First things first, I’ll admit that I’m not at all proud of this story. My own lack of effort and motivation to get this finished up could have cost me a lot of money. You’ll see exactly what I’m talking about below. I’m telling this story because is showcases the power of some of the […]

In light of the horrible idea by the Kardashian sisters to give financial advice to parents and teens through a prepaid credit card complete with exorbitant fees and a rather generous shot of the sisters on the front, I thought I’d take the opportunity to give some alternative advice to you parents out there that […]

In a 1999 survey by the Consumer Federation of America and financial services firm Primerica, 40% of Americans with incomes between $25,000 and $35,000 — and nearly one-half of respondents with an income of $15,000 to $25,000 — thought winning the lottery would give them their retirement nest egg. Overall, 27% of respondents said that […]

I’ve got two young kids, and another on the way. One thing I am always interested in is ways that I can get my kids interested in learning about money just like their Daddy. So when I was offered a chance to review a set of CD’s based just on that topic, I jumped at […]

I’ve written about investing in yourself a couple of times. Nothing to me is more motivating than getting a cash return on something I set out to do. Not many things in this world are as controllable as you yourself, in fact that is probably the only thing in the world you have control over. […]

Over the past few weeks I’ve hinted at the fact that I am unofficially a college graduate. The ceremony isn’t till next month, then I will be an official graduate. So today I wanted to discuss something that goes hand in hand with college, student loans. Student loans are a double edge sword and not […]