Recently, my dad quit smoking after years of us encouraging, motivating, persuading, yelling, and cussing (you name it, we’ve done it). It was a struggle for so many years, but the fear of sickness finally convinced him to quit smoking. Many of us smoke (in fact, one third of all male in this world do), […]
I will feel rich, I will feel happy, and I will feel obligated to spend some money. Or will I? I actually get a paycheck every 2 weeks, and other than feeling richer on paper, there really isn’t much different on this day. First thing in the morning, I visited Wells Fargo’s website to make […]
We listen to TV, radio shows, and podcasts mentioning it. We read websites, blogs, and newspapers discussing it. We talk to our colleagues, friends, and family about it too. We are living through it, and we will survive past it. All we need to do is calm down and forget about it. Yes, I said […]
Many of us that frequent personal finance sites are passive investors. We buy index funds because we aren’t convinced that anyone can outperform the market in the long run. However, some of us still buy stocks because we believe beating the market by taking on more risk is possible. Some of us fail, but even […]
Yesterday, I finally took the plunge and joined millions of other people and bought a Nintendo Wii. Like many personal finance bloggers, I’m here to blog about the purchase. However, this is not a post to justify my purchase. In fact, I know it was well worth it, as indicative of me purchasing the machine. […]
I just found out today from a comment at one of Blueprint’s article that you can deduct state taxes from your federal taxes. I just don’t think this make sense because that makes the state tax useless as the governments should figure this out amongst themselves. Without getting into a debate on that though, I […]
