Archive for January, 2009
« Previous EntriesQuestion of the Day – Where Do You Buy Your Clothes?
Friday, January 30th, 2009I haven’t posted a question of the day in a while.
Here’s today’s Question of the Day:
Where do you buy your clothes?
For me, almost everything I buy these days comes from Dillards. Most of what I buy at Dillards, I buy during the off season at reduced prices. I used to shop at Penney’s [...]
How An Option ARM Could Bite You in the Rear
Friday, January 30th, 2009Today’s Wall Street Journal mentioned that Option ARMs are seeing rising defaults. It’s not hard to figure out how this could happen. According to the article, an Option ARM mortgage gave borrowers several options regarding their payment. They could pay only the interest portion of the loan, principal an interest, or a [...]
STD Prevention in the Stimulus Bill?
Thursday, January 29th, 2009The two sides of Capitol Hill appear to be engaging in a bidding war to see who can put more money toward the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases in its version of the economic stimulus bill.
The House included $335 million in its package. But the Senate, not to be outdone, provided $400 million in [...]
The Top Ten Best Companies to Work For
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009I received Fortune’s “The 100 Best Companies to Work For” issue in yesterday’s mail. Here are the top ten (sorry no link to the article):
1. NetApp
2. Edward Jones
3. Boston Consulting Group
4. Google
5. Wegmans Food Markets
6. Cisco Systems
7. Genetech
8. Methodist Hospital System
9. Goldman Sachs
10. Nugget [...]
John Thain: What Was He Thinking
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Okay, if my memory serves me correctly, John Thain was brought in to replace Stan O’Neal as Merrill Lynch’s CEO. This occured in late 2007. Thain was hired to clean up Merrill Lynch after they lost lots of money during the mortgage/credit crisis.
So, what does Mr. Thain do after he becomes CEO? [...]
Thank You, Coca-Cola!
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Last night I had to go to the grocery store for a few things. I went down the soft drink aisle to pick up a 12-pack of Coke (my FAVORITE soft drink). Kroger was selling 12-packs of Coke products for $4 each (and that was their “low price”). I looked at their [...]
Ten For Tuesday (January 27, 2009)
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Here is this week’s Ten For Tuesday. Enjoy.
1. Forecasters are predicting a historic drop in retail sales for 2009.
2. Democrats are trying to lower economic expectations. Look, I know the economy stinks. I just think it’s funny how they didn’t do this during the election.
3. The Finance Buff has a [...]
What Are Your Top 5 Strengths?
Monday, January 26th, 2009My wife told me about the book NOW, Discover Your Strengths* several years ago when her company was encouraging their managers to read the book and take the survey. I never got around to looking into the program until a couple of weeks ago when I picked up a copy of the book for [...]
Blog of the Week – Your Money Relationship
Monday, January 26th, 2009This week’s Blog of the Week (I didn’t post a Blog of the Week last week) goes to Your Money Relationship.
I became aware of this blog only recently but I like what I have read so far and I think you will too.
For those of you interested in selling stuff on [...]
Stacey’s Guide to Saving Money
Friday, January 23rd, 2009I begged Stacey (Stacey has been a reader and frequent commenter here at AFM for YEARS!) to write a guest post on how she saves money. Why Stacey? Because she’s so much better at it than I am.
Anyway, here’s Stacey’s guide to saving money. I love it.
FREE MONEY is yours for [...]