What? It’s time to go back to school already? What happened to summer? That’s what I wanted to ask members of The Life Skills Network when they suggested a back to school series in early August! We have a law here that school cannot start until after Labor Day. So school is still a long [...]
Olympics and Money Management What do the Olympics and money management have in common? Plenty! As I was watching the opening ceremonies and the first few events this weekend, I saw lots of ways to improve your finances. Here’s the financial tips that I found. Feel free to add more lessons that you see during [...]
Photo: Cubicle Panorama by Kyle and Kelly Adams Now that I’ve settled into my decision to quit my job, I’m making sure that I’m accounting for all the money that I’m giving up. Besides a salary and benefits like insurance, there’s often many monetary benefits for working in the corporate world. I started making a [...]
We’re half way through 2008. It’s a great time to do a mid-year checkup of your financial situation. Here are a few of the topics that I like to revisit in the summer to make sure that we are on track! 1. Asset allocation rebalancing. Have you rebalanced your portfolio lately? With the decline in [...]
I just moved some of our portfolio to cash. There’s a chance that we may need to access it during the upcoming year and I wanted a way to maximize the return, but avoid any risk so I have the appropriate amount of money all year. I asked on Twitter if anyone had done something [...]
