Are You Buying When Investors Are Getting Greedy? + MORE

Restless in Warnemunde, 2012.
Whether you are unemployed by choice or due to unfortunate circumstance, having health insurance is a must. According to The American Journal Of Medicine, 62% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were health related and that’s before the economic meltdown. What’s more frightening is that back in 2001, health related bankruptcies were “only” 45% of total…

In my mind, no child is too young to learn about the basic concepts of personal finance. From using money to saving money and budgeting, youngest children learn as they watch their parents behave. These are the most important lessons because parents are the ultimate role models. Financial literacy programs that wait until high school or even middle school are often, but not always, too late to to effectively change a developing child or young adult’s approach to money…

The other day my best friend/biz partner/work husband (as my wife calls him ;)) asked me if I thought he’d do a better job at his company if he were more of a consumer like the rest of the people in the world. It was an interesting question, and perfectly inline with the smarts this guy has, but I told him that even if he *wanted* to be more like everyone else he couldn’t…

Sometimes, the best way to earn a free flight with a reward credit card is to avoid frequent flier miles altogether. Cards that offer cash back and other benefits are often more valuable than frequent flier miles, as these rewards can be used for any flight at any time…

Here we go with the first round of Free Money Finance March Money Madness (to follow all the action click on my March Money Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.) Today’s games are brought to you by the Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Reserve Card, which offers two weekend night certificates, each good for one weekend night (standard room, double occupancy) at select hotels and resorts within the Hilton HHonors portfolio, after $2,500 in eligible purchases within the first four months of cardmembership…

This week The Globe and Mail shared a video from Rob Carrick that answers the question Are Your Debts Making You Sick?If you’re looking for financial incentives in your province, you’ll want to read this post by Million Dollar Journey that explores Energy Efficiency Programs/Financial Incentives – Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador…

Are you investing in the stock market? How are you feeling now that the Dow is at an all time high? The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are just a few points shy of hitting their all time highs as well. Are you feeling flushed with money or are you becoming a nervous wreck? Individual investors are pouring money into the stock again and that is helping to push the stock price higher…

Why spend money on a night out on the town when there are tons of great, free things that you can do with your family? If you need some ideas, we’ve gathered 20 great ones below. Enjoy!
1. Play a board game.
Whether it’s Scrabble or an old school game of Monopoly, board games are great for spending time as a family because they encourage healthy competition and teamwork…

J.D. wrote about the three stages of personal finance often. His definitions were: The first stage of personal finance involves learning the basics: understanding compound interest, reducing debt, beginning to save. The second stage is putting the basics into practice: choosing to live frugally, saving in earnest, and pursuing financial goals…

Today’s episode features Jen Portland from ExcelRainMan.com, the Excel spreadsheet company. She started this business on the side, after discovering the need for the service, and being the “go-to” spreadsheet person everywhere she worked.
Jen convinced her employer to let her go part-time in 2012 so that she could focus more time on Excel Rain Man…

After you’ve lived through a storm, accident, or natural disaster that damages your home, the stress and emotion are hardly over for you: you still have to file a claim with your homeowners insurance.
This is the point where many policyholders will reluctantly take a lower payment than they deserve, just because it’s easier to cut their losses and move on than it is to fight with insurance after all of their other stresses…

When Sarah and I first moved into the home that we currently live in, it made sense in a number of ways for us.
Our jobs were in two different towns about forty minutes apart, so it seemed to make sense to live in a place that was halfway between the two so that neither one of us had a long commute…

For those of us that get paid every two weeks, we face a battle of epic proportions. Managing a budget is no easy task, especially when all months AREN’T created equal. Ten months a year we might bring home $4,000, but two months of the year we bring home $6,000. Why must such cruel things exist!?
Although an extra paycheck is definitely a good problem to have, there is no denying it adds a little hiccup to the budgeting process…

Like a lot of daydreamers, I suffer from a basic inability to take care of myself.
After I moved out on my own at the age of 18, I couldn’t really cook, so I ate out a lot.
I wasn’t sure how to dress myself, so I bought a lot of clothes. I wasn’t sure how to pick out a car so I bought the one I dreamed about…

Here’s another sign the tax code needs updating: the biggest American companies have expanded their offshore investments 14.4 percent since last year.That’s an increase of $183 billion by 83 top U.S. companies. Altogether, they currently have $1.46 trillion in profits invested outside the country. If you include all American companies that number probably comes much closer to $2 trillion, according to Bloomberg, which examined the investments and found out who’s pumping the most cash overseas…

Welcome to the weekly Friday giveaway post!
First I would like to point out a giveaway that we are co-hosting, a Canon Rebel T4i DSLR Camera. That giveaway runs until the end of March, so there is still plenty of time to enter. We will also be co-hosting a $500 cash giveaway that starts on Monday…

Another dark day in America, one of 62 similar days in the last 30 years according to statistics compiled by Mother Jones. Despite the shootings having occurred in a state with some of the more restrictive gun laws in America, the acts of a single deranged white male has again brought the nation to its knees […

Are you looking for a way to make extra money in your spare time, without getting tied down to a part-time job? There are plenty of opportunities to earn some extra cash, and all you need to do is to tap into your personal talents. Here are some ideas . . . .
1. Find some micro-jobs.
There are dozens of online work sites that offer micro-jobs…