Minding My Own Business

When it comes to personal finances and money management, many people aim to be able to retire comfortably when the time is right.  It’s at that time of your life when you can finally do what you enjoy most on a full time basis.  For some that may be nothing more than just relaxing from [...]

Not long ago I posted about the failure at IndyMac bank.  In that article I referred to both FDIC and NCUA insurance that protects depositors up to $100,000.  I’m doing OK with my investments, but I’m not sitting on cash that is greater than $100K, so FDIC/NCUA insurance easily covers my cash assets.
While that may [...]

Recently I was given the opportunity to review the new book “Spend Til the End” by nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Scott Burns.  In addition to being an accomplished writer, Scott is also the chief investment strategist for AssetBuilder where he advocates a low fee approach to investment management.   As part of my [...]

Forever!!!  At least that is what I tell my children.  They don’t need to be worrying at the tender ages of nine and seven about the life expectancy of their mom and dad.  I plan to continue this charade as they age so that I can make them nervous that I’ll be nagging and telling them what to [...]

I recently discovered Blog Carnivals reading a post over at Free Money Finance.  These are not the carnivals we went to as a kids  You know the ones with the strong man, the bearded lady and where you secretly plotted running away to when your parents didn’t let you have your way.  Rather they are [...]