Photography: Pumpkins by St0rmz What is it about holidays that causes us to ignore our budgets, talk ourselves into buying “just one more item”, and refuse to add up our overall spending? Halloween spending can set the pace for the rest of the holiday season, so reign yourself in during October and your December self [...]
As you work to build your net worth, protecting your nest egg is a critical part of your total financial picture. While we often view car insurance as being able to fix or replace our own damaged vehicle, even more important is protecting your other assets in the event of a large liability lawsuit. Of [...]
Say it with me! Free Money Friday! You know the routine, Friday is all about free money here at My Dollar Plan. Today TradeKing is offering a $50 sign up bonus for new accounts opened in October and November. About TradeKing Online broker; ranked #1 Discount Broker by SmartMoney Magazine in 2006 & 2007. All [...]
One of my favorite parts about My Dollar Plan is getting to hear from you. Where you are at financially, what your questions are, what you are thinking about and what your goals are. I took some time out to answer reader mail before and it was fun, so here’s another round of questions and [...]
Each weekend at about 4 pm on Sunday the “Sunday evening blues” set in. This week… I didn’t have a care in the world that the weekend was over. This is how life should be, happily enjoying every day, not dreading the next one, because you have to get up and go to work. And [...]
