From the monthly archives:

August 2011

Donate Old Electronics. Help Others – Help Yourself

The following is a guest post by fellow Yakezie blogger Sunil at the Extra Money Blog. Please see the end of the article for his bio. I love squeezing out the maximum benefit I can possible get from every endeavor I pursue; donations are no different. My family has donated substantially over the years in [...]

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Late Retirement Planning Tips

There is so much talk about people starting their retirement planning at an early age. Unfortunately, there are millions of people who think it’s too late for them to start, and so they are hoping for a miracle (read: government intervention) to provide for them in retirement. They refuse to spend time looking for the [...]

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Tips For Breaking Free From The Monthly Payment Mentality

One of the hardest parts of learning to being fiscally responsible is breaking free from the payment mentality. Becoming mired down in monthly payments creates a cycle seems almost impossible to break free from. Because you always have a payment to make, you are never able to save up enough money to pay cash for [...]

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Weekly Roundup For August 19, 2011

Here are some of my favorite posts this past week from my fellow Yakezie friends: Invest in The Markets with Predicting Which Way the Markets are Headed – Concluding Thoughts. Step by Step Finance asks “Is your emergency fund big enough?” Matt’s Money Blog discusses financial skydiving. Our Journey to Zero writes about The Inexpensive [...]

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