Monthly Archive: January 2007

Yahoo Personal Finance 0

Yahoo Personal Finance

It has been awhile since I have visited the Yahoo Finance pages but today I saw a post over at lifehacker that mentioned the new personal finance section at Yahoo. If you haven’t seen...

TJX Security Breach 0

TJX Security Breach

For those that may not have already heard, TJX Cos. (parent company of retailers such as Marshalls and TJ Maxx) has disclosed that they have had a security breach and customer data has been...

3 Ways to Save $400,000 2

3 Ways to Save $400,000

Over at CNNMoney.com, there is an article about easy ways to save $400,000 that contains some very valid points. However, I think there are a few flaws with some of their suggestions and question...

Automatic Savings Plan 3

Automatic Savings Plan

How often have you said to yourself that you would really like to save more each month but you just cannot afford it? While there are many things you can do to find ways...

Am I Weird? 2

Am I Weird?

Ever since getting a handle on our consumer debt and leading a life free of paying other people interest (other than our mortgage company), I actually look forward to the daily mail and any...

Tips Before Dealing With Credit Counselor 0

Tips Before Dealing With Credit Counselor

If you’ve been battling with your debt for some time now and you don’t feel like you are making any progress, you may be tempted to turn towards a credit counselor for assistance. However,...

Cutting an Expense 0

Cutting an Expense

For quite a few years now, my wife has been cutting my hair and giving both of our children haircuts as well. While she has done this professionally, it is possible for just about...

Children Managing Their Allowance 7

Children Managing Their Allowance

As I wrote in my post about teaching children how to save, we have been using a weekly allowance system for our children and have been quite happy with the results. However, today I...

What Is Your Financial Mulligan? 1

What Is Your Financial Mulligan?

Have you ever looked back on your life and wish there was a decision that you had made differently? Since the focus of this site is on eliminating debt and becoming financially independent, I...

Is That The Best You Can Do? 3

Is That The Best You Can Do?

Those seven words have the possibility of saving you a considerable amount of money yet in most cases, you don’t use them do you? When you are purchasing goods or services, do you ask...