I have not read Rich Dad, Poor Dad or any other of Robert Kiyosaki's books, but I do read his columns for Yahoo Finance and I'm often annoyed by what he says. So when I got a review copy of......

I've always fantasized about calling a sports radio show simply for the thrill of saying "Long time listener, first time caller" but I've never had the courage to do it. So I applaud...

I came to the new book A Life at Work by Thomas Moore with no preconceived notions, other than that I liked the subtitle's promise to help me realize "The Joy of Discovering What You Were...

Visa is looking to shatter all IPO records by offering its stock to the public at a volume and price that could mean raising almost $19 billion. The biggest IPO to date was AT&T Wireless' IPO...

Profundity from the PF blogosphere: Everybody Loves Your Money: From my point of view, I'm a financially savvy, solidly middle class household with a net worth higher than 90+ percent of people my...

Depending on your religious and/or political views, this study's results will either outrage you or confirm everything you believe: Two researchers who found geographic evidence that payday...

I'm generally an optimist, in terms of thinking things are going to go well. However, when it comes to paying anyone money for anything, I am skeptical to the extreme. I think everyone is out to...

Part 28 of our now 31-part series on the words of Warren Buffett as read through his Letters to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders looks at Buffett's take on the year 2004... After giving some...

You might not be working today, but I am. And when I'm working, I want the stock market open. While I'm sitting at my computer as a rat in the race, I want to know there is the possibility......

I am hoping to open up this blog a bit to other writers and maybe even financial companies that want to talk about new stuff going on in their worlds (although I am going to be very cautious about...

Marketing pro Seth Godin's has an interesting post on whether the "packaging" of a product or experience that includes a lot of waste could be a turnoff to your audience in these...

If you haven't heard the news, postal rates are going up again: It's time to stock up on Forever stamps. The cost of mailing a letter will go up a penny-to 42 cents-on May 12. But the Forever...

I saw Chris Rock this weekend, and was happy to mine his act for a personal finance nugget I could re-use. The bit that struck me was when Rock talked about how much more a black person has to do......

The title of this post is a bit misleading, because after this policy made it into the newspaper, OSI Restaurant Partners (parent company of Outback Steakhouse) took it all back and said, "Oh,...

What a bad day I had yesterday. Somewhere along the way I hit a Web site that forced malware/adware onto my computer. If you've never had this happen to you, it's bad. And it's not hard to...

I have referenced Gregory Karp's money-saving tips in the past, such as his tip for making razor blades last longer, so I was happy to see the always-frugal personal finance columnist come out...

Maybe I enjoy this E*Trade Super Bowl commercial so much because my own kids aren't much past spitting-up age, but I think I'd be laughing pretty hard either way. The other good thing about it...

I've never been subjected to a tax audit, and I hope I never will. But this Wall Street Journal report says my chances are increasing: Internal Revenue Service officials say audits of taxpayers...