Do the holidays put a strain on your budget? It can be one of most expensive times of the year; it’s easy to lose control of your spending with all the expenses for gifts, entertainment, travel, and even higher heating costs. Here are some tips...

Thanksgiving seemed the perfect time for me to look at things that I complain about in my daily life and to instead look for reasons to be thankful for them. What I did was break down a day into 1 hour chunks, look at something I typically complain...

The Tradeking promotion that runs through the end of the month reminded me of a conversation I had with a co-worker last Spring about online brokerage accounts. She’s from a different generation and doesn’t feel comfortable opening a stock trading...

I was looking back through the posts on the site from last November and saw a bunch of posts on Christmas shopping, Black Friday, etc.  The shopping season is here again so here are some tips on budgeting, shopping, and holiday deals: Black Friday...

Our garage hasn’t been this clean and organized since we moved into our house! Since we’re debating selling our house my wife is on a de-cluttering mission so we spent the whole weekend cleaning out our garage. Organization Saves Money One thing I...

This week I recommend you check out My Two Dollars, written by David. Like many personal finance bloggers he doesn’t consider himself a financial expert, but rather blogs about his own experiences with money; such as being in-over-his head in debt,...