Monthly Archives: June, 2008
A Fully-Funded Roth IRA At Age 18 Could Net You 3.5 Million Dollars
This post is part of the Money Blog Network monthly project – Finances at Graduation Dear High School Graduate: I’ll keep this short and sweet. One day, you’ll probably want to retire. But, in order to do so, you are going to need money – and lots of it. Do yourself a huge favor. Open [...]
Reader Poll – Just How Much Is 6 Months Worth Of Expenses?
Many popular personal finance ‘gurus’ suggest maintaining an emergency fund with enough money to cover 6 months worth of expenses. I thought it might be interesting to see what my readers thought about this advice. If you are reading this post in a feed-reader, you will need to click through in order to leave a [...]
Do Your Own Melon Slicing And Save Some Serious Money
My kids love to eat melons, specifically watermelons and cantaloupes. When I go grocery shopping, I always buy one or both for the kids. Most grocery stores sell both whole melons – that you can take home and slice yourself – and pre-sliced melons – that come in handy little plastic containers. Since melons are [...]
Continuing To Make Changes Plus A Stroll Through My Blogroll
Last week, I announced the creation of my newest website – 99 Changes. Well, I’m proud to say that I have made – and tracked – 3 changes. Click here to read about my progress and see how I’m doing. (Oh yeah, I want to thank all of you who checked out the new site. [...]
