http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/17/national Students are facing their highest debt burdens ever. They are quickly closing in on the $23k cap for student loans and are going to have to turn to the blood sucking commercial banks for more. http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/17/markets/markets_newyork Is the market starting a long fall? If it does, the more cash you have to buy at bargain basement prices, the better. I’ve got a reserve account
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=28662 Okay. What the heck. What’s wrong with you Alex? You win the lottery and then get arrested for not paying taxes on it? Did you really need the extra tax money? I mean, I think I could live pretty well on $660,000 a year. I’d call it a nasty case of moronitis! http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39158081,00.htm Outsourcing isn’t saving as much money as once thought. I take
Take a look at this article that talks about how to pay for that next family vacation. Basically, the article states that you should plan ahead a bit. If the vacation is important to you, then why not make it a priority all year long to put aside a bit of money. He also talks about potential ways to save on other things to make
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
Okay. I’ll admit it. I have a price. As much as I like living in my house, it’s just a house. Something to maintain and hopefully help me increase my net worth with equity over time. This lady really likes her house. How much, you ask? A LOT. Check out this article. She pretty much told the developer to go screw himself. Her view is
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/03/pf/pay_hike_jobseeker/index.htm Would you like to increase your pay? Choose a career in one of these high demand fields. http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/yourlife/2449 Okay. I admit it. I like reading Ben Stein’s articles. Maybe I want to win some of it. (lame joke) http://www.komotv.com/stories/41695.htm Hey Buddy. Can you spare a dime? I need to send an email. http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/moneymatters/2236 Suze’s got something to tell you. Are you being honest? No
Keep saving. If you don’t save enough, you could wind up butchering meat in your garage and then get fined for food safety violations. I’m guessing this couple probably should have saved a little more over their lifetime. Being elderly and running a butcher shop out of your garage just doesn’t sound all the appealing. I think I’ll go transfer a bit more money in
From the “Spend less than you make” department. Apparently Larry Ellison is having a little trouble with this concept. It feels good to dump on Larry a bit. Probably because, even with his “spending problems”, he makes more interest on his money in an hour, than I’ll make my whole life in income. Okay. Yes, that is jealousy talking a bit. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file
http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/pf Americans among the worst savers in the world. Well, not exactly a surprise since our savings rate is a negative number. http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display This guy wants to find a company with a traditional pension. Sure there are some out there, but they might not be offering them much longer. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business Good article on investing and the value of returns. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business Article on credit cards. Yes,
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/money The single biggest thing I struggle with. Living a little now and enjoying our everyday life as opposed to saving everything for the future. I don’t disagree with this article. It’s obvious that she put a TON of thought in to the decision, which tells me that she isn’t flippant about buying the new car. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business Long term average returns of various investments. I