Personal Finance Advice

First off, we are in need of a coupon blogger to write at least 2 posts a week (more if desired). This is a paid blogging position, but it doesn’t pay a great deal. The position would likely only be of interest to someone who does a lot of couponing and would like to share [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: Americans finally start saving again Tips for New Paupers Searching For a Market Bottom? Keep Looking 10 more reasons you are not wealthy Grain piles up in ports Worst yearly slump for S&P [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: Why Asian Foods Save You Money Where the pros are putting their cash U.S. may take stakes in banks Iceland’s Banking System has been Nationalised Will a freezer save you money? Top 10 [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: Buffett: “We had an economic Pearl Harbor hit” September Madness Opinion From A Well Run Bank (pdf) Renting Makes More Financial Sense Than Homeownership The Case for Doing Nothing Main Street’s Rage at [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: 43 Mortgages Within Same Family What really killed WaMu? What Are the Economic Collapse Indicators to Watch For? An odd welfare story The Power of Negative Thinking 5 percent on CDs may not [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: International Central Banks Team Up Governement Planning to Transfer All Bad Bank Debt to Taxpayers SEC Plans to Temporarily Ban Short-Selling Government Buying Bad Debt Money market accounts not so safe Bernanke: “We [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: 21% of those making over $100k are living paycheck to paycheck Earn an A? Here’s $50. C? Here’s $20 Woman Auctioning Her Virginity For College Tuition The Key to Wedded Bliss? Money Matters [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: Inexpensive ways to improve value of house Homebuyers turn screws on sellers Is It Time For A Sex Tax? Professor Claims It’s More Stressful To Be Rich Than Poor Rebuttal: Professor Claims It’s [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: Does $250K per year make you rich? Pinching pennies like your grandparents Vacation Homes Without All the Expense Cash only, please Is Organic Food Worth The Price? Alabama Taxes Fat People Worth Its [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: Printer Ink Hacks: How to fight back when your printer says you’re out of ink Where to turn when you’re desperate The Next Credit Crunch Savers are the losers in today’s tough times [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time One Third of New Owners Owe More Than House Is Worth Store closings – make sure you use your gift cards up for these [...]

We’re searching for a new contributing writer for this blog. This is a paid position on a per article basis (it’s not a huge amount, but probably more than the average personal finance blogger is currently making). We will consider anyone who has an interest in writing about personal finances, but it will certainly help [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: More than 80% of Americans want overhaul of health system Where the big jobs are Food Giants Race to Pass Rising Costs to Consumer 76% of bank websites have design flaws that can [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: CA judge rules early cell phone termination fees illegal Could you afford to be poor? Mortgage Help: Who qualifies and how to get it 7 ways to save on groceries w/o using coupons [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: Are We a Nation of Financial Illiterates? 411 Calls Reveal How People Are Saving Money Why does the price increase of gas feel so enormous? How much you earn (and how you compare [...]

The question to get your morning rolling today is, What tricks help you from spending money? I was talking with a friend who is super frugal except when it comes to traveling. It seems that he spends virtually all his extra money on traveling either to new countries or to visit friends. I asked him [...]

The question to get your morning rolling today is, Is more a better deal? This is one of the questions that I truly struggle with on a daily basis. I will give a classic example. I was at a fast food restaurant the other day and made my #3 set order which included a regular [...]

Today’s question to get your morning rolling is, Should the speed limit be reduced to 55 mph again? I find quite curious is that with all the complaining about gas prices, nobody has been willing to come out and say it’s time to go back to 55 mph speed limit again. I think that shows [...]

Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: How to stop worrying and learn to love the bear Inspiration for wannabe entrepreneurs Top 10 Ways to Trick Yourself into Saving Money Credit Card Forensics What Type of Billionaire Would You Be? [...]

Today’s question to get your morning rolling is, Should you wait until you have a lot of money before giving to charity or should you give to charity even when you don’t have a lot? I have two good friends that have opposing view on the best way to give to charity. One never gives [...]