How I Bank In Grenada + MORE

The 90 days has come to end and the Debt Movement is over.  Or is it?
I had a VERY ambitious goal to help people pay off $10 million of debt in 90 days.   I really believed we could pull it off.
I never doubted it for a second.
But we missed our goal.
I could be upset that we came up short.   I could make myself believe that I failed…

This post is from staff writer Holly Johnson. Before my husband and I got our financial act together, we didn’t have a budget. Since we didn’t have and sort of plan, we spent all of our discretionary income on “wants” and financed anything that cost more money than we had. And the scariest part is that we never really thought much of it…

The Nikkei 225 (Japan’s major index) is up over 60% since the election of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 26, 2012. Abe has vowed to re-inflate the lagging Japanese economy with a target inflation of 2% through aggressive quantitative easing, setting negative real interest rates, and aggressive fiscal stimulus…

It’s Thursday so I’m coming at ya with a another reader poll. This time we will be focusing on gross annual income. A few things to note before we begin…

Only account for your income, not combined or household income. This goes for stay at home parents too.
You can account for side income that you make, bonuses, commissions, etc…

It is very easy to get lost in an endless conversation about money issues. What kind of retirement plan should I have? How do I get rid of my debts? Am I saving enough for my child’s college fund?
The goal of all of those things seems to be the accumulation of money. Money provides security from the unknown, after all…

Maybe it’s time for you to try investing through Lending Club?
Google, the search engine (and everything else) we all know and love, just purchased a minority share (less than 7%) of LendingClub Corp. They made the purchase from current investors along with Foundation Capital for a total purchase price of $125 Million…

I frequently get asked how we handle money in Grenada, the Caribbean island that we call home, so here’s a little post explaining all the ins and outs of the process.
It’s not complicated, but it definitely takes a bit of organization on my part to keep track of where everything is going and most importantly, what currency I should be using!
I know a few people were wondering why I was saving up a big lump sum to pay towards my student loans at the end of the year instead of paying extra towards them every month to cut down on interest…

I used to love the stock market. I loved to research companies and pick new stocks to invest in. I created an entire ETF portfolio for my fiancee’s Roth IRA. I even did some very risky options trading.
I don’t do any of that now. My fiancee and I both cashed out our Roth IRAs for the purchase of our first house…

Commercial space flight is something NASA supports. The agency is working with Boeing, Space Exploration Technologies and Sierra Nevada Corp. to develop space taxis.But until American companies get their ships together, we rely on our old space rival Russia to get us there. That means Russians can charge whatever they want — and they are, Space…

Rules of thumb are often used to make various financial decisions. While they can be helpful when it comes finding a starting point, rules of thumb should be approached with a degree of skepticism.
Circumstances — And the Markets — Change
Many rules of thumb are based on a specific set of circumstances…

Recently, a friend said that caffeine was a drug because of its addictive elements. I didn’t buy his argument, but I accepted the challenge to cut caffeine out of my diet for 30 days. The experiment went well, and I learned that I could apply the 30 day challenge to other areas of my life…

If you are looking to get a raise, or you will be applying for new positions in your field, it’s never good idea to just “wing it” when it comes to your salary requirements or expectations. There are ways you can get very specific information about salaries in your field, which will help you to be realistic in your salary requests to your employer or to or a prospective employer…

In my Tuesday post, 3 Businesses you can run from anywhere in the World, one of the businesses I mentioned was a service that can be fulfilled online. While I still think finding a physical product to manufacture and sell is the ideal path to passive income, most people today are going to provide a service as opposed to a physical product…

(Guest post by Robert Farrington – as part of our Side Hustle Series)
I am a full time manager who is married and expecting his first child this year.  I’ve been building up my side hustles for years, and eventually plan to make the leap to self-employment.  I’ve been side hustling since I was 16, doing all kinds of odd jobs for family and friends…

The original post (below) was made on March 8. Here it is May 2 and we are all dealing with the same issues!!! Typepad is being no help at all!!! I am sorry if any of you are inconvenienced.
We interupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this public service announcement:Typepad (the platform that runs this blog) is changing over to a new spam provider and it’s messing everything up — good comments are getting eaten and spam comments are getting posted…

Most people agree that a Costco membership is worth the $55 a year. That amount can be saved in one trip with some of the non-grocery items sold at Costco. I’ve found products like KitchenAid mixers and Ralph Lauren dress shirts, both at half the price found in other stores.
The savings that come with a Costco membership can be helpful, as long as you stick to your list, and you shop carefully…

How many times have the words “I’m Broke” entered into your life? We’ve all been in a place where we have less finances than we need to survive, money problems are something we all must endure.  Rather than complaining about why you are broke, many people find inspiration in the dustiest corners of their wallets and pocketbooks…

Here in Ohio, the pollen count is high enough to make a dust bunny sneeze. Allergy season is upon us — and that means additional costs in the form of tissues, tissues, and more tissues, not to mention the multiple boxes and bottles of over-the-counter allergy medicines.
Here are a few tips to help you take a smaller bite out of your budget this allergy season…

Everyone starts their path to financial independence from a different position. The popular belief that everyone born in this country has an equal opportunity for financial success is a Utopian myth. It may be an ideal foremost in early European settlers’ minds as they escaped a society where wealth was determined by little more than birthright, but the playing field isn’t quite as level as some Founding Fathers would have liked…