After I wrote how to start an investment club, readers wanted to know more about our investment club portfolio and returns. With the permission from the club members, here is what our portfolio and returns look like at Scottrade, in addition to more information about how the club works.

Posted March 26, 2008 in Investing by Madison | 8 Comments

Welcome to the Festival of Frugality #118. We’re busy focusing on learning how to spell at our house right now… so what better way to celebrate the festival than with a focus on letters? There are 57 great frugal articles in the ABC edition of the festival.

Posted March 25, 2008 in Carnivals, Intermediate by Madison | 14 Comments

Photography by: bookish in north park
We’re considering refinancing our house. It’s been two years since we refinanced our construction loan into our existing mortgage and rates are lower now than the interest rate we got two years ago. If you are considering refinancing, here are some situations where it might make sense to refinance.

Posted March 24, 2008 in Debt, Savings by Madison | 7 Comments

This weekend we’ll be busy dying Easter Eggs. It’s a fun tradition, but you end up with a ton of eggs! If you need to bring a dish to Easter dinner, keep it frugal and turn your eggs into Special Deviled Eggs, one of my favorites!
Speaking of Frugal… I’ll be hosting the Festival of Frugality [...]

Posted March 22, 2008 in Roundups by Madison | 9 Comments

March 2008 Personal Finance Site Rankings
Included are blogs that meet the following criteria:

Personal finance related material
Minimum subscriber count of 200
Publicly displayed feed count and source

Sites are ranked as of Feedburner subscriber count on March 21, 2008. The feed displays will monitor the current counts each day. The ranking will remain static using the March [...]

Posted March 21, 2008 in Blogging by Madison | 12 Comments