I recently learned that if you have to fly on short notice due to a medical emergency or a funeral, there is something called a "bereavement fare" or "compassion fare". The rules differ between all the airlines, but basically if you qualify you get … [Read the rest]
Family Emergency / Bereavement Airfares: Worth A Try
Posted on March 31, 2007 // 6 Comments
Last updated: April 1, 2007
Confessions Of A Car Salesman: Beware Of The Four Square!
Posted on March 30, 2007 // 21 Comments
The Consumerist has a very enlightening article from a former used car salesman about the tricks that he used on customers, and how to recognize them. It's a long article that contains a lot of common sense advice, but I found the carefully planned … [Read the rest]
Last updated: August 19, 2012
Have You Checked Out Your Local Public Library Recently?
Posted on March 30, 2007 // 16 Comments
As a kid, I went to the library weekly, grabbing new books and getting yelled at for misplacing overdue ones. Even now, I remember feverishly looking for the next book in the Boxcar Children series, or re-reading How To Eat Fried Worms for the 86th … [Read the rest]
Last updated: March 30, 2007
Possible Free FICO Score w/ 15-Minute Lesson
Posted on March 29, 2007 // 23 Comments
Here is a potentially free FICO score and report for students that are willing to endure a 15-minute spiel, but it appears to be limited to the first 5,000 people. I'm running behind on a project, so let me know if it works :) Thanks TK. We've … [Read the rest]
Last updated: October 14, 2011
How Good People Make Bad Investments
Posted on March 29, 2007 // 10 Comments
Here's another article by Jonathan Clements that I enjoyed - How Good People Make Bad Investments from the Wall Street Journal. It points that some traits that help us success in other parts of our lives actually hurt our investing … [Read the rest]
Last updated: August 9, 2018
A Warm Slice Of Humble Pie
Posted on March 29, 2007 // 11 Comments
I've been trying recently to try and make some minor adjustments to the target asset allocations of my portfolio. I want to create something that I won't be tempted to change again for many years. While attempting this, I keep noticing how hard it … [Read the rest]
Last updated: August 9, 2018
Expense Tracking and Budget Results – February 2007
Posted on March 28, 2007 // 14 Comments
Yes, you read it correctly. It's the end of March and I'm finally typing in the last of my receipts into my PearBudget spreadsheet. Tsk tsk. Overall Results I started out strong, with my carefully laid out Expense Tracking Plan of Attack … [Read the rest]
Last updated: March 28, 2007
Sunrocket VoIP Phone Service – 2 Years for $199
Posted on March 27, 2007 // 18 Comments
SunRocket VoIP is currently offering 2 years of phone service for $199, expiring tomorrow (3/28). If you miss it, this "special" seems to come around once every few months. I've been using SunRocket instead of a landline for well over a year now now … [Read the rest]
Last updated: October 27, 2011
My Net Worth Tracking Template
Posted on March 27, 2007 // 15 Comments
You may be curious as to how I keep track of my net worth updates. It's actually highly manual and nothing fancy. I simply log into Yodlee account aggregation via Bank of America's MyPortfolio and copy-n-paste the appropriate balances into this … [Read the rest]
Last updated: March 27, 2007
My $300 Cup Of Coffee
Posted on March 26, 2007 // 49 Comments
I spilled coffee on my Dell Inspiron 4150 laptop today. It made a sad sort of grunt, and shut itself off... apparently forever. I've used compressed air and dried it all day, all to no avail. This was actually my largest impulse buy ever, at … [Read the rest]
Last updated: October 15, 2011
Are You A “Maestro Of Money Management”?
Posted on March 25, 2007 // 26 Comments
A friend of mine sent me this link, and I think he was trying to mock me! ;) It's an article from the Wall Street Journal entitled Nickel-and-Diming Your Way To Riches, if That's Your Thing Here's an excerpt: I thought I was fairly deft at … [Read the rest]
Last updated: August 9, 2018
The World Is Flat: Book Review and Commentary
Posted on March 25, 2007 // 15 Comments
I've been chipping away at it for months, and finally finished Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. By a flat world, he means that the playing field is being leveled and the gap between emerging and … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 25, 2019
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