This week the Carnival of Personal Finance hosted this week by Stock Trading To Go. Thanks for reading!

continue reading.....

A broker is an agent that executes buy or sell orders on stocks, bonds, or funds submitted by an investor. Up until the last twenty years, brokers were quite expensive and difficult to access. While lower cost brokers (also known as “discount brokers”) were available before Internet access became commonplace, the Internet has truly resulted […]

continue reading.....

Much has been made of the economic stimulus package and the expected $600 per person (with a lot of catches dependent on income) tax rebate coming from the federal government this year. The idea behind this part of the stimulus package is, well, to stimulate the economy. For the most part, that means the government […]

continue reading.....

What kinds of things are you willing to do yourself in the name of frugality? Frugal Dad recently blogged about his adventure in toilet repair; one of the things I’m planning on taking up in the next few days is growing vegetables at home, particularly after a blog post indicating the return on investment might […]

continue reading.....

I don’t smoke, I rarely drink alcohol, and I don’t watch any television (as in none). I try to be in bed by 9:30 (although I fail at this a lot) and be up by 5 (I fail at this about as often as I fail at the bed by 9:30 thing). So really, my […]

continue reading.....

As established previously, one of the few places I’ll spend money to spend less later is Costco. Costco is a big box warehouse membership store where a yearly fee is paid and items tend to be sold in bulk. Occasionally (not every month, but many of them) they send out coupon books; I got my […]

continue reading.....

It’s a holiday here in the islands: Kuhio Day in honor of, well, yeah, Prince Jonah Kuhio. And yes, last week Friday (Good Friday) was also a state holiday. For me, the big difference is I get to take this day off from work but I didn’t get to take last week’s “holiday”.
I thought I […]

continue reading.....

CNN’s Money.com ran an article in Walter Updegrave’s “Ask the Expert” series last week called, “Avoid the market carnage: Stick to the plan”, which was an answer to a reader question on whether to adjust a portfolio according to an existing plan or waiting until the market rebounds–the assumption by Updegrave is that the author […]

continue reading.....

After a brief hiatus, I’d like to again welcome those of you from the Festival of Frugality, this week sponsored by My Dollar Plan. I am honored to be part of the festival again this week; if you like what you see here, pull up a chair and stay for awhile!

[…]

continue reading.....

The term subprime refers to borrowers who have issues with their credit history. The credit rating and history of the borrower is what is subprime (meaning poor or non-existent), rather than the interest rate of the loans given to subprime borrowers, which are higher than typical. Subprime loans also carry more risk for both the […]

continue reading.....