decided to go out and ask a few of prominent bloggers a question that’s been on my weighing on my mind lately:
Where is the single best place to invest a $50K after-tax windfall now? Assume the following: you don’t need the money for at least 10 [...] -
This Week’s Carnivals
I was lucky enough to be involved in a couple of carnivals this week and I’d like to give each of them a shout of thanks. Money Smart Life must have spent about 6 million hours on the Carnival of Personal Finance. I can’t imagine coming up with all those song lyrics. [...]
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Prosper Update
It’s been a long time since I’ve made a mention of Prosper.com. The reason is that it hasn’t been performing as I had hoped. I’m putting money into Prosper though one could conclude that I should stop.
What’s the cause for the change in my philosophy? Well, I found LendingStats.com which helps [...] -
Retire on 80% of Your Income?
A little while back Flexo from Consumerism Commentary asked “do you need 80% of your current income in retirement?” While that might be accurate for some people, like most “rules” in personal finance there are exceptions. It is these exceptions that make it difficult for me to endorse.
There are numerous factors that [...] -
Finding the Perfect Home: Use a Worksheet
The Simple Dollar’s search for a home has lead him to create a worksheet. This is a fantastic idea. If you are going to look at a lot of homes you need to keep some kind of written record to keep your thoughts straight. This written record can also help you [...]
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Weekend Personal Finance Review
I want to wish everyone a happy Memorial Day weekend. I’m going to use the extra day to catch up on some things I’ve been procrastinating on. In fact that will be a theme for some links that I liked this week, including:
Money, Matter, and More Musings says that procrastination can save [...]
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Kentucky Derby Loser: Being Bad at Math Cost this Man $13,240
Even though it’s little on the old side, I couldn’t resist passing on this article. A man bought every combination of the Kentucky Derby trifecta so that he would assured to win. Unfortunately he spent $13,680 in placing bets. He came away with $440 in winnings. So if you were [...]
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Weekly Financial Review
It has been a few weeks since I have given an update on my week in finances. I’m overdue for an update.
A high school student came knocking on my door on Wednesday. He was trying to sell newspaper subscriptions in an effort to get a $500 college scholarship. He was [...] -
Are we Living Larger or Living Differently? (Part 2)
I hadn’t anticipated yesterday’s Are We Living Larger or Living Differently? turning into a two-parter, but there were some interesting comments including:
“Question is whether the living larger requires dual income — or dual income forces the living larger.” – MossySF
“With dual income families I might offer that a lot of these situations are out [...]
