Suze Orman's Personal Finance Advice: Quit Your Job Tim Cavanaugh Here's a fairly dramatic encounter from this afternoon's Suze Orman Show . "Mike" works as a credit manager selling consolidation loans for a "major banking institution." A 22-year-old MBA, Mike calls people with substantial credit card debt (owed both to his own employer and to other lenders), and tries to get them...
Nick Martin of Heat City in Phoenix has more information about the brouhaha over newspapers throughout the country running the same personal finance advice columns under different bylines. Martin writes, “From there, it wasn’t hard to find a page on the association’s website titled “Request Articles,” in which the association’s members can sign up to receive [...]...
The Simple Dollar is the result of one man's quest to put himself back on the financial straight and narrow. Catch up in full after the jump: Ten Great Ways to Make Powerful Visual Reminders of Your Personal Finance (and Other) Goals A long time ago, I wrote a brief article about creating a visual debt reminder, something that will help motivate you towards getting rid of debt. Since then, I’ve...
Last week, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and VoteVets Chairman Jon Soltz sparred on MSNBC about reinstating funds for new F-22s. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called for capping production of the F-22 Raptor, a fighter that has never seen combat in the Iraq or Afghanistan theaters. Despite the fact that the OMB recommended a veto [...]
Shiny Media is looking for a Personal Finance writer to contribute to Walletpop, a blog which we produce in conjunction with AOL. The writer must have a solid personal finance background and be able to cover general finance stories, ideally...
If you were to look just at second-quarter numbers in the stock market, you would think investors would be jumping for joy all over the place. Diversified U.S. equities mutual funds had their biggest three-month run-up since back in the days of the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. Ah, the happiness 20% returns can bring.
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Suzy Welch offers a simple system she calls 10-10-10. This system encourages values-based decision-making in the short-term, mid-term, and long-term... Post from: Christian Personal Finance .com
Happy Independence Day to anyone celebrating today! I’m celebrating by spending time with friends later and sharing my investment portfolio with readers now. Last month, I began sharing my investment portfolio more in-depth than I have in the past. This is part of a renewed effort to make myself more familiar with the investments I have [...] The Consumerism Commentary Podcast is in full swing...
That old saying "cash is king" certainly rings true these days. Investors can't seem to get enough of it, which ultimately could be bad news for the stock market and the economy.
Alas, my favorite read each week has let me down once again! I look forward to the weekly delivery in the mailbox, not just because it's not a bill or caterpillars for my kid's science experiment (well, OK, he gets some pretty cool stuff in the mail too), but because it's the best balance for me in terms of not overly "dumbing down" the personal finance and investing content (like the press...
I am a steadfast believer of the Pay Yourself First strategy, but today, I wanted to publish the ideas and thoughts of someone with some unconventional, alternative viewpoints about the saving process. Earlier, we had a chance to discuss the money saving advice of Rob Bennett, a personal finance writer (theorist'). Rob wanted to follow [...] Save Your Money By Paying Yourself Last