From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Why Self Insurance is Crap

March 12, 2009

Self Insurance, defined as the accumulation of cash reserves to guard against future losses as opposed to purchasing insurance.  This is where many people advocate Term Life Insurance over whole life insurance or even not insuring your home because you have sufficient cash to replace it. The thought being that you should have amassed a [...]

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What NOT to do in an Interview

March 11, 2009

I have spent a lot of time interviewing people lately. We are currently hiring at my day job for two positions and I have the “joy” of being on the interview panel.  I know that a lot of people are having a hard time right now and there is record numbers of people looking for [...]

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Organize Your Documents – It’s Not Just for You

March 10, 2009

Not very many people have  a good solid system for organizing there important documents and financial papers. With it being tax season I thought it would be a good time to discuss some of the how’s and why’s of document organization. Why Should you organize your documents: The biggest reason to organize your documents is [...]

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Carnival of Personal Finance And Other Carnivals

March 9, 2009

The Carnival of Personal Finance came out today and my OnBank Review is in the Reviews section. Check out the rest of the carnival over at Stock Trading To Go The Festival of Frugality was issued and my article on “The Ultimate Pricebook Database” made the list – Check it out over at Funny About [...]

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The Suburban Garden Expirement

March 9, 2009

A vegetable garden can be a great way to save some money and become more self sufficient. Not to mention they can bring their owners hours of “fun” in the yard. We have lived in our current home for almost three years now and we have never had the time to start a vegetable garden. [...]

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