There’s been a bit of publicity lately about The Giving Pledge, an organization started/inspired by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates that is aimed at the Forbes wealthiest 400 people.  They and the organization encourage the worlds wealthy to give it all away.  Or at least a majority of their wealth. Reading about all of this [...]

As we head into the new year, there is a wide range of expiring tax cuts that the former Congress and President approved back in 2001 and 2003. The tax cuts intended to help spur and strengthen the economy. To put it another way, there are a wide range of taxes that will be increased [...]

Ok, folks.  I want your opinions and advice. The situation is this.  My wife and I have been living in our current home for almost 6 years.  While the interest rate on our mortgage isn’t astronomical (6.75%), it is still a few points higher than what we could get now if we refinanced it.  Also, [...]

Enjoy Your Money!: How to Make it, Save it, Invest it, and Give it By J. Steve Miller Occasionally, authors approach me to read and review their books.  I usually do so, happily.  I enjoy reading, and anytime I can get a book to read for free, it makes my wife happier.  It’s hard for [...]

This is a guest post by the wonderful Heather Sokol. You can visit her where she writes for Inexpensively.com and also, you can follow her on twitter @justheather. She’s also a member of the awesome Yakezie group. If you enjoy her post, please let her know in the comments here and by adding the post [...]

Isn’t that a funny title.  Even I had to double take to make sure that it wasn’t typed wrong.  But, yes, unautomate it is.  And the man with the plan is Adam Baker.  You likely know him from ManVsDebt.  Maybe not, but if not, you should.  And he’s got a plan to help you unautomate [...]

There’s been all kinds of buzz bouncing around on Twitter over the last few days about a big announcement that Dave Ramsey is going to make on his show this coming Thursday (3/26/2009).  At the moment, nobody is saying what it is, and I’ve only been able to figure out that the name for the [...]

If you want to read Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan, here’s your chance to do so for free!  Suze is appearing on Oprah today as part of Oprah’s Best Life Week.  And to commemorate the appearance, Suze and Oprah are making Suze’s book “2009 Action Plan” available for free in pdf format.  It’s only going [...]

It’s a bit of a cliche now, but we all know the scene from Braveheart where Mel Gibson’s character screams “FRREEEEDDDDDOOOOMMMM!!!” as some medieval device or another removes an offscreen part of his anatomy.  Despite the cost, he never gave up his fight for freedom. And really, can you put a value on your freedom?  [...]

In every purchase we make, we should ask ourselves how much is it worth to me?  It’s a very simple question, but in many cases, the answer may surprise you.  And it applies to much more than items. Let’s try a few examples. I’ve been keeping my eye on LCD HD receiver televisions.  With the [...]