Archives for Savings & Budgets - Page 11
Will they or won’t they?
Tomorrow, the Federal Reserve Bank will meet for their final session of 2006, deciding whether to keep interest rates the same, or start lowering them. (No one thinks they will…
Trim the Financial Fat this Holiday Season
"Downsize holiday spending, not your holiday joy." -- Mari Adam Being stretched for time and money multiplies the stress level that many feel during the holiday season. Allison offered several…
Deal in Cash
I was reading a bit about budgeting while juggling my own monthly financial review and paying bills when the wild suggestion of deal only in cash popped up on my…
Saving for College
My niece Kate is in 8th grade. That means freshman year of college is slightly less than 5 years away! Sounds like a long time to me, except when I…
Adjust Your Attitude
I was reading that crazy little publication "Stages" that Fidelity Investments sends to people who are enrolled in a 401K administered by Fidelity. It is a small quarterly publication that…
The Rule of Two with Food & Money
"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." -- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin An appetizer, bread, a drink, and in addition to your meal, pick two of…
Getting Organized: Quicken
Well it's one thing to have my desk organized, and quite another thing to have my finances organized. And honestly, I don't know how I would do it without Quicken,…
Downsizing Student Loans
A friend of mine sat down with me at work to go over her student loan payments, she had been paying without fail and one of the loans hadn't been…
Ask for Preferential Treatment
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." -- Chinese Proverb Rich proclaims below, "Everything is negotiable!" This made…
Splurge or Self-Sabotage?
Last weekend while I was taking a short vacation in Rehoboth Beach to enjoy the jazz festival, I started pondering a common spending conundrum. When we spend money on things…