There is much buzz around the recent protests known collectively as Occupy Wall Street. Most of it I get annoyed with, but this week I found 3 gems around the cause. Retireby40 goes journalistic on us and makes a visit to Occupy Portland Darwin's Money combats the "we are the 99%" with "we are …
How To Win Words With Friends
I’m not super strong and I’m not overly quick. What I am blessed with is a knowledge of numbers and a voluptuous vocabulary. Years after many lost races, I’m finally getting my revenge. I’m coming off a 17-game win streak. All I want is a quality game where I feel challenged. In the spirit of …
Ridiculous Money-Saving Tips
This is a guest post from Moneysupermarket.com. In these times of economic downturn, everyone is looking to save and every nickel and dime counts and many people try to cut back on the big expenses, such as cutting down on their living costs. Using a mortgage repayment calculator can help you to …
The Cost of Renting vs. Buying
Should you buy or rent? No… I’m not talking about housing (that’s an overplayed topic). Rather, I’m referencing everything else. Is there a correlation of cost to rental price? Case Study #1: Surfboard Because my car is too small to carry a longboard, I’m forced to rent one when I go …
Have You Ever Faced Blogger Burnout?
Is There More To Life Than Money? Rhetorical. Don’t answer that. The reason I pose the question is because I’m facing Personal Finance Blogger Burnout. For someone that eats, sleeps, and breathes money – I think I have the equivalent of food poisoning. I just quickly read 20-30 blogs and now my …
Week In Review: Abe Link-In Review
Today is when I would normally highlight my favorite 5 articles written from other Personal Finance bloggers throughout the week. Due to a hectic schedule this past week I wasn't able to surf the internet as I normally would (people still surf the internet, right?). One article I will always …
Future of Funancials: October Blog Goals
A few days ago I posted a Blog Update but it wasn’t too detailed. Today, while sharing my blog goals for the month of October, I will dive a bit deeper. Alexa The Yakezie Challenges you to drop your Alexa Ranking below 200k in 6 months. My goal was to hit that mark in 2 months and I barely …