Archive for October, 2005
« Previous EntriesCarnival of Personal Finance – Week 20 is up!
Monday, October 31st, 2005This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is hosted by WealthyWeb. I contributed my first post since Rita. It feels good to get back into the swing of things.
The Great Retirement Ripoff – Part II
Monday, October 31st, 2005I picked up the October 31, 2005 issue of Time with “The Great Retirement Ripoff” cover. The article was terrible. It was so one-sided that it should have been titled as an editorial. The authors made no attempt to explain the situation other than to say Congress allowed everything to happen.
Of course [...]
Oil Company Profits
Sunday, October 30th, 2005A lot of people are upset at the fact that oil companies like Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP, and many others are showing record revenues. Of course these same people weren’t feeling sorry for the oil companies back when oil was at $10 per barrel. What we seem to forget is that one of [...]
Blog of the Week – No. 6
Sunday, October 30th, 2005My selection for my sixth Blog of the Week installment is Financial Baby Steps. Of all the blogs I have seen, this is the most unique because it is written from a baby’s point of view. It will be interesting to see whether they keep it up or not. If they do [...]
And the Award for the Bank with the Worst Name Goes to…
Sunday, October 30th, 2005Wachovia
Pronounced Wah-Ko-Vee-ah which sounds like Walk Ova Ya.
What do you think?
Let Uncle Sam Help You Pay for College
Sunday, October 30th, 2005While reading this, it may be helpful to have IRS Publication 970 handy.
With the cost of college going up every year, it’s nice to get a little help from the IRS. Notice in that last sentence that I said “a little help” because it really isn’t that much of a benefit. But, every [...]
Start Planning Your Taxes Now
Saturday, October 29th, 2005DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a tax expert. When it comes to taxes, if you have doubts or questions you should consult a tax expert.
On Thursday my H&R Block tax class began talking about itemized deductions. There’s a lot of deductions available. The problem is that they take planning and organization ahead [...]
Tipping
Friday, October 28th, 2005We are fast approaching the end of the year and the Holidays that come with it. So, there is no better time than the present to start planning your expenditures. One of those expenditures is the tipping of those in the service sector. Ironman at PoliticalCalculations has put together a nice chart [...]
Importing Posts From Blogger
Friday, October 28th, 2005Well, since I can’t figure out how to import my posts from Blogger, I’m going to copy those articles that I think are good enough and forget about the rest. I was really hoping to be able to import the posts but when I follow the directions I get the same result: NOTHING! [...]
Living in a Flat World
Friday, October 28th, 2005With my internet service out, I was able to do a lot more reading. One book that I have almost finished is Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat. I think EVERYONE needs to read this book! In fact, this book should be required reading of all middle school, high school, and college [...]
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