I was reading a comment on My Open Wallet and it got me to thinking. What does good money management mean to you? As I’ve talked to people that have struggled with money I never realized that their definition of good money management and mine were completely different. My definition of good money management is that you have a plan, you know how much money
Archives for April 2006
Oprah’s Debt Diet
I was going to write a post about Oprah’s debt diet. (Their “finale” was yesterday) but I found that “It’s Just Money” did a good job and said pretty much everything I was thinking. One part of the show that I found a little annoying was their level of enthusiasm about declaring, “Great news. You are going to be a millionaire”. I guess I would
Trying Not to Create a Material Girl
You know something? Toys are dirt cheap. Ever since they started manufacturing them in foreign countries (think China, Taiwan etc) toys have continued their price decline. Combine low cost manufacturing with very large retail importers (think Walmart, Target, Costco etc) and you’ve got the recipe for low cost toys for kids. Why do I care, you ask? Well, it all goes back to my childhood,
Stack the Cards in YOUR Favor at a Car Dealership
Have you ever wanted to know how the car dealers spin their web? It’s no secret that going to a car dealer to buy a car is not exactly everyone’s favorite activity. Car dealers use many techniques to put you in a car with the cards stacked in their favor. Many people end up paying far too much for their vehicle because they don’t know
Inheritance
When Dan found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a woman to enjoy it with. So one evening he went to a singles bar where he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away. “I may look like just an ordinary man”, he said as he
Keeping Up With the Steins
Here’s a link to the movie trailer for “Keeping Up With the Steins”. I think my favorite quote in the trailer is, “It’s not how much money you have…… It’s how much money you spend”. http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/keepingupwiththesteins/trailer/
Eating at a Restaurant (Post from Fatwallet)
I saw this post on Fatwallet. The poster tends to make the point that people are eating out based on any sort of economic consideration. Check out the original post to see some of the other responses. Here’s the initial post: ———- “I’m surprised that, on a site devoted to financial prudence, more people haven’t savaged the notion that it is consistent with the ideals
Links For You to Love
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1803117 Workers have retirement “overconfidence”. There are some great statistics in this article. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500 Check out the most profitable companies in the U.S. Probably not a huge surprise that the top companies are mostly energy and financial companies. http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/31/pf/saver_parker/index.htm Extreme savers. Meet the Parkers. They are living well below their income level and, in fact, save her entire paycheck each month. http://biz.yahoo.com/special/realestateapril06_article1.html Where are housing