Category: Frugal

Do You Still Clip Coupons? Do You Ever Get Any Of Them Online?

Photo by: ninjapoodlesI grew up clipping every single food coupon from every single paper we could find. We’d ping our neighbors and relatives if we saw something worth clipping that didn’t have a limit on the number of coupons. We often times walk into the grocery store with a coupon for every item. [...]

Another Way To Make Money Online; Courtesy Of Microsoft…

Photo by: A Fighting FaithNo, I’m not talking about the ol’ “Bill Gates will send you money if you forward this email” spoof.  I am talking about Microsoft’s Usability Research team.  Clearly Microsoft has a lot of new products that need testing, and it can’t all be done in house; they need a larger audience [...]

Why Is It So Taboo To Talk About Salary And Compensation?

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How is it that when we can readily see public sector and professional athletes salaries on the web and not bat an eye at it. I’m sure they discuss these things over caviar all the time and it isn’t that big of a deal; but why does middle class America think [...]

How Do I Plan To Reach My Investing Goals For Retirement?

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To make my goal of having my net worth be $1,000,000USD by 2020 I need to have a plan laid out. Yes it will change through the years, My wife and I will get raises; we won’t get the [...]

What Is The Difference Between A Savings Account And An MMA (Money Market Account)?

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Sorry I’m behind on a few of the readers requests, it has been a busy month for sure! But this was a fairly straight forward answer to Ben.
Hi Hank – You have posted a few times about the high yield savings [...]

What Is An Expense Ratio And How Does It Factor In On A Mutual Fund?

So another reader request came in yesterday asking about expense ratios; it read:
Hank, this might be a dumb question, but I’ve got different answers from different people and I thought I’d go to the source! So back to school for, Expense Ratios 101:
- I buy into Fund XYZ for $1000 on January 1, 2007.
- It [...]

$5 a Gallon For Gas; End Of The World, Or Ripe For The Picking?

Well, it really can be a coin flip as to who is hurt worst by the big rise and oil pushing $150 a barrel today. It’s a shame on one hand, but being a “glass half-full” guy, I can see the silver lining that I’m actually enjoying…

Where’s Hank Been?  Make $400 CASH From Mjedi!

Where’s Hank Been? Make $400 CASH From Mjedi!

So yes, I’ve been in hiding for a while now, but it hasn’t been without keeping finances in mind! I’m a month away from having the third member of the family join us, our third little lady is due August 25 – so I’ve been working on some side projects – one of which [...]

Bad Decisions I’ve Made Along My Investing Journey

I thought I had some good points to contribute, and stories to tell even though I’m nowhere near retirement. I really have had a few bad investment mistakes along the way, and I’m sure I’ll run into more in the future, but that’s one of the points of MyInvestingBlog.com – figuring this stuff out!
The BAD [...]

You Want To Retire Someday – How Much Should You Save Today and Should You Bother?

You Want To Retire Someday – How Much Should You Save Today and Should You Bother?

I think this is always in my top 10 weekly hits from the search engines so I thought I’d give it a bit more justice with a more specific post.  It’s a very general question that takes some digging to find the answer, but we’ll use the big shovel to find if you’re doing the [...]