CNN Money hosts a section on their website called Millionaires in the Making. Once or twice a month they highlight a family that is well on their way. (Or sometimes not so well.) The articles disclose salary, debt, savings, and budgets for the highlighted family.
What makes people want to give out all this information? Let’s [...]

Posted November 11, 2007 in Advanced, Debt, Millionaires | 3 Comments »

We’re off to a football game today… that could be a great future topic pitting hobbies against finances: examining the huge amounts of money we spend on sporting events…
Here’s whats going on elsewhere in Personal Finance this week:

Posted November 10, 2007 in Roundups | 2 Comments »

Right now I’m driving a 2005 Mercedes Benz C230. I got it as a birthday present from my husband 2.5 years ago. I love it! And I want to keep it forever…. but there’s two things that bug me about it.

Posted November 9, 2007 in Intermediate, Our budget | 4 Comments »

I received a phone call earlier this week. Here’s a summary of how the conversation went:
Me: Hello.
Caller: Do I need a Roth IRA or Traditional IRA?
Me: Roth. Where are you opening it?
Caller: Scottrade.
Me: Do you know what to invest in?
Caller: No.
Me: We’ll worry about that later. Are you there right now?
Caller: Yes.
Me: Open the account, [...]

Posted November 8, 2007 in Intermediate, Investing | 2 Comments »

When I began this blog I originally intended to make the site live on November 12. We beat it by six days! As you can see, we are now online and have been since last night.

Posted November 7, 2007 in Dollar Plan News | No Comments »