Haunted Houses
I got a funny, but sad email yesterday. It was a great little comic of a few kids going Trick-or-Treating. It depicts our current market environment and in somewhat of a faux-pas, shows how kids may be walking through a different kind of haunted neighborhood this year. This comic buzzed around my office before this [...]
What Is A Twenty Something To Do With This Financial Mess
The turmoil in the market and the current standings of the financial market have many people skeptical. Long time investors are starting to really wonder where their investments are going and when it[the declines] will stop. Investors who have a while until retirement have mixed emotions, after all no one likes to lose money but [...]
-->My 2¢, A New Point of View
Question…What has the financial world come to? The U.S. Government is handing out $700 billion to Wall Street! Don’t we all wish some of that would find its way into our bank accounts?! These current economic times make for some very interesting financial decisions, not only by you and me but for [...]
Bailout Banter
Yes, I know the financial crisis is significant. But to be honest, I’d rather deal with the “bad times” that are ahead of us than stomach the bailout.
At 24 years old, I know that I have time to bounce back from a market crash and possibly even take advantage of the market downturn by carefully [...]
TMM Top 20 Series: Moving In
A friend of mine asked if I could compile a list out of a recent article that I wrote about Financial Compatibility. As we know, things change when you move in with someone. Sometimes more than we initially realize…some examples may include (certainly are not limited to):
1. Jointly paid bills
Ex: Rent, electric, utilities, cable or [...]
5 Tips for Job Fair Success
Last week my boss came in at 8 a.m and asked me to go home, change and go across town to a Military Job Fair and find more people with potential. In the year I’ve worked at my current employer it was the first day I got to wear jeans to work so I was [...]
-->Weekly Round Up: 2 Debates This Week Edition
This week I was part of a debate and witnessed another last night. Debates can get really heated as the one I participated in did. The subject being debated was the threat of Cyber Terrorism, I was on the side stating it WAS a threat. Upon planning for the debate my team really though we [...]
From “Woo Hoo” to Boo hoo
Yesterday, I got a phone call from a friend saying that his bank, WaMu, was not allowing him to close his account. They would let him withdraw the money, but not close the account. Why?
Honestly, I didn’t have an answer. Technically, they are supposed to allow you to close your account. But when I hung [...]
You Are Your Own Worst Enemy
Looking back over the past couple of years, I have made a couple (plenty) of dumb mistakes. However, I am proud to admit that I am much smarter today than I was back then. I was straight out of high school when I started my first real job working in Real Estate. I just got [...]
-->Damn that 7 has a lot of 0’s
There certainly are quite a few 0’s attached to this government bail out plan, but where are the details? This has not necessarily been at the forefront of the media this week but it’s definitely on my mind. From what I understand the money is coming from our tax dollars, everyone of us will be [...]
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