Out In California For The Week
July 2, 2008 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Random, Site News
I am in California right now visiting some family and friends for the holiday weekend. The posting has been sparse lately, but I am coordinating with a friend of mine to do some guest posts tomorrow and friday. California is a crazy state, and Los Angeles is even more crazy. I have tons of topics to discuss including saving money by using public transportation and how to save money in a big city.
I hope everyone has a great 4th of July. Take a minute to think about the freedoms that we take for granted every day. The United States is a great country, and we owe it to our ancestors for their hard work and sacrifice. God Bless America!
Back From Memorial Day Weekend
May 27, 2008 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Consumer News, Random
I just wanted to let you all know that I took an extended memorial weekend vacation, so that is the reason for the lack of posting the past few days. It wasn’t really a vacation, because I got very little sleep. My best friends from childhood all met up in North Carolina where one of our friends has a big house. It was great to have some “guy time”, but that always ends up translating into staying up late, doing a lot of physical activities, and drinking way too much.
Weekend Update: Some Great Articles to Read Over the Weekend
September 8, 2007 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Entrepreneurship and Business, Financial Links, Random, Spending and Saving
My colleague over at Lifespy wrote these two articles:
How To Make Money. A comprehensive tutorial about the most common ways to make money. My favorite parts were his insights about saving money with other monthly bills rather than cutting out life’s little luxuries and knowing when taking a second job is financially worth the extra income.
Protect Your Money After a Break-Up. Everyone needs to know how to protect themselves from the bitter ex-girlfriend or boyfriend!
Consumerist gives hope to those facing foreclosure
Lazy Man gives us Financial lessons from the NFL
Your Feedback About the 11 Money Crasher Principles Series
July 17, 2007 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Random, Site News
The Money Crasher’s 11 Principle’s series has come to an end, and I want your feedback. Did you enjoy the series? Was it monotonous or did you find the content fresh? Would you like to see Money Crashers put together more articles series in the future?
Carnival of Personal Finance #103, the 24 Edition
June 4, 2007 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Financial Links, Random
Go check out The #103 Carnival of Personal Finance over at Clever Dude.
This is by far the most creative Carnival of Personal Finance edition I’ve ever seen. Clever Dude has gone over the top to create a very “clever” way of presenting the links for the carnival by incorporating them into brief summaries of each hour of the episode “24″ on Fox.
Good Job Clever Dude, make sure you check out the carnival!
Looking Back In The Archives of June 2006
June 2, 2007 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Random
Here are some articles I wrote one year ago that may be useful to you for the coming summer:
- Tips for saving money while traveling out of the country
- It’s Never Too Early to Think about Christmas
- Where We Learn About Our Financial Habits
- JLP from All Financial Matters asks the question if dipping into your 401(k) early makes sense?
- Free Money Finance has a great post about giving and receiving. Developing a generous and giving heart is one of my 11 principles that I live by when it comes to managing money. I believe that when you put yourself in a place to win with money and you begin attaining wealth, giving to others in need is an essential part of building wealth in a healthy way. We should all give back to others that were in the same place as us at one point in our lives.
- Flexo at Consumerism Commentary reviews the Electric Orange Checking Account by ING Direct
Some Link Love For Good Articles In the Past Week
May 20, 2007 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Random
Festival of Under 30 Finance – March 23rd Edition
March 23, 2007 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Financial Links, Random
We had some great submissions over the past two weeks. I categorized them as best that I could so that you can check out the topics that interest you most! Hope you enjoy!
Saving and Investing
The Skilled Investor presents Own investment funds and not individual securities posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog. Owning individual securities is just a big waste of your time and money. Individual investors tend to be terrible investment portfolio managers. Almost everyone can hire an index fund manager to do a much better job for far less time, money, risk, and consternation.
Check Out These Articles by Some of the Finest Bloggers In the Personal Finance Community
March 22, 2007 by Erik Folgate
Filed under Financial Links, Random
I haven’t looked into this checking account yet, but I like the fact that you can earn 4% interest on it! My only question is, how do you deposit money?
Mighty Bargain Hunter discusses the book Debt is Slavery and he talks about how stuff will consume us.
Free Money Finance ponders when we should drop our collision car insurance. I don’t have collision on my car, because it’s worth less than $2000. If you’re carrying collision insurance on a beater car, drop it now and invest the rest of that money!
Finding The Right 529 College Savings Plan
March 3, 2007 by Erik Folgate
Filed under College, Investing, Random
Part of a sound personal financial plan for couples with children is planning for your child’s college tuition. This is the single best thing you can do for your child financially speaking. If an 18 year old goes to college and pays tuition and lives off of student loans, he or she will face an enormous debt load when they leave for the real world. And as we all know, the real world is harsh enough without $50,000 in debt. Planning for your child’s college expenses can be relatively painless if you start early. The 529 College Savings Plan is a viable option and a smart financial choice for savings for a child’s college expenses. The contributions are tax deductible, and the child can use the money saved up for college related expense tax free!
