Monopoly is a classic game which I spent a few hours playing this weekend with some friends. The rules are easy enough to pick up. Each player takes turns rolling two dice to determine how many spaces they move on the game board. Spaces are designated into several color groups as well as several other [...]
This is the first in what I hope will be a series of comics. Artists credit: done by the amazing Paul Spivey.
I received an interesting offer today for an American Express Platinum card today. They obviously think quite highly of me since they were kind enough to append “MD” to my name. In fact this has to be the singularly least credit card-ish offer I’ve ever seen. It did not give me any details of rates, [...]
At the expense of eliminating my credibility (before I have any), I would like to go on record and say that we have hit the bottom of the market. It was very likely last week in fact. Now I don’t have any fancy math or pretty charts to distract you from prove this point, but [...]
Great minds think alike (circa 1898). Or so I would like to believe since that also means that I write about a sexy subject. My post yesterday about the need for a slush fund was mirrored today by J. Savings over at BudgetsAreSexy.com. His description is a great writeup and written in an entrepreneurial sort [...]
A lot of friends ask my advice on what to do with their money. For the most part they are 20-somethings who are getting the first consistent and four-digit check in their lives. My first recommendation is to blow half of their first paycheck. I know this goes against every rule and cliché we all [...]
Today is officially the 4th best day for the DOW of all time with a gain of 416.66! I had previously blogged about the best days here, though I was talking about percentage increase. This article includes all this data. I’ve officially become a voracious reader of Give Me Back My Five Bucks. Krystal does [...]
One of my main goals with this site is to increase financial literacy. I throw around terms are probably clear as mud to many people and so I am going to start adding more articles that go into topics at an easier pace. Today’s goal is actually two terms: purchasing power and inflation. I am [...]
This is the third and final part of the personal financial ratio article series. Part 1 gave an introduction and described the three ratios which made up short-term liquidity. Part 2 described long-term liquidity and how those may be used by financial institutions to judge your stability and solvency. Now I will describe the ratios [...]