I have nothing to offer in this post. Instead, I'm asking for help. My basement has started to have some water issues. Relatively minor, but we have a finished basement with some nice old wood...
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I like this article about the psychology of spending. It's not earth-shattering stuff--it basically says that people have different things that they're willing to pay a premium for. They use...
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Number seven in our series on the Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett. This time we inspect his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders for the year 1983... The first thing that jumps out from this letter...
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One of the downsides of blogging software is that for the most part it's strictly chronological--where your posts end up is based on when you wrote them, with your "major" posts randomly...
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My mom always calls JCPenney "Penneys". Or maybe "Penney's"? Not sure, but she always adds that "s" at the end. I used to think Penney's was really the name of...
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Friday's pick of the litter: Blueprint for Financial Prosperity: "You can be up to your eyeballs in debt and still look filthy filthy rich... so what value is it in paying out all that money...
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In my last post, I gave props to Triple A for its excellent handling of my car trouble yesterday. While I mentioned that paying for a tow truck might have been equivalent to the cost for my AAA...
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In this world of defective products, broken promises and surly customer service, it is only right to give praise to those who buck the trend. The object of my affections today: AAA. My car...
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Part 6 in our series examining the Warren Buffett letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders focuses on the letter for the year 1982. Not a great year for Berkshire, as: Operating earnings of $31.5...
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Not everyone's as angry as that guy on the left... Writer@Large: "it's hard to disagree that the FICO score is stupid. It's a penalty put in place by the banking industry that not...
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IndexCreditCards.com is running a contest for bloggers and other Web site owners in order to boost traffic. Be one of the top three traffic referrers over the next few weeks and you'll win an ipod...
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At my day job (aka, the job in which I actually make a living), I think about credit cards. A lot. I think about low interest credit cards, balance transfer credit cards, cash back credit cards, gas...
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Robert Kiyosaki of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame may be setting himself up for some controversy. Here's an excerpt from today's column, in which Kiyosaki interprets the biblical Parable of the...
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Part 5 of our exhilarating series on the words of Warren Buffett. Today we look at Buffett's take on Berkshire Hathaway's 1981 results... In his 1981 letter, Buffett discusses his preference...
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Listen... Madame X's Rule #14: Buy Good Things: "I remember when I moved into my first apartment of my own-- I bought the cheapest furniture and kitchen supplies I could find. A few years...
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Thanks to Writer@Large for pointing to this one that shows you the most expensive and least expensive cars to insure. Just for fun, here are the 20 cars. Guess if each belongs in the least or most...
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Like everyone else, I'm not immune to the power of a good quote. So I thought I'd seek out some good money quotes. Here's my top ten (or at least the top ten found by a casual search for...
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This is a photo of our cleaning woman, Lydia. Unbeknownst to my wife, I requested she dress this way but had Lydia play it off by telling my wife that our house was much too hot and she couldn't...
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This USA Today article from last week got me thinking about stock dividends. When I first started investing, it was the NASDAQ tech boom, dot-com high-flying circus. If a company was paying dividends,...
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Part 4 in our illuminating series on the mind of Warren Buffett through his annual letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. The year: 1980. This is the least interesting of the letters thus...
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Newsweek's got a financial quiz on their site that you may be interested in. It tests your knowledge of credit card, mortgage, and other financial products, to see if you know myth versus reality....
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A few week's ago I reviewed The Complete Idiot's Guide to Real Estate Investing Basics and praised it as a detailed manual for anyone just starting out in real estate investing. At the same...
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A few things I found: Hedonic Adjustment: "I needed a new electric razor the other day, and after some research I bought a $40 Braun shaver from Best Buy. At the checkout, the clerk tried to sell...
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In the third installment of our obsessive Warren Buffett series, we take a look at Warren Buffett's 1979 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders for more clues into the man's financial...
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