Archive for March, 2007

Money Rule #1 - Be Accountable for Your Actions

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Look, I know I reference MSN Money and Yahoo! Finance on here all the time, and I'm always talking about good articles that I find on the sites - but today, I seriously found the single greatest money managing article of all time. I'm not kidding. A while back, I wrote about ...

Do You Know What Type of Mortgage You Have?

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

If you're someone who is fiscally responsible and has to make sure that every I is dotted and every T is crossed, this post is going to make your blood boil.  If you're someone who has no idea about your finances, this post will hopefully be a wake up call. According ...

The Top 10 Reasons Why You Aren’t Rich (Yet)

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Because my life essentially revolves around finding interesting articles on the internet, I think I came across a pretty insightful article surrounding the reasons that most of us never become rich. The article, written by Jeffrey Strain and published on TheStreet.com - a site dedicated to personal finance, but is mostly ...

What is the Alternative Minimum Tax and Why Should You Be Worried?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

With April 15th (okay, this year your taxes are due April 17th) right around the corner, it's time to go ahead and take a look at a relatively obscure tax law that could ultimately force you to pay a lot of money to good old Uncle Sam. The Alternative Minimum Tax ...

The Biggest Cost of Car Ownership

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Aside from buying a home, the second largest purchase most of us will make in our lives is when we buy a car.  And because cars have seemingly become more status symbols than modes of transportation, it feels like the cost of buying a car continues to shoot up. After we buy ...