Mr. B is back! In the last few months, a lot has happened. When last I posted, I was Mr. B – homeowner, starving artist, graduate student and teaching assistant at a major university in the Midwest, doing everything I could to keep the bills paid on an embarrassingly low TA salary. When I say low, [...]
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Note: This is a follow-up from a previous post (Desperately Seeking a Job). As some of my readers (both of you) may remember, I’ve been on the job market for some time now, furiously and desperately trying to land my first job as a university professor. Times have been tough. My wife and I have been scraping [...] As part of a contest at Cash Money Life to win an iPod, I have decided to make a personal finance resolution for 2008. Actually, I have two, because one of them may be out of my control. What are my goals? First, to sell my house without a real estate agent this year. This is my [...] Over the years I’ve done a few things right and lot more that’s wrong. Here are a few of each with relation to personal finance: Worst Decisions 1) Checking Only For several years of my early adult life my finances were extremely simple – my girlfriend (now wife) and I only possessed a single checking account with a debit [...] Earlier this week the Fed slashed the Funds Rate another 0.25%., which means that savings account rates nationwide will undoubtedly begin another session of racing toward absolute zero. ING Direct seems to be leading pack, as their rate just dropped down to 4.2% APY. Guess what? I don’t care. Ever since I simplified my setup, more of [...] A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I was considering simplifying my financial life by putting more of my eggs into one basket. In my case, my financial “basket” is Vanguard, but I’m sure other companies (such as Fidelity, Schwab, or E-Trade) would work just as well. Why Simplify? First of all, why bother with simplifying? Right now [...] It seems like only yesterday that I launched InterestingMoney.com. Oh wait, March 2007 was not THAT long ago, so in the Grand Scheme of Things I might as well have launched the site yesterday. Nonetheless, I know that InterestingMoney has finally hit the Big Time. You know how I can tell? I received my first advertising [...] |
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