Archive for March, 2007

Does $1 Million Still Get it Done?

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Remember when you used to think $1 million meant you could afford anything?  When it meant that you'd have a gigantic house with the nicest cars and essentially you'd be able to do whatever you felt like doing whenever you felt like doing it? It turns out that if you asked ...

How Much Does March Madness Really Cost?

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Today I came across a pretty interesting article on MSN Money, which was about the amount of money employers lose thanks to the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament.  When you look at the numbers, it really is pretty staggering, and it may explain why your boss always seems to get pretty grumpy ...

Dealigg.com - Great Source for Online Deals

Monday, March 19th, 2007

It's amazing the things you can find on the internet, even when you're not really looking for anything in particular. Lately a buddy and I have been working on a Pligg based website - Pligg is an opensource program that allows people to set up user driven sites like Digg - ...

Why Isn’t Personal Finance Emphasized in School?

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Lately I've been reading a lot about personal finance articles on Yahoo! Finance and MSN Money - stuff by Suze Orman, David Bach, Liz Pulliam Weston, people like that - and I kept thinking the same thing after reading each of the articles: this stuff is actually pretty simple. Despite the ...

American Households Are Wealthier, More in Debt Than Ever

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

If you're an American and you're reading this, congratulations, according to an article published on MSN, the Federal Reserve says you're probably richer now than you were at this point last year.  Unfortunately, that might be the last piece of good news you read in this article. So, here comes the ...