“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.” – Chuck Swindoll Saving requires a change in attitude about money. One change that’s required […]
Credit card companies profit from the uninformed. So don’t be uninformed. Here is some broader personal finance advice first- then the best ways to use a credit card.
If you were an investor in the first few weeks of February of 2018, you probably want to visit a place like Anger Room. “Redirect your frustrations and take it out with us…safely.” It’s a real thing.
It was a lot like one of those horror movies– when the characters can’t get out of the house where the murderer is. On a day when the Dow Jones Industrial dropped by 1,175 points (a 4.6% decline- and a record, in terms of number of points), many prominent online investment firms had their websites […]
“Actually, I’ve always lived frugally and saved a lot of my income, so I don’t need to work for awhile” Wow. It was 1999, and I was talking to a co-worker, Ron, who was about 50 years old. A large insurance company we both worked for was merging with another firm, and we were both […]
Where’s the Diet Coke?! The grocery store shelves were fully stocked, as David scanned the selections nervously. There’s all the Pepsi products, regular Coke (who drinks that?), but no Diet Coke. He was about to ask a clerk when he leaned in and noticed the problem.
“He can’t lick his butt- that’s why he’s got an infection and losing weight.” I hope she’s talking about a dog, I thought.
So, I was in an eclectic coffee shop with my 26-year old daughter over the holidays. One of the traditions of this coffee shop is that all the cups and mugs are from thrift stores- stuff that they’re accumulated over the years. The two guys working the shop were in their 20s, also. My daughter […]
Investing and accounting go hand and in hand. Yet while many investors spend time looking at balance sheets and income statements, there’s one accounting skill that isn’t often talked about. And in my experience, it’s incredibly important to security analysis investing success! So what is this mysterious accounting ability? Well, to put it simply, it’s […]
Authors’ note: Explaining personal finance can be pretty dull. That’s a problem, if you need to learn about personal finance. On a plane from St. Louis to Seattle, I decided to try and fix the problem. What if I could wrap some accounting concepts inside of a quirky (funny?) short story? My goal here is […]