Awesome Articles From Last Week
Money, Matter and More Musings shares 25 Things We Do To Save Money. It’s amazing what he’s done to save money; he really puts me to shame. Admittedly, it’s been a while since I’ve been frugal to this extent, the distant memory of it being part of my single years. We’re still frugal, but relative to people who have the same net worth and income that we do.
MoneySmartLife brings up a deep question that we’ve all asked ourselves one time or another: Would You Rather Make More Money Than Be With Family? The assumption here is that you have a spouse and kids. The answer depends a lot on where you are in your life today. One’s financial status makes a huge difference in determining how you respond.
The Sun’s Financial Diary is doing quite well with his goal to replace his pre-retirement income with investment income. He details his plan in Investment Objective: Income or Growth?
Gen X Finance reminds us that Your 401(k) is Not a Savings Account. No it’s not, yet many people are concerned they can’t treat it that way, like something more liquid from which they could borrow money easily in order to fund their short term requirements.
Lazy Man and Money’s articles have struck me lately, and here’s one which did: Fifteen Things I’d Like To Say to High School Lazy Man. Yes, I learned early about compounding interest, thank goodness; and yes, I’m glad I braced for higher expenses later. But the MBA is not for everyone I must say. A nice way to reminisce, thanks Lazy.
Mighty Bargain Hunter talks about Fixed-rate mortgage payments, inflation, and investing, where he covers the question of prepaying your mortgage vs otherwise using the money to invest. This post will tell you that it all depends!
Do you know what happens with your 529 account when some unexpected things happen? Free Money Finance’s reveals What to Do with 529 Money If Your Child Gets a Scholarship, with a list of alternatives for that college fund.
Five Cent Nickel discusses how to make the moving process manageable, organized and profitable with Ten Tips for a Successful Moving Sale.
I was a bit surprised by something that Consumerism Commentary wrote about recently:
Cash vs. Credit Card: Gas Stations Charging Different Prices. I better watch out for this….
Blueprint For Financial Prosperity warns us that Western Union Is A Scammers Best Friend. If you want to read about stories of people getting scammed by Western Union, then follow Jim’s post.
Last Week’s Carnivals
- Stock trades: Free stock trades from Zecco, Cheap stock trades from TradeKing, Stock news and Investment info at INO TV Free, No cost Trend Analysis for stocks
- Earn top returns: FNBO Direct [1.90%], HSBC Direct [1.65%], WTDirect [1.76%], E*Trade Bank [0.95%], ING Direct [.25% to 1.65%]
- Cash bonus: Discover More [$50], American Express [$25], Lending Club [$25]
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I am up to my eyeballs in debt, so this was a useful post for me. I am going to check out these posts and look for some tips to save money.