Archive for June, 2007

Yes. There’s an ever increasing percentage of married couples in North American and abroad who want to remain independent and they keep their finances separate as part of that mindset. Each spouse takes their income, pays their half of the bills, and that’s that. There’s no communication about shared financial goals, neither really knows for [...]

Well, It’s June 29th, and in about 8 hours every employee working at an Apple Store will be trampled on by a stampede of ravinous customers! Anyway, enjoy some of these great articles recently written up in the personal finance world .
It looks like all of the east cost personal finance bloggers had their second [...]

I have a few relatives in the state that literally live in the middle of nowhere. They live at least 50 miles away from a town of even 5,000 people. It’s hard to imagine, but there are a lot of people that do it. If you’re lucky enough to have a job that doesn’t depend [...]

I’ve had quite a bit of money sitting in my savings account for some time now which was designated for a new vehicle. After realizing that I was driving a vehicle that was worth no more than $1000 with a cracked windshield and no air-conditioning in the middle of June in South Dakota (90+ degrees [...]

When I first heard the term municipal bond in high-school, I figured it was some boring personal finance term that I would never need to use or ever consider caring about. I had my money in a savings account, and I figured there was no reason to put it anywhere else at the time, after [...]

For whatever reason, a lot of us are naturally inclined to spend money, often in a very compulsive manner. We see an item that we like, we convince ourselves that we must have it, we tell ourselves about all the benefits from purchasing the product, we think it’ll add happiness to our lives. It could [...]

I don’t write too many posts about what’s going on my financial life, mostly because I figure that you’re all more interested in what’s going on in your financial life! I figured it wouldn’t hurt every now and then to share what I’ve been doing; maybe they’ll work for you if you’re at a similar [...]

When most Americans go out and buy a new vehicle, they have to get some sort of financing. This adds un-necessary interest charges, as well as forces you to get comprehensive insurance when you may not need it. It also enables to you buy vehicles that are in reality too expensive for you. It just [...]

I just got back from a wonderful three day weekend camping with some friends, so coming into work this morning…not so much fun. We got 1.5” of rain the first night we stayed and got sunburned the next day, but it was still a ton of fun. Feel free to take a look at some [...]

Google Maps and similar technologies have revolutionized cartography in the last decade. It’s hard to imagine that there was a time when people didn’t have instant access to nearly perfect directions to just about anywhere in the world. Now we have access to high-resolution satellite images, and even a view from the street in some [...]

Here in South Dakota, as well as some other mid-western states, “silver” grade gasoline is blended with 10% ethanol. Although ethanol is more expensive to produce than gasoline, you actually pay about 10 cents less per gallon for E10 gasoline because of government subsidies. Although the price appears to be easier on the wallet, burning [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve done some links to what other personal finance writers have been created. I’ve been rather busy with life, but it looks like things are finally setting down here to where I can devote much more time to blogging. This weekend I get to take some time and relax out [...]

On the day that I first moved to college and had my very own half of a dorm room for the first time, I got in line to buy textbooks at the bookstore. I went in the middle of the day, so of course there was a huge line. I waited about 20 minutes to [...]

When most young men go out to buy an engagement ring or other piece of jewelry for the special someone in their life, they often go to the mall jewelry start and end up paying too much. Some of the more savvy individuals will buy from online retailers such as Blue Nile or from less [...]