In my experience, one of the most commonly overlooked benefits offered by employers is the Flex Spending Account (FSA). FSAs offer a great way to save on taxes for many medical expenses that you ... (more)

I have been playing around with peer to peer (P2P) lending over the last few months and thought it would be useful to post about my experiences with it. Specifically, I have been using ... (more)

You may have noticed in my first net worth calculation that I chose to leave out the equity in our house from the calculation.  Now if you want to get technical, I would need to ... (more)

I am sure by now all of you know that you will be receiving an economic stimulus check in the coming weeks.  $600 per person on your tax return, and $300 per child.  My wife ... (more)

(Click here if you missed Part 1) For most of us, the days of needing a full service broker are long gone.  The internet is full of ‘discount brokers’ that can offer cheap to free trades.  ... (more)

This is going to be a multi-post series on online services that I use on a daily basis and can recommend.  Whenever I am looking to sign up for a new service, I always find ... (more)

I received an innocent enough e-mail from my wife today that asked whether or not I might be interested in signing up for an every-other-week delivery service of fresh produce and fruit. At first glance ... (more)

Stocks Investment Ticker Value Account Amgen AMGN $2060.04 Retirement Biomarin Pharmaceutical BMRN $22944.48 Retirement Boeing BA $1713.80 Retirement Google GOOG $6764.88 Both Proctor & Gamble PG $5190.90 Taxable Starbucks SBUX $5942.06 Both Whole Foods WFMI $2909.94 Both Total $47526.10 Mutual Funds/ETFs Investment Ticker Value Account Fidelity Freedom 2050 FFFHX $1618.62 Retirement Vanguard Total Stock Market VTI $7617.66 Taxable Vanguard Emerging Markets VWO $2394.99 Retirement Vanguard S&P 500 VFINX $494.23 Retirement Columbia Acorn International ACINX $2890.64 Retirement Columbia Mid Cap Value NAMAX $2924.54 Retirement Delaware American Services DASIX $1477.65 Retirement Dreyfus Premier Strategic Value DRGVX $2880.52 Retirement Quant Emerging Markets QEMAX $2958.22 Retirement Quant Foreign Value QFVIX $1415.52 Retirement Schwab S&P 500 ISLCX $7284.16 Retirement Vanguard Small Cap Value VISVX $7251.50 Retirement Total $41208.25 Total invested: ... (more)

Account type Value (USD) Savings/Cash $44678.44 Retirement Accounts $67588.34 Taxable Brokerage $21146.61 Credit Cards $3466.14 Student Loans $3313.61 Total $126633.64     This is my first net worth update.  My plan is to continue to post this every month.  I’m still working on how I want to display this, but this ... (more)

While thinking of specific goals I wanted to put here, I thought a lot about what I want out of life and also why I want to be “rich”.  What is it about the prospect ... (more)

Welcome to Geeks and Money.  As you might have guessed, this blog is going to be all about geeks and money :).  I’ve been thinking about creating this page for a while, and finally got ... (more)