Personal Finance Advice

One of the problems that we have had to solve at our house is the quality of the air during the winter months when the windows are rarely opened. My wife suffers terribly from poor air quality (not to mention the cost of trying to treat the conditions which result from it) so we needed [...]

You’ve likely heard of numerous stories in the past about the government spending ridiculously high amounts of money on basic items such as the $640 toilet seat, the $435 claw hammer and $7,600 for coffee makers. In an effort to try to change these perceptions, the Office of Management and Budget recently upgraded its website [...]

If you are looking for areas where workers will be in high demand in the coming years, look to the computer and health industries. The Department of Labor estimates that jobs in these occupations will make up the bulk of the 20 fastest growing jobs for the period 2004-2014. More than 50% of these jobs [...]

It’s that time of the year again when those in your office with girls in the Girl Scouts will be requesting you to buy their daughter’s Girl Scout Cookies. You can mark your calendar as that time of the year when Thin Mints, Tagalongs and Do-Si-Dos come out in force. Sales of Girl Scout cookies [...]

I had quite the interesting conversation this weekend with a person who happened to be a former burglar. It was great timing because I was wondering if something like the skid mark underwear for hiding money would really work. I also figured that if you wanted to know the best place to hide your money [...]

Here’s an interesting interview that is well worth watching just in case you need any more incentive to contribute as much as possible to your retirement plans. The interview is with Andy Eschtruth from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. See Video Here One fact I found interesting was that most low and [...]

I just had one of the weirdest experiences trying to join a gym out here. I decided to join a gym for the swimming – that is one thing that I can’t really do on my own. So I looked through their brochure and decided on a time (I had to choose a specific 3 [...]

When people decide that they want to leave the corporate rat race and build their own business, they will often be faced with the choice of whether to purchase a franchise business rather than start from scratch. Franchises offer many attractive attributes including a business model that is already proven to work and much of [...]

The IRS sent out a press release due to many people making mistakes on getting the free money they are entitled to through the one time Telephone Excise Tax Refund for 2006 taxes. One of the points highlighted by the IRS is that more than a third of the people who appear to be eligible [...]