Personal finance

Personal Finance Carnival Linkitivity

by Glen Craig

I love this time of the year. The cherry blossoms start coming out all over the neighborhood. Truly beautiful. On to the this week’s carnivals: Mommy Gets PAID hosted the 7th Money Hackers Carnival – Real People Named Hacker Edition. My article 7 Ways To Get Rich Quick was not just included, it was also [...]

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Saving Money For College When Your Children Are Older

by Glen Craig

I got an interesting question recently – How would you save for a kids college fund for kids who are 15 and 12 years old? A 529 plan or a Roth IRA? I think, without a doubt, a 529 is the better of the two. By saving there you immediately get a tax benefit. Keep [...]

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Ben Bernanke Wants Personal Finance Blogs Out Of Business!

by Glen Craig

According the the Wall Street Journal Economics Blog Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, in a speech today, stated the importance of financial literacy classes in high school. A survey given to high school seniors had only 48.3% of the students correctly answering questions about personal finance and economics. This is down from 52.4% in a similar [...]

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Stimulus Check and the Fed Rates – I Think I See the Connection

by Glen Craig

The Federal Economic Stimulus checks should be going out soon. My understanding of the purpose for the checks is to “prime the pump” and give middle and low income households money they can go spend. The spending will create demand for products which will in turn create demand for jobs. The idea here is the [...]

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Early April Carnivals And More

by Glen Craig

I participated in a few carnivals this week. To start with, StockTradingToGo hosted the 146th Carnival of Personal Finance – Online Broker Tips Edition. My article Gates No Longer Richest And Why You Can’t Keep All Your Eggs In One Basket was included. Chief Family Officer hosted the 53rd Carnival of Money Stories – April [...]

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Four Ways I Upgraded Out Of My Raises

by Glen Craig

That one day a year you have been dreading/anticipating at work finally comes. Your boss calls you into their office and shows you a piece of paper that tells you your new salary. Yay, it’s more! Maybe it’s just a raise or maybe it’s a promotion, either way the new salary figure looks better than [...]

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March 2008 Recap – Spring is Here

by Glen Craig

March has come and gone. It’s Spring now and I couldn’t be happier. It was a good month for Free From Broke (though I had a little car trouble to resolve). I saw my traffic rise and I found many new sites in the PF community. Here were the top 5 viewed articles in March: [...]

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Gates No Longer Richest and Why You Can’t Keep All Your Eggs in One Basket

by Glen Craig

Forbes reported earlier in the month that Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. That honor now goes to Warren Buffett. That’s right Bill, you’re no longer #1!! In your face! Haha…can you see me catching up to you?!? Are you scared? Somehow I don’t think he is. The article goes [...]

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Five Ways Fantasy Baseball is Like Personal Finance

by Glen Craig
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  I had my draft for my fantasy baseball league I’m in earlier this week. I’ve been in the league with these particular guys now for over five years. It’s not a money league but we’re real competitive nonetheless. I gotta say I’m real excited! Not only is real baseball starting soon (go Mets!!) but [...]

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This Week’s Carnivals an Interview and Book Contest Update

by Glen Craig

This has been an interesting week. Haven’t been able to blog as much as I’d like. We got our car back finally and we also had parent-teacher conferences this week. I’ve also got a mid-term to study for next week. There’s also been an interview and a book contest to mention. To start things off [...]

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