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For Sale – Daily Dose of Queer
Sadly, one of supporters in the LGBT blogosphere has decided to call it a day. Maria Angeline at Daily Dose of Queer has put her site up for sale. “This is a perfect opportunity for someone to establish or extend a personal brand without having to start from scratch.” Get all the details in this…
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Answering the Question: Should I Go to Graduate School?
Not sure whether or not to go to grad school? I’m in a similar situation. I know I don’t need an MBA to open up and run a coffee shop. The time and monetary expense of grad school would only delay that plan. However, since graduating college way back in 2000, I’ve had the expectation…
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Before the Crash: Buying Stocks With Debt
I saw a very disturbing analysis piece by Reuters news agency today, explaining how investors are borrowing money (because interest rates are very low right now) to buy stocks. This is happening not just in the U.S., but all over the world. The article, “Stock bull rages globally fed by margin debt“, goes on to…
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Ten Money Questions for Jennifer Chrisler
Jennifer Chrisler is the executive director of Family Pride, a national non-profit organization focused on promoting equality and justice for all loving families, especially those that make up the LGBT community. We asked Jennifer to share her views on money, relationships, equality and happiness. 1. Who taught you the value of a hard earned dollar?…
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Sleeping with Money: Safeguard Finances Before The Break-Up
We have a new category at Queercents called Sleeping with Money. These are financial lessons learned from partners (past and present) including men and women we might have dated for two minutes or perhaps only knew for one night but walked away from the experience with some insight to share about money. These are our…
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Build a Business While Keeping Your Day Job
With entrepreneurship on the rise as a result of people getting sick of working for a corporation as well as the myriad of layoffs each year more and more people are starting a business. And in many ways, even if you LOVE your day job, having a side, additional source of income is both empowering…
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Maxed Out: When Debt Leads to Suicide
Reuters reports today on a new movie, “Maxed Out,” that will open in theatres March 9. It is a tale of tragedy and despair, in which people under a mountain of debt feel they can never dig themselves out. On the movie website, you can see clips and read the brief description: “Maxed Out shows…
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Sleep in Truck: Student Pays Off Credit Card Debt
“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” — H. G. Wells Here’s some financial news of the strange just the down road from me. On Monday, Seema Mehta at the LA Times reported on how Andy Bussell is living in his truck in her feature: Homeless by Choice, O.C. Student Learns Self-Reliance.…
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WWYD: Buy Health Insurance or Go Without?
In this week’s “What Would You Do?” series, I thought I’d pose a question that many of us have to face at one time or another. If you don’t have a ready source for health insurance and/or you don’t have the cash to pay for a policy, would you go without? Health Benefits are one…
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Taxes and Twenty-somethings: Becoming Acquainted with the Basics
Ages ago, when I was a youngling in tennis camp, our instructors made us do a few basics drills whenever our playing would get sloppy. For instance, we’d repeatedly have to practice a swing; then we’d practice getting into position as the ball would drop; then we practiced painfully slow-paced groundstrokes until we were consistent;…
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