Archive for July, 2009

This article is written by Alfred Spengly, a student of MakeMoneyFromWriting.com.  Alfred is learning about the business of freelance writing and how to become a successful freelancer. _________________________________________________________________________________________ What is your biggest financial concern? If you were to ask yourself what you would need to be better-off financially, what would you say? Is it to [...]

Over the past few decades the number of smokers has been declining as more information becomes available proving the dangers of smoking. Despite the declining number of people who choose to light up, there are still an estimated 37 million adult smokers in the United States. Many of these smokers understand the health risks of smoking [...]

You may have seen a series of ads promoting the extended warranty services for your vehicle provided by Usfidelis. While it may seem at first glance like a good deal, the Better Business Bureau is concerned about the number of issues surrounding the company. Supposedly, under the Usfidelis extended warranty, your expensive vehicle repairs can [...]

It’s been a interesting summer season for weather. It seems the number of thunderstorms for last year and this year were higher than normal and with those thunderstorms, it seems lightning has been striking more often. Lightening has been making more direct hits on homes too, meaning that homeowners have been suffering higher losses in [...]

Most money market funds require a minimum deposit of $1,000 or more. Money market funds allow instant access to your money without penalty when you need to withdraw money, and you have the option of cashing in your shares by phone, mail or through a broker if you select a brokerage-sponsored fund. Most funds give [...]

As a small business owner, one of the things you have to do is make sure that your employees are properly trained to perform the essential functions of the jobs that you hire them to perform. That means that part of your job involves employee training. While you might send your employees out to take [...]

After almost two years of stress and worry over the economy, many people will argue that their priority is not finding a great deal on summer entertainment. That being said, everyone needs a break from the day-to-day grind and taking in a show or concert can bring a few hours of relaxation that is much [...]

Our society has seen a shift in consumer spending with Americans looking for ways to save more of their hard earned cash. Many of those people are prolonging buying a new vehicle in favor of keeping the one they have on the road longer. For those that are in the market to purchase another vehicle, [...]

Recently I ran into a friend who would have made a perfect candidate for an episode of House or Mystery Diagnosis. For over a year she has experienced symptoms that stumped her doctors and left her wondering if she would ever know the cause of her declining health. She finally got her answer a few [...]

Darwin’s Finance hosts the 212th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.    Here are a few we liked: The Digerati Life presents Should You Get Identity Theft Protection? Harvesting Dollars presents Do You Need A Financial Adviser PennyJobs.com presents Entrepreneurs Are Worthy of Their Profits Personal Finance Analyst presents 5 Wacky Scholarships! Free From Broke [...]

The GreenPandaTreehouse offers up the Carnival of Personal Finance #211 with their favorite TV show theme, Burn Notice.  Check out the complete carnival to see how they tie in the TV show with personal finance!  Here are a few we’ve selected to feature here from the carnival submissions: Savings Toolbox has some situations when When Automating [...]