Archive for July, 2009
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009This has nothing at all to do with personal finance but I thought I’d share it with you anyway. The new Life Alert commercial gives me the creeps. Watch and you’ll see what I mean: “THIS IS LIFE ALERT! YOU HAVE BEEN DETECTED. LEAVE NOW!” Can you imagine all the ways this technology could be [...]
Homeowners Insurance Renewal…Yuck!
Thursday, July 9th, 2009I received our homeowner’s insurance renewal this afternoon. Our new annual premium is… $2,072!!!!! Yes, I realize that we live on the Gulf Coast and that our area has been hit with two hurricanes in 3 years. But…we have never filed a claim. Never. Looking through our old insurance renewals, I noticed a trend: 2005 [...]
What’s In Your Wallet – Revisited
Thursday, July 9th, 2009After reading What Your Wallet Says About You, I got to thinking about what’s in my wallet. I went to a front-pocket wallet several years ago, which requires me to be choosy—either that or have a huge bulge in my front pocket (let’s not go there…). Anyway, as you can tell from the picture below, [...]
Announcing the Winner of Yesterday’s Giveaway
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009The winner of yesterday’s And Then the Roof Caved In* book giveaway was commenter 22, Yana. Congrats to Yana! There’s more giveaways to come. Keep reading.
If You Want a Great Overview of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, READ THIS BOOK!
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009I finally finished reading David Faber’s And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street’s Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees*. Although it’s a short read it took me a while to finish because I have a lot on my plate these days. Despite what some of the negative reviewers say about the [...]
I Need Submissions for Next Week’s Roundup!
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Thanks to everyone who took part in this week’s How-to Roundup. If you were part of the roundup, please help spread the word so that it gets some eyeballs. If you want to take part in next week’s roundup on AFM, I need the following: 1. A paragraph or so stating WHAT YOU THINK MAKES [...]
WHERE’S MY TRAFFIC?????????
Monday, July 6th, 2009Time for a heart-to-heart with my fellow AFM readers. I have refrained from saying anything on my blog but I can’t for the life of me figure out where my traffic has gone. Look at this trend: Everything was okay until around January of this year when my blog got hacked. I’m wondering if my [...]
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