A Primer on Margin Accounts – myfijourney.com Recently, I got my brokerage account upgraded to a margin account. So I though that this would be a good time to talk about what margin accounts are, how they work, and some of the benefits and risks involved. I also wanted to discuss my thoughts on how to get the most out of a margin account. What Is Margin? Margin is basically nothing more than a loan from your broker… Continue Reading On myfijourney.com » What are Some of the Ways to Help an Emotional Spender? – Financialblacksheep.com I received a reader...
What is your philosophy about money? – dinksfinance.com Good Morning Dinks. Let me ask you a question, do you love money? If you answered yes, then I have a follow up question, why? Why do people love money so much? Maybe you love money because it helps buy all of the things you want, maybe you love money because it helps you live the lifestyle you want, maybe you love money because it is a reflection of how hard you work or maybe you love money because watching your bank accounts grow makes you happy… Continue Reading On dinksfinance.com »...
Love and Money – An Internal Debate – debtroundup.com I have been following the questions posed by Chase Bank back in February about average couples. It is pretty much about love and money. I answered the questions in my head, but not on here because I found one question that I wanted to dig into deeper. If you are interested in learning some other personal finance blogger’s answers, then check out Girl Meets Debt, The Frugal Path, The First Million is the Hardest, Money Life and More, Money Beagle, and Reach Financial Independence… Continue Reading On debtroundup.com » Cut your...
Weekend Link Love: People really love the duck edition – myfijourney.com This weekend link love is brought to you by a duck. Each Monday I write up a dividend stock analysis. These get a couple of comments as they are a bit dry and not everyone who visits this site is into dividend growth investing (I’ll convert you all yet!). Last Monday I wrote about Aflac and a deluge of comments followed… Continue Reading On myfijourney.com » Personal Finance Round Up #50 – moneylifeandmore.com Wow! Can you believe we’ve been at this for 50 weeks! Here is yet another look...
My Worst Customer Service Experience Ever – eyesonthedollar.com Since I’m still out of town and really don’t want to be too serious on a Friday, I thought I’d share our experience from the birthday party we had for our six year old last week. We decided to have it at the bowling alley, mainly because I though it would be easy, and we’d have no cleanup… Continue Reading On eyesonthedollar.com » Live Without Money. Could you Do It? – Financialblacksheep.com When most people think about someone that wants to live without money, they think of living in a cave, alone...
Uncle Greg’s Tightwad Money Saving Tips – clubthrifty.com Uncle Greg’s Tightwad Money Saving Tips Club Thrifty – Stop spending. Start living. Hey kids. Uncle Greg here. Today, I want to go ahead and squash all those silly fun-loving dreams you have. I’m tired of all this Spring Break tomfoolery. I am sick of all of this YOLO nonsense. We’ve gone soft here girls… Continue Reading On clubthrifty.com » Our seemingly neverending list of April goals – johnnymoneyseed.com Goals for my digital life Publish at least 2-3 posts per week. The most important thing to me is that I don’t want...
Have a Small Business? Here Are a Few Tips to Save Money – debtroundup.com I am a true entrepreneur at heart. I have been running businesses since I was little. It is just something that comes to me. My most successful business was as an electronics retailer. I had an e-commerce company that I built from the ground up and loved it. It was tough work, but it was rewarding… Continue Reading On debtroundup.com » Share your profile with us! – mycoinblog.com We’d love to know a little about everyone collecting out there. If you’re interested in sharing like I...
Shout Out Saturday #11 – frugalrules.com Happy Saturday everyone! I had to write this post early in the week because they’re calling for 60 degree weather this weekend and I’ll likely be outside enjoying the nice weather! We had a fairly good winter, overall, but the cold and snow over the last month delayed some of the things we would like to have been doing by now… Continue Reading On frugalrules.com » Personal Finance Round Up, Mentions and Carnivals #49 – moneylifeandmore.com *This is an interruption from your normally scheduled round up post!* I’m in the second round of the...
We Quit Our Jobs With $26,000 To Travel the World – makingsenseofcents.com Hey everyone! A couple of weeks ago I asked one of my favorite bloggers to guest post for me. Just last year she quit her job, and her and her significant other decided to travel the world. I thought she was super inspiring and knew she just HAD to guest post for me. You can follow her lifestyle blog at Mish Lovin Life or their travel blog at Filling in the Dots… Continue Reading On makingsenseofcents.com » Cut Out of Dad’s Will? How My Dad Shapes My Finances –...
We Flipped a House!-Part 2, Renovating a Distressed Property – eyesonthedollar.com Thanks for checking back in for Part 2 in my series about flipping a house. If you missed the first post you can go back and catch up. Basically I left you with the reasons why we decided it would be a good idea to flip a house and how we decided to use a home equity line of credit to finance it. Our timeline was 6 months, and we planned on investing a maximum of $100,000 to renovate the house… Continue Reading On eyesonthedollar.com » Find a hobby...
It’s My Fake Birthday – Financialblacksheep.com I celebrated my fake birthday this weekend, and had a blast. It’s a birthday I made up because my real birthday lands during finals at every school I have ever attended. I stopped celebrating my birthday, because I had to … Continue reading →The post It’s My Fake Birthday appeared first on Financial Black Sheep… Continue Reading On Financialblacksheep.com » Increase your income instead of waiting for a pay raise – johnnymoneyseed.com If I asked if you were doing everything you could to generate income, what would you say? A lot of people think...
Shout Out Saturday #10 – frugalrules.com Happy Saturday everyone! Today is the first weekend of spring! One would think with it being spring that warmer temperatures would be awaiting us and that we could get started on working outdoors and get the ball rolling on gardening for the year. Sadly, this does not seem to be the case. As I am writing this on Thursday morning, the weather forecasts are calling for the potential of six to ten inches of snow! You read that right, six to ten inches… Continue Reading On frugalrules.com » Eyes on the Dollar 20/20 Roundup...
Frugal Friday: Blog Posts That Ruled This Week, $175K Mattress Edition – frugalrules.com Happy Friday everyone! I often like to read the news online and sometimes I just find articles that I have to believe are too stupid to be true. This week was one of those times when I read an article on Yahoo Finance about the Savoir Bed company in London. They are in the process of developing a bed that will cost $175,000! This, of course, was just a bit asinine and had to make sure this company was for real… Continue Reading On frugalrules.com » How...
