One common question I get is about Mutual Funds, should you really own them? Should you invest only in stocks and not pay the mutual fun fees? Maybe you should just keep your money in a savings account? My fiancee before we met would just as soon park her money in a savings account and [...]

As many of you know I am getting married April 25th 2009. My soon to be wife is just awesome, she is just the best. When it comes to money we are very different, usually when two people are getting married one is a spender and one is a saver. We actually have a different [...]

Last night my fiancee and I were at the grocery store and we actually got near the end of our trek through the store and we realized we spent a lot more than we planned to. True we did buy 4 Rib eye steaks for $25(hey we did have a $1 off coupon). I was [...]

One of the most difficult things to see is when a fairly young person 18-25 gets a large(or large to them) sum of money. For example a 19 year old kid getting $50,000. Now in the grand scheme of things that really is not that much money, but to a broke college kid that is [...]

Budgets are good… Budgets are great… But who really likes to budget, they truly are a pain in the rear and I have not found one person who likes doing a personal budget. 1. Why do people hate budgets so much? Many people associate budgets with being poor, having do watch every penny. People often [...]

Have you ever walked through a store and come down an aisle and see some little kid all red in the face, saying ” I want it right now!” Well that is kind of how I feel. My current TV is almost 10 years old and the picture tube is starting to go. I can’t [...]

In the coming weeks I hope to write more and more about my thoughts on personal finance. Am I am expert on the topic of personal finance? No, likely not, I am constantly researching finance related topics and expanding my skills. I do have a lot to share with you though, I have been reading [...]