Category Archives: Polls
Reader Poll – Who Are Your Personal Finance Heroes?
I’m home from a week at church camp. This year, I served as camp director. As you can no doubt imagine, I’m exhausted! But, the camp was, by all accounts, a success. The kids had fun, no one was seriously injured, and the nightly worship services were phenomenal. Now that camp is over – it’s [...]
Reader Feedback Request – Practical Tips For Personal Finance Newbies
I have been so impressed with many of the responses to this recent Reader Poll About Emergency Funds. Next week, I’ll write a post, summarizing many of those responses, and share the final poll results with you. Some of the comments (and a couple of emails that I received) really got me to thinking. So, [...]
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 [...]
Reader Poll – Do You Use A Written Budget?
This month’s poll is pretty straightforward – Do You Use A Written Budget? (By “written” – I mean an actual budget – one that is written down, or typed into a spreadsheet, or entered into some type of budgeting software. In other words, the budget actually “exists” – somewhere besides “in your mind”.) {democracy:8} I’ll [...]
