Dog had an interesting post the other day…What the recession taught us?  She says that the recession was a giant wake up call for her.  That she realized that she wasn’t invincible and nothing in life was guaranteed.  She’s finally learned to live below her means and doesn’t depend on anyone.  And she has no [...]

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I wrote a post last week participating in EFinancials America’s Top Financial Bloggers.  The post was about “Managing Personal Finance during tough economic times.”
I talked about how it’s importan to keep in line big expense.  Sure the latte factor adds up in tough times like this, but not having a car payment at $300/month is [...]

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An interesting survey on Pricegrabber, suggests that Americans have changed their spendy ways.  In it ~4000 consumers were interviewed and 71% or 2800 people said after the recession they would continue their new found saving ways.  5% or 200 people said they would go back to their old habits; and 23% said the recession hasn’t [...]

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Slate had an article talking about how the recession is wrecking friendships.  The articles gives a few different examples of how the economy is affecting people and their relationships.  The article suggests that the sudden changes in people’s circumstances are making it difficult to navigate friendships.
The first example was a woman who just bought a [...]

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Recently outed on the New York Times, in a funny expose, a group of girls called DABA (dating a banker anonymous) get together in person and on a blog to talk about life.  I personally thought the article and blog hilarious.
So what’s a DABA girl?  Well it’s a girl dating a guy in finance.  Not [...]

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Is it wise to retire in a down market?  Does it hurt your portfolio and make the risk too large to overcome if you are going to survive for 30 or 40 years?  T.Rowe Price writes up a nice article about what to do if you are thinking about retiring in a down market.
The article [...]

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If you are here or reading this, you are likely concerned with your finances.  Well I wanted to watch McCain speech last night and hear his policy ideas.  John McCain did not mention his policies except for one (doubling child tax exemption) and I’ll bring it up later. 
Let’s start with this mornings unemployment data.  The [...]

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Money Magazine wrote an article called America’s Debt Crush here, with 9 couples and their problems with debt and what they are doing to get out. 
I can definitely relate to the first couple Brittany Bellessa!  It’s wondering if we made a mistake in buying a home and wondering if we shouldn’t have rented instead?  The [...]

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Third post today I must be on a roll.  Actually this is in preparement for the long weekend, I’m praying to be able to go away for the weekend and while it might cost a lot (gas for driving) it’ll be well worth it. 
So this article caught my eye in USA Today about high gas [...]

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It appears that GM is downsizing their truck and SUV market here.  They are closing 4 plants within North America which make trucks and SUVs.  The company is also laying off 8,350 workers in North America. 
Short term this will hurt many families, but long term it will mean less jobs in America and perhaps more [...]

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