Elusive Wealth

As a follow on to Tom’s post about security, let’s look again at the weakest link in your security – You… and the little scraps of paper that contain your user names and passwords. As noted earlier in this forum, accumulating wealth can be quite simple: buy a lottery ticket, get lucky, voila! you’re wealthy. [...]

So we have had one guide on retirement investment plans, which is available here. But knowing what to invest in is a different story. Now before I get into this, I will admit I am not a finance guru who will make you instantly rich (then again, no one is that much of a guru).  [...]

One of the topics I would like to cover over the coming weeks is wealth and income distribution. There are several reasons why I want to cover it, first and foremost I think it is relevant to many people. There is concern about the shrinking middle class, increasing poverty and rising health costs. I want [...]

Recently on Consumerism Commentary, Flexo posted about the upcoming discontinuation of Microsoft Money.  First and foremost, this was a great post and important information for consumers of either Money, Quicken, or one of the similar on-line options. Unfortunately on the desktop, Quicken will no longer have significant competition (unless you like the free alternative, GNUCash). [...]

Dave Ramsey’s Town Hall for Hope broadcast is available on Hulu right now.  I did not get to see the broadcast the first time around, but now that it is available on Hulu I watched it.  If you are interested you can check out the broadcast here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/74840/the-dave-ramsey-show-frid-may-2-2009 Now that I have been able to [...]