Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
Classes for volunteers are October 11th and 18th this year. It’s about 8-hours a day for two Saturdays. They would like a 30-hour commitment out of each volunteer. I’ve been doing it for the last few months and I’ve learned a lot about myself, financial management and where to get local help for a variety [...]
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Greetings Earthlings!
I’m in that kind of mood tonight. I just changed my blog template to add a hot new thermometer for the PFBlogs.org Challenge at DonorsChoose.org. (Email me if you want the code for the nifty thermometer for your blog. mapgirlsfiscalchallenge at Google’s mail service dot com. Get it?)
This is being organized by HC of [...]
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I went to a reunion this weekend and one of my old classmates is a financial advisor. We got to talking and I admit, I was feeling the waters a bit for a consultation. I also was complaining that my parents’ broker has wandered around to about 3 firms in the past 15 years, which [...]
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Washington Post has an article on college costs. (This link may require registration. Try Bugmenot for a login. But FWIW, the WaPo does not spam you. I’ve been registered for years and received nothing.)
I think that it’s fine for kids to go to a community or local college to save money, but the flipside is [...]
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Cap on co-signing loans. I bet you can guess his answer.
Free Money Finance on how to earn more money. The short answer? Know thyself. Sure you can go out and get a shiny new degree, but will it be a field you enjoy? Will it give you the other peripheral skills you need to be [...]
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I’m a bad commenter. Sometimes I don’t revisit places I’ve left comment droppings. Today I found this old comment from Seattle Simplicity, a favorite blogger of mine.
The story of the 40% raise is that I built up a lot of technical skill while working a humdrum job. It was high stress and burnout. At the [...]
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Credit Bloggers has a good article about how late payments effect your credit score. It points to an article at Credit.com.
Nicole is spot on about college degrees. A nice examination of ‘good debt’. I am not convinced college tuition debt, nor the whole experience of college is for everyone.
Citibank Driver’s credit card analysis by Jonathan. [...]
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I’m mulling this one over.
I’ve known for years that I had better increase my salary. I have made quite a few decisions to make that a reality. As I read this article, I’m not 100% sure what to think. I like my career right now and I made the choices to change what I was [...]
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Two stories of interest to our community, from NPR.
The 50-Year Mortgage . It’s not a fixed interest rate, and the long and short is that it’s a long term rental agreement since you barely have any equity at the end of 10 years.
Teens and credit education. A California bankruptcy judge started a credit education program [...]
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