A Weak Foundation
We recently went on vacation and stayed in the home of our host couple. I learned a lot from them about building my foundation wisely. The couple that hosted us…
Gay Couples Should Share Load with Finances
"Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitude of things." - Percy Bysshe Shelley I've always heard that the family that saves together stays together. In the Southwest Airlines magazine…
Frugality, Value and Toilet Paper
As I do this "frugal living", I have found I make a few mistakes along the way, yet I still learn. Thats what mistakes are for - learning. Recently, I…
Don’t Blow the Rebate
I used to buy a lot of electronics and computer equipment that seemed like great deals due to mail in rebates. Then I'd let that rebate slip get lost in…
Tender Age Investing: Teach Kids Money Concepts
"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other." -- Kurt Herbert Alder One of my most rewarding experiences as an adult was teaching business skills…
Money & Mates: Q&A with Joel and Martin
Joel lives in Long Island, New York and has been dating Martin for a couple of months. They have already had the "money talk". Joel is a smart conversationalist. Here's…
Real Estate: Building Long-Term Assets
"Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned." -- Donald Trump One of my first posts way back when was about reading obituaries and noticing that often…
Sudoku Logic Applied to Retirement
"Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth" -- Jean de la Bruyere Over the last six months, on most business trips I've noticed people on the…
One Advantage to Grocery Lists
I was standing in line at the grocery store watching a couple ahead of me. The guy put his food up on the counter and the cashier rang it up.…
Tricks To Saving Money
"Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse" -- George Sheehan I've posted a few times about the parallel between staying healthy and financial…