Posts under ‘Personal Finance’

Here on the personal finance blogosphere we tend to have a general disdain for the finer things in life. Things like burning your money heading out to the bar every weekend or heading to the movie theater or buying DVDs (ok I admit this one’s a bit silly, how often do you buy a movie […]

   It”s frustrating sometimes when following things like the Real Estate Market. When the housing bubble was building up, we were told to stay away because prices were simply too high. Now that it”s dropping like a rock, we”re told to stay away because things are going to get much worse. Given the choice between […]

With my recent post talking about the importance of at least a flexible budget tracking your spending habits, I recently came across a video with some tips for setting up a budget with a spreadsheet. I’ll admit it’s a little dry, but it should help to give you an idea of what to look for […]

Budgets are just one of those things where you mention it to people and you can watch them visibly cringe at the thought of tracking their money. It’s boring, they say, and time-consuming, and they can’t ever really stick to one, so why bother? Because it will help you save, that’s why. Now, I’m not […]

NOTE: As a disclaimer, this is a sponsored post. First I’d like to say thank you to those that left me feedback via e-mail, it is much appreciated! Given the current credit crisis in the U.S, it’s obvious that a lot of people are having trouble maintaining their credit score. Credit is likely going to […]