A Blog about Saving and Managing Money
Dividend investing is different from share value investing. If your investing strategy is to “buy low, sell high” then you pay less attention to when or how often a company pays dividends to its shareholders. Value investing treats the stocks or mutual funds as commodities to be traded and your
Do you remember the Video Professor? It’s a company that sells “how to” videos that teach people how to use the Internet and lots of different software. I never tried the service myself although I have heard they got into trouble with customers over billing. The Video Professor may be the last
Since I cannot think of anything else to write about I thought I would mention some coupon articles and Websites. You may have heard some of these ideas before but I think they are worth mentioning again. I am not the greatest fan of coupons you will ever meet. I
Do you know how restaurants make so much money off their food bars? They charge you too much for the food! Okay, that’s a lame joke. But if you want to get into the restaurant business you will find it very tempting to run a food bar because they can
We live in the age of easy, simple travel. Only a few hundred years ago most people never traveled more than 25 miles from their homes. But in the 21st century more than a third of the world’s population commutes to work or school, drives across large cities to shop,
If you are like me you sometimes find you have a little extra money to spend and you start thinking about what kind of entertainment to spend it on. I don’t know why but I always think of how I can amuse myself, which is a bit short-sighted. But if
Unless you have been living under a rock you have probably read about Warren Buffett’s advice to his wife about what to do with her money once he is gone: invest it in Standard & Poor 500 index funds and live off the interest. This is great financial advice and
Let’s talk about balancing a household budget where the household income is less than what you need to pay your bills. So I am going to assume that the income is about 20% less than the expected outlays. Just to make the math simple let’s use a round number of
