Walmart’s Plan to Fill Empty Shelves: Green Dots + MORE

Hi Everyone! Welcome to another writing wrap up! I hope you enjoy all the great posts I’ve shared from other bloggers and a few I wrote myself.
Life Update
The hubs and I are trying to train our dog, Julep, to not sleep in our bed anymore. It’s not going so well. After 4+ years of snuggling with me every night, she’s not taking well to the change…

Usually when the IRS is mentioned in a headline about tax fraud, they’re the ones doing the investigating. But in recent headlines, the IRS itself is facing allegations of discrimination.
The IRS is being sued by numerous representatives of non-profit Tea Party groups whose tax-exempt status requests were either denied or are still in limbo — some for several years…

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn
At the start of 2006, my life was in financial disarray. I’ve described many times what I did to turn it around. I clamped down hard on my spending. I started saving for the future. I learned a ton about personal finance…

Need some extra cash?In today’s edition, we take a look at making extra money on the side.
There is usually a reason to want or need extra income. Times may be tough and you don’t like living paycheck to paycheck.
Maybe you really want to pay off that last credit card. Or do you need to save up for your next big purchase or your emergency fund?
Regardless of the reason, we share a lot of ways you can earn extra money in our post, 52 Ways to Make Extra Money…

There is no getting around the unfortunate fact that the majority of American credit card users have debt. All the studies I have found indicate that between one half and two thirds of all credit card users carry a balance each month, and pay interest on their charges. And as unsecured loans with interest that is never tax-deductible, credit card interest is more costly that interest paid on a home mortgage or a student loan…

Just came across this gem. It’s an interview I did at FinCon, the financial bloggers conference, in Denver last September. If you want to know what I sound like go ahead and give it a watch
 

p.s. I didn’t realize how annoyingly I chew my gum. My apologies.

We recently asked if Walmart was letting you down and got dozens of comments. Many of you mentioned empty shelves, long lines and not enough employees.Here’s what Walmart is doing about it: adding neon green dots around the store, Bloomberg says.You’ll find the dots next to price stickers for everything from peanut M&Ms to Hanes boxer briefs and Crest toothpaste…

I have written many articles citing the benefits of long term investing over short term investing. Beating the market over the short term is simply too difficult for most investors to do. It is close to impossible to time the market. Most long time traders only have minimal success at buying low and selling high over the course of a few days…