Unbelievable. I grabbed my trusty notebook this morning and wrote a post for the Finance Gourmet from one of the many topics I have listed in there. Basically, I wrote about how actually saving some money is more important than learning all the tricks to investing money, particularly when you don’t have much money to [...]
Like trying to setup a fancy exercise routine before commiting to regular exercise sessions, trying to take on fancy investment ideas before building up solid savings is doomed to failure. Here is how to make it happen now.
Don’t waste your money on services that allow you to constantly get your credit score. Use a little insder knowledge to get a free credit score and check it only when it makes sense.
Waiting 1 day for every $100 an item costs can help control big spending impulses. If you have more trouble with letting those “little things” pile up into a big thing, then this cash system might work for you.
Many people wonder why their budget seems so tight. Too often they look in the wrong places. Usually the problem is car payments.
Being a smart consumer, or smart investor, or smart anything really is all about knowledge. Understanding the world you are playing in just makes good sense. I can spot most finance scams by reading the title. The reason? I’ve spent plenty of time reading the fine print and [...]
By any measure, the math says that paying off your home is not a smart move financially. Then why is it that so many people see paying off their home as a great goal?
There are three reasons really. One is out of date thinking, the other is a financial myopia, the last one is [...]
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