Safe Life Insurance
Money Adviser (a publication of Consumer Reports) has some tips for making sure your life insurance is safe. Here are their main points and our commentary. 1. Can you trust the ratings? Life insurance...
View ArticleAlternatives to Large Banks
With the trouble in large banks, many people are re-evaluating their banking needs and looking for alternatives. Local banks are looking more attractive–particularly ones that have been conservative...
View ArticleThe Cost of Your Job
Trent has a nice look at how much it cost him to have a normal job. While his income went down after he quit, so did his expenses. Related posts:Income and Quality of Life
View ArticleRecession Bargains
Consumer Reports Money Adviser has a list of 12 big ticket items that you may be able to get a good deal on during a recession. Here are a few: Television – Televisions aren’t selling particularly...
View ArticlePrice Perception
Be aware that shrewd retailers will price items in very strategic ways to take advantage of human nature. For example a retailer with three similar products might price one higher in order to make the...
View ArticleHousing Prices Continue to Fall
The S&P Case-Shiller home price index was released for March and the results don’t look very good for home owners. House prices continued to drop and are now 19.1% lower than they were 12 months...
View ArticleInvesting in a House
A lot of people are questioning the logic of using your house as an investment. There are a lot of reasons to own a house, but it is pretty unwise to have it as your primary savings method. House...
View ArticleAuto Repair Pricing
www.repairpal.com lets you enter in your vehicle and what repair needs done and it will give you a range of what that repair should cost from a dealer and from an independent auto repair shop. The...
View ArticleBorrowing Against my IRA
You can’t borrow money from your IRA and you can’t use your IRA for collateral in a loan. We get a lot of searches from people who want to know “Can I borrow from my IRA” and the official answer is no,...
View ArticleWhat is Forex?
I’ve seen a lot of ads talking about forex trading system, but the other day I realized I had no idea what Forex actually was. So I did some research and here it is in a nutshell: Forex is a...
View ArticleGood Time for Roth Rollover
With the value of most retirement accounts dropping, it might be a good time to consider rolling over into a Roth IRA. Most retirement accounts let you take a deduction now, but you pay tax when you...
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