October 29, 2009 – 11:27 am
Imagine you’re standing on a street corner in New York City, hand raised to hail a cab. Two cabs pull up to vie for your business; a beat-up late 60s sub-compact with no air conditioning, and a brand new mid-size sedan, with working air conditioner and an electronic meter.
It’s not hard to pick which door [...]
October 13, 2009 – 4:32 pm
Blogger G.E. Miller from 20SomethingFinance.com has launched a new website to help young people control their spending.
MicroFrugality.com promises useful tips geared toward a younger audience of budgeters. Miller writes:
This blog will be all about the most controllable part of the personal finance equation – your expenses – and how you can dominate them!
The vision is [...]
September 22, 2009 – 4:55 pm
The nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) just put out its 2009-10 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard, which ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia according to the job, education, wealth-building, and homeownership opportunities afforded to families.
Each state was assigned a letter grade based on their performance on 92 policy and outcome measures and [...]
Everyone knows that people in the banking, real-estate, and retail industries are likely to be looking for work these days. But the newest profession to fall victim to the recession? Child care.
A columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle is balking at the high cost of finding a competent babysitter so she can enjoy a night out [...]
Savings.com compiled this list of 30 deal-hunting Twitterers who post useful advice about where to find good deals on household purchases.
Econ4U wanted to go a step further, so we went exploring and found 12 of the most prolific personal finance gurus (both big and small) on the popular social networking website:
OnTheMoney — from CNBC’s personal finance program of the same [...]
While many of our 401K’s are starting to rebound this month, the recession is still alive and kicking. And many people are taking advantage of this downturn to offer niche products or services you might not otherwise consider.
For workers stuck in a sea of cubicles, being self-employed sounds pretty appealing. After all, who wouldn’t want to work from home and start spending a lot more time in their bathrobe, watching Ricki Lake, drinking mimosas, and devising new ways to spend the buckets of cash delivered daily to their doorstep?
The reality, of course, [...]
Analyzing the money-management secrets of the fantastically rich is always a popular personal finance topic, and Yahoo delivered a new article on just that this week.
However, some bits of their advice are better than others.
“Work hard — and you’ll get lucky”: Is that truly a valuable tip? Has “imagining what your ideal life as a [...]
Before the financial crisis I, like most Americans, received a lot of credit card offers in the mail. What used to be a steady stream has now slowed to a trickle so I’m paying a little more attention to the occasional “good deal” teaser offer. Last week one of them caught my eye. Capital One [...]
A new poll by Junior Achievement, an organization working to educate kids about financial literacy and entrepreneurship, finds a sudden drop in interest for business careers among teenagers. Junior Achievement’s press release notes:
According to the results of the ninth annual Junior Achievement “Kids and Careers” poll, teen interest in a career as a “business [...]
