http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/06/real_estate/mortgage_apps Mortgage applications rise as rates tumble. I’m hoping for rates to continue their trend down. My theory is that this might stabilize home prices for awhile. I’ve read a lot of articles that point out the trickle down effect of lackluster home sales. With fewer people buying homes, that also translates in to less consumer spending on all the items that a new homeowner
A team of psychologists may have discovered why money can’t buy happiness. Pictures of dollar bills, fantasies of wealth and wads of Monopoly money arouse feelings of self-sufficiency that result in selfish and often anti-social behavior, according to a study reported Friday in the journal Science. Read the entire article here
These videos are great. Pretty much sums up the way many people seem to think about finances. Thanks to Michael @ It’s Your Money for pointing me to these videos!
The latest carnival of personal finance is up over at “A Geek’s World”. Yikes. That’s a lot of entries! I can see why his fingers got tired. Go check it out: . I’ll be hosting the carnival next week. Let’s hope that there aren’t quite that many entries next week. I may have to outsource the carnival to a foreign land where labor is cheaper………
I love stumbling on to a good blog. I especially like blogs that put a sense of humor on an otherwise fairly mundane subject matter. Over at Adventure Money, Steve has put together a great blog post that spoofs the “Millionaires in the Making” series over at CNNMoney. I love the Millionaires series so I particularly enjoyed Steve’s spoof. Go check it out. I think
Have you checked out this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance? There are a TON of articles this week: http://citygirlsfinancialblog.blogspot.com/2006/11…
Just spreading the love a little here. This blog post is pretty darned good. I found that it gets better towards the end. I particularly enjoyed the statements about spending a weeks worth of salary on one pair of pants. SHE tries to explain to someone that rich people don’t do this, to which that person says, “Yes they do. I see them wearing this
I’d like to say I came up with all of these tips, but of course, I didn’t. Check out this list of 102 personal finance tips you professor never taught you. It’s a pretty decent list. Obviously, “Pay yourself First” is at the top of the list: http://www.yourcreditadvisor.com/blog/2006/10/102_…
I confess that I have shamelessly grabbed these links from a Fatwallet forum, but they are funny enough, that I wanted to put them all together. Just a little humor to make going back to work today a little bit better: SNL Financial Advice SNL Don’t buy things you cannot afford Financial Services company getting online a little late They are pretty humorous. I especially
Here’s a great opinion article from the Seattle Times. Just one person’s perspective on the lifelong fight to not try to keep up with the Jones’. Those damn Jones’. A Nagging Compulsion to be Left Behind