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    Thursday, April 17, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 17, 2008 at 10:02 am ET How much does a double cheeseburger, milkshake, and fries cost? While you may only pay a few bucks each time you buy it, eating that meal over and over can end up costing you a lot more than that in the long run.
Health Care Costs Although we don’t think about it on a daily basis, [...] ... (more) Wednesday, April 16, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 16, 2008 at 6:09 am ET When people think of lower interest rates the first things that often come to mind are the benefits of lower mortgage payments, better car loan rates, and reduced credit card interest charges. Of course for those that are saving instead of borrowing the rate drops mean earning less money at the bank.
The Fed has cut the federal [...] ... (more) Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Tax Deadline Today - Tax Day is Here! (1 click)
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April 15, 2008 at 9:56 am ET As you hopefully already know, today is the deadline for filing your 2007 tax return. Ours have been finished for a while but we’re waiting until the last possible minute to eFile and pay the taxes we owe.
You should request a filing extension if you need more time to prepare your individual tax return. But [...] ... (more) Monday, April 14, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 14, 2008 at 11:00 am ET How many of you have seen at least one movie that involves the security of an impenetrable fortress being compromised?
-Sean Connery breaks into Alcatraz in “The Rock”
–Will Smith flies an alien craft into the mother ship in “Independence Day”
–Saruman’s Orcs breach Helm’s Deep in the “The Two Towers”
–Luke Skywalker slides a proton torpedo down a heating vent to [...] ... (more) Sunday, April 13, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 13, 2008 at 10:36 pm ET With rising fuel prices and a falling stock market, who want to spend money on fertilizer? I recently avoided a lawn care salesman who was convinced he could give me the greenest lawn on the block for $60 an application. Seriously, who cares about green grass other than the people selling fertilizer?
Fertilizer CostsAlthough our yard [...] ... (more) Saturday, April 12, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 12, 2008 at 9:35 am ET Do you hate the hassle of printing out and mailing in your tax return every year? According to the IRS, 80 million people avoided the hassle last year by choosing to e-File their taxes. For those not aware, e-File simply means you send in your tax information electronically using tax software on your computer.
e-Filing TaxesOne of [...] ... (more) Friday, April 11, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 11, 2008 at 9:15 am ET March 31st was the deadline for submitting our flexible spending account claims for 2007. I mentioned in an earlier post a strategy you might use to spend any extra money in your FSA leftover at the end of the year.
I received some skeptical comments about the idea and someone even pointed out that even though it [...] ... (more) Thursday, April 10, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 10, 2008 at 12:11 pm ET I’ve written in the past how I’ve recieved applications from credit card companies for a card that’s branded with my college name and logo. I can only assume that someone in the university finance department is looking for ways to bring in more money and decided to cash in on their alumni database. I’m not [...] ... (more) Wednesday, April 9, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 9, 2008 at 8:24 am ET Okay, so those aren’t the best place to manage your money. You really should be giving your attention to the road in your car, to the service in church, and to relaxing when on the beach.
However, if you’re dozing off under a beach umbrella when you suddenly remember you didn’t move any money into your [...] ... (more) Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Smart Money Choices Don’t Always Feel Right (5 clicks)
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April 8, 2008 at 9:11 am ET Do you follow your “gut instinct” when making money decisions? Often times that’s a great policy but in some cases, going against your mental reflex is a smarter move.
College Basketball LessonThis came to mind as I watched the NCAA basketball final last night between Mephis and Kansas. With seconds left in the game, up by [...] ... (more) Monday, April 7, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 7, 2008 at 8:28 am ET With real wages stagnating or declining, rising health care costs, expensive college tuition, and record-high gas prices many people are feeling their bank account squeezed by rising costs without an associated increase in income.
I’ve heard this referred to as the middle class squeeze and came across an example of it this weekend. One of our neighbors [...] ... (more) Saturday, April 5, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 5, 2008 at 11:30 pm ET Rock Chalk Jayhawk! I wrote last month about how setting big goals is the way to become successful. Two of the great teams I mentioned in that article went head to head tonight, the Kansas Jayhawks and the North Carolina Tarheels. After two halves of basketball and two huge momentum swings the Jayhawks came out [...] ... (more) Software Upgrades - A Necessary Evil (17 clicks)
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April 5, 2008 at 5:28 pm ET I’ll be the first to admit that I tend to put things off until “later”. Upgrading software is one of those things I’m not crazy about. Everything seems to be working just fine, I hate the thought of making more work for myself by upgrading and having to clean up the associated mess [...] ... (more) Friday, April 4, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 4, 2008 at 7:48 am ET You know things aren’t good financially when you stop measuring which investment has made the most money and you start looking for the ones that have lost the least. A recent article in Forbes called “Is Global Investing Dead” touts the DOw & S&P 500 as having “better” losses than major international indexes:
“The blue chip Dow [...] ... (more) Thursday, April 3, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 3, 2008 at 9:10 am ET As a kid growing up my family traveled to Europe several times in my younger years. I was already interested in money back then, finding the currency changing booths and turning our dollars into English Pounds, German Marks, or French Francs was pretty neat.
Foreign Currency is CoolI was fascinated by all the different types of [...] ... (more) Wednesday, April 2, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 2, 2008 at 8:57 am ET I wrote last year about Blockbuster vs. Netflix and how we’ve watched movies for free during past summers. Looks like Blockbuster is gearing up for the spring and summer season again, they’re offering a 2 week free trial of their total access service.
I found out about the trial after watching Blockbuster’s latest commercial promoting thier online video [...] ... (more) Tuesday, April 1, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 1, 2008 at 7:53 am ET The markets are dragging down the economy …. Giant institutions are, to use the technical term, scared to death.
I wish it was an April Fools joke but unfortunately it’s all too real. Alan Sloan from Fortune magazine has a good overview of how the current financial mess came about and what the impacts might be [...] ... (more) Monday, March 31, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 31, 2008 at 8:43 am ET I spent the weekend making money for the oil companies. We drove about 800 miles on the way to and from a family get together. Although we drive a rather fuel efficient Honda we still ended up paying over $100 in gas for the trip.
As fuel prices continue to climb I can easily see the effect it [...] ... (more) Saturday, March 29, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 29, 2008 at 8:04 am ET If you haven’t done your taxes yet, the clock is ticking. According to the “Countdown to Tax Day” calendar there are 17 days left until your returns have to be filed.
You may actually have benefitted from procrastinating this time. I’m giving away access to H&R Block TaxCut Online Premium + efile to two readers of [...] ... (more) Friday, March 28, 2008 Clean Up Your Finances Four Times a Year (3 clicks)
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March 28, 2008 at 8:36 am ET Did you realize that every March 31st, you’re 25% of the way towards the end of the year? By the end of June you’re half-way through the year.
I’m very aware of this since I work in an industry where the end of each quarter means a lot of work for us. It seems like the [...] ... (more) Thursday, March 27, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 27, 2008 at 9:54 am ET JKLasser, the company that puts out an annual tax guide, sent me the following information about the rebate checks that will be going out to some people. From the looks of things, we should get back $1500. It will be a nice little boost for our vacation fund but I’m sure it won’t help the [...] ... (more) Wednesday, March 26, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 26, 2008 at 9:23 am ET Every year the Internal Revenue Service provides a list of “tax schemes and scams” that they’re on the lookout for, the list for this year was just released two weeks ago. Here are a few of the items to watch out for.
Phishing for Financial InformationMost of you probably already know that phishing is the practice [...] ... (more) Tuesday, March 25, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 25, 2008 at 7:39 am ET Do you know anyone who runs their own business and is always struggling to find new customers or make enough money? Wouldn’t it have been easier if they would have done more research about the competitiveness and viability of their business before launching it?
Mid Life CrisisOne of my co-workers is having a quarter life [...] ... (more) Monday, March 24, 2008 From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 24, 2008 at 9:00 am ET Several years ago, I filled out my first NCAA tournament bracket. It may be hard to believe but I had never completed one before that so I had no idea what I was doing.
Rather than making random picks based on mascots or team colors, I did some research. I took notes during the expert’s predictions [...] ... (more) From Money Smart Life - view blog entries - visit this blog
March 24, 2008 at 12:46 am ET This article on Black Monday caught my eye yesterday. The general idea is that although market losses are bad, they also represent a buying opportunity for long term investors. The article lists the following three things that will help you invest successfully, despite market declines.
1. The quality of the companies you buy. 2. The price [...] ... (more) Items 26 - 50 of 164
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