If this is your first time visiting, check out the story behind this blog. Otherwise, please join the others by subscribing to my RSS feed or get updates via email so you don’t miss any personal finance articles!I went to the Apple store today and saw moneyning.com on the iPhone!  It was pretty exciting [...]

My checking account balance yesterday read $4.32.  It was very interesting because it forced me to think of options similar to people that do not have money to spend.  Below are my upcoming expense and income:
 

Expenses
Income

Credit Card Bill: $3739.12
Employment: $2436.49

Rent: $995.00
Expense Check: $1477.39

Expense Total: $4734.12
Income Total: $3913.88

Short: $820.24 that I need by July 1st (tomorrow)
 
Even [...]

My fiancée finally got her well deserve raise today!  It came out to be a pretty good addition to our income, and we tried to spend it immediately.
 
What I mean is that we started thinking about where to best spend the raise to better build our financial future.  Here’s a list that we came up [...]

We have read countless advices about the benefits to the growth of our net worth by reducing the number trips to Starbucks. Many of these articles assume that the daily trips to these coffee shops are for the sake of convenience. I agree that this is one of the reasons for some of us, but [...]

I’m very happy to announce that the site reached its first milestone (Authority > 100)!  Ever since changing the domain name to MoneyNing.com on June 2nd of 2007, the site has grown to have a…

Technorati: Authority 102

Alexa: 637,745 (this number is actually a 3-month average so that’s why it is so high, as the [...]

We received a couple checks last week in the mail.  Take a look at them below.
 

 
This first one is from Wescom Credit Union.  The letter that came with the checks says:

Make your Summer Dreams come true!  Simply endorse this check and deposit it in your account.  There’s no waiting period.  Or, you can also call [...]

I am so happy to let you know that my “Japan Standard of Living - MoneyNing Style” article has been picked as this week’s editor choice!  Check out the personal finance carnival right here.  Another honorable mention is the Carnival of Debt Reduction, where this article of mine about credit cards was selected.
In addition, here are some great [...]

My family went to Costco on Sunday and bought some groceries. The small list of items includes:

Norco Ranch Extra Large Grade AA Eggs (pack of 18)
Foster Farms Fully Cooked Cracked Pepper Wings (5 lbs bag)
Jimmy Dean Croissant Sandwiches (pack of 12)
Romaine Lettuce (a big bag, I’m not a vegetable person so it is too much [...]