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Glad I Have an Emergency Fund
If it was a typical week, you’d be reading a well-researched article on identity theft, right now. However this week has been anything but typical. Monday the plan was for my wife and I to meet at a friends’ birthday party after work. However, I got a phone call that something was wrong with our [...]
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My Tenant: “I’ve Lost My Job and I Can’t Pay You…”
Yesterday was a day for the record books for me. You’d think that getting news that your tenant can’t pay you would be the most eventful thing of the day. Long term it was probably the worst news I had, but there was some definite competition. I’ll leave the details of the rest as a [...]
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Weekend Links: Get Your Cheap Halloween Candy Edition
Twice a year, I try to remind you that there’s going to be big sales on candy. These two times are after Halloween and after Easter – conveniently about 6 months apart. Now the links: Blip Blap wants to know what’s the dealio with retirement accounts? Stuck in a rut? How change does a mind [...]
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I Share My Asset Allocation (as do 7 other Money Writers)
The Money Writers is having a group writing project. Each of us have decided to share our asset allocation and performance from the first of the year to last Friday. You might want to put the children to sleep, this could get ugly. Asset Allocation I would like to say that I put together a [...]
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Is There a Cure for the Economy? The Spending and Saving Catch-22
If you read personal finance blogs or magazines you’ll find a lot of advice to save money, get out of debt, and build an emergency fund. This is all solid advice and things that I fully endorse on Lazy Man and Money. It makes too much sense to stretch your dollar further and to be [...]
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Should You Have an Emergency Charity Fund?
It’s no secret that one of my favorite blogs is Get Rich Slowly. Yesterday there was an article about how to coping with financial disaster. (My short answer see #14 of 16 Thoughts on Oprah’s Stanford Commencement Speech… Grieve properly, attend to the situation at hand, and get back to what was important before the [...]
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4 Investing Ideas for Your Economic Stimulus Tax Rebate Check
Today’s post comes from Miranda Marquit. She writes about personal finances for YieldingWealth and edits debt consolidation information for Destroy Debt. The “economic stimulus” tax rebates have begun arriving, and now people are wondering how to spend them. Instead of blowing all that cash on something you don’t actually need, why not put part — [...]
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Snowforting: Snowflaking an Emergency Fund
There are lot of metaphors in the world of personal finance. If you want to be a personal financial guru, you have to have one. Robert Kiyosaki has his Rich Dad, Poor Dad. David Bach has the Latte Factor. Dave Ramsey has his Debt Snowball. David Bach’s Latte Factor is the practice of looking at [...]
