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Creating a CD Ladder for Your Emergency Fund or Other Savings to…
Open Source Blogging | October 5th 2008 by Steve Rhode
As I’ve mentioned before, my family has a pretty good sized cash emergency fund, somewhere around nine months’ worth of living expenses. Having that amount of cash available is a very nice security blanket for all of us, and in… read more
Personal Finance Management on a Biweekly Pay Schedule
Open Source Blogging | October 1st 2008 by Steve Rhode
Many workers in the United States receive their paychecks every two weeks - many federal and state employees are in this group. At the same time, most bills and payments that people make are paid on a monthly basis. This creates an… read more
Weekend Reading: August 17, 2008
Moolanomy | August 17th 2008 by Pinyo
A Story About American Economy This week a friend of mine sends a story that funny, yet revealing about the fading American economy. The story was entitled: Why you cannot find a descent job in America? And here’s the story: Joe Smith started read more
Start An Emergency Fund Or Pay Off Debt?
Moolanomy | July 25th 2008 by Pinyo
No long ago, I participated in a lively conversation in the GRS forums entitled: Debt Snowball vs. Emergency Fund. The premise is very simple. Should the person start an emergency fund while he’s still in debt? In this case, we are talking s read more
Are You Saving Enough? - Your Mid-Year Financial Check-Up #2
Prime Time Money | July 2nd 2008 by PT
As I mentioned in the previous post in this series, “How’s Your Spending?“, the mid-point in the year is a good time to revisit your financial situation and see where you stand. To help get you started, I’ve put together a se read more
How is Your Spending? - Your Mid-Year Financial Check-Up #1
Prime Time Money | July 1st 2008 by PT
Here we sit at the mid-point of the calendar year. Now is a good time to revisit your financial situation and see where you stand. To help get you started, I’ve put together a series of ideas to help you conduct your own mid-year financial ch read more
Roadmap To A Better Financial Health
Moolanomy | May 9th 2008 by Pinyo
In the past few years, Americans average savings rate has declined precipitously — in fact the current savings rate is practically zero. This means that as a society, we are not saving any money. Worse, we have a habit of borrowing to fuel read more
Weekend Reading: May 4, 2008
Moolanomy | May 4th 2008 by Pinyo
I’d like to do a quick roundup this week to highlight some new features introduced in the past few days. I think you will really like these: Recent Discussions – On the main navigation bar, the second link is “Discuss“. Thi read more
Your Emergency Fund Is So Big…
Prime Time Money | April 4th 2008 by PT
…the Federal Reserve is asking YOU for a loan! Can’t I get a rim shot? Anyone? No? Let’s take a quick look at emergency funds and examine how much is too much when it comes to cash savings. For a good primer on the basics of e read more
What To Do With The Fed Economic Stimulation Package Tax Rebate?
Moolanomy | January 25th 2008 by Pinyo
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 stimul read more
10 Ways to Completely Ruin Your Credit (Reprint)
Moolanomy | January 18th 2008 by Pinyo
This is a guest post I wrote for I’ve Paid For This Twice Already… on October 17, 2007. This post is inspired by one of my readers, whom I will call Mr. M. This is not the usual improvement tips, so don’t follow these. If anything read more
How To Protect Your Greatest Asset, 6 Ideas
Moolanomy | January 17th 2008 by Pinyo
Recently, my friend Patrick from Cash Money Life wrote, “Your Greatest Asset is the Ability to Create Income.” In it, he said: “What is your greatest asset? Most people think it is their house. They are wrong. Bank account? Wrong a read more
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