No Cost Refinance – A No-Lose Financial Move?
A no-cost refi is starting to make more sense to me now that I’ve read more about it, and I was especially surprised to see the number of no-cost refinance companies out there. I’ve been...
View ArticleMBA Monday – Really Cool Equation: Internal Rate of Return
I thought I’d start up the MBA Monday series again (NPV, Accounting, Investing and all sorts of other goodies) to bring you a really cool calculation you can do in excel that you may not have heard of....
View ArticleReal Unemployment Rate Explained
You’ll often hear about a horrible jobs number and then get an update that the jobless rate hasn’t budged, or in some cases, actually improved. How can this be? Well, because the “official”...
View ArticleMy Roth IRA: Beating the Market and a Look Under the Hood
I don’t do individual stock reviews and such these days since I’ve taken more of a passive/low-fee approach over the years compared to active stock-picking (hence my other site ETF Base which is...
View ArticleHow to Maintain the Ultimate Corporate Secret
I’ve always been impressed that Apple is able to keep their product specs (and new product launches) under wraps until the day of their choosing. That’s pretty impressive given the multitude of...
View ArticleGuy Question: Do You Splurge If You Win Big at the Casino?
I love when I have a real life situation that’s totally a blog post. I immediately email it to myself to remember for future reference, especially when there’s drinking involved and I’m not prone to...
View ArticleDoes This Piss You Off? We Pay Unemployment for Seasonal Workers Repeating...
I’ve had it. This weekend was another case of my hearing about someone openly bragging about how they work for a season and then collect unemployment during the off-season, you know, because they...
View ArticlePersonal Capital Review – All Your Financials in One Spot
Personal Capital is a one-stop shop for aggregating all your financial information in one spot in an automated fashion. The beauty of the system is that once you connect all your financial...
View ArticleHow I Got My Kids Excited About Saving and Investing
I credit a great deal of my financial and career success in life to the way I was brought up and the lessons I learned early in life. When I look around at adults my age that make very poor financial...
View ArticleRobots and Automation Are Taking American Jobs – Think Your Job is Safe?
You’d think the same headline would be the prominent theme of every year since the 1800s. After all, we’ve seen a decline in the need from everything from lamplighters once electricity was invented to...
View Article6 Scientifically Proven Ways to Increase Your Tips as a Server
I have to admit, while I’ve had a lot of jobs, I’ve never been a server. I don’t have the best personality for it (or tolerance). However, I was fascinated by some actual heavily researched facts...
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