For those of you that do shopping on Amazon.com, Bret over at frozenwarrior has put together a nice little tool that can save you some money. Amazon policy is that if the price of an item drops during the 30 day period after you purchase it, you can claim a refund for the difference. The […]

Being in Japan, I know very little about Jim Cramer’s Mad Money show. I’ve seen it mentioned on a few other blogs in the past and ran across a piece in the news that his book Jim Cramer’s Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World was named best personal finance book of 2005 by […]

I came across an interesting commentary at MarketWatch titled How To Fix Personal Finance Magazines:
Of all the types of magazines that could be threatened by the progress of the Internet, I suspect that the American personal finance segment heads the list.
It seems logical to assume that readers may conclude they can get more up-to-date information […]

For some reason I’ve been running into people lately that have fallen for a variety of money myths. I consider a money myth something where the person thinks they are taking a positive action for their finances, but in reality, they are hurting them. A perfect example is a friend this weekend who was telling […]

First and foremost, I’ve received a number of emails asking me exactly what I’m selling. I’ll likely write a post later on explaining exactly how I got into selling Japanese collectibles, but currently my main focus is on pre WW2 collectibles. For those that are interested in seeing what I sell, you can do so […]

The latest of our satellite sites is TaxPressRelease.com. It will be interesting to see how this site develops.
I decided to build this one for a couple of reasons. First, when the IRS makes changes, they sometimes rewrite or delete old press releases which has often frustrated me when trying to write articles. I therefore started […]

February failed to generate as much money as January did overall for the satellite sites with the average income falling once again — from $33.86 per site to $32.25 per site. Part of this is due to the shorter month which meant three less days of income in January. Also one of the sites […]

I can’t believe it’s already March. This past month just flew by - I felt like I was doing this monthly review just a few days a go for January. I guess it’s time to take a look at how February went:
The first month of the year has come to an end and it’s time […]