Just what is reactive personal finance? It’s the management of your personal finance in reaction to events or situations as opposed to the management of personal finance in anticipation of events or situations.
The best example of this is a budget. A budget is built and held to in anticipation of events in your financial life. [...]
I’m making this post in part to share with you, but also to make a reminder for myself of the things that I need to look into. One of the mistakes that I and many other people make is not shopping around enough. While you may have found the best deal when you bought something, [...]
The words Frugal and Frugality have been some very popular words lately. With the economy the way it is, it’s not very hard to see why. Even so, I still know people who claim to be frugal, but refuse to buy anything but the brand name products.
There is very little room for brand names in [...]
One of the side effects of my wife’s entrepreneurial adventures has been that we have a very unstable income on her side of the balance sheet. And part of how we’ve dealt with that is to try and save money in as many ways as we can. Frugality has become the modus operandi in our [...]
One of the sure fire ways to save money that is touted here and everywhere is to cancel your expensive cable service. Whether you cancel the whole thing or just pare down to the smallest package for network stations, you’re left with a fair chunk of time to do something else. Again, another suggestion to [...]
Here and on other PF blogs, you’ll hear us all talking about the need for a well stocked emergency fund. And, unless you have one, you likely don’t know that we aren’t just saying that because we think we should. They really do have the benefits that we claim they do. These last couple of [...]
Do you think that being a Frugaler is normal? It obviously is a bit abnormal in the American society. Although, with recent economic news, I think that it’s becoming more popular. But normal? I really don’t think so.
Sometimes, we look at the world through the personal finance bloggers perspective. We see all the other personal [...]
If you’re planning on signing up for ING Direct Savings, you really should take a look at getting yourself a referral. When you get a referral and also open the account with $250 or more, you get a $25 bonus. You don’t need to be an accountant to know that an instant 10% return is [...]
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 [...]
If you’re looking to pickup a copy of QuickBooks Pro 2009 for your home business or your small business, today (December 22, 2008) is the day to do it. Intuit has announced that for one day only, you can get a free copy of the program at your local Staples.
The way it works is that [...]
