Clever Dude founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.
In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.
I apologize for the outages today on Clever Dude. You may have noticed that the categories on the left have much lower numbers now. I changed all my articles to only be associated to a single category over the weekend. However, stupid me didn't … [Read more...] about Apology for the outages today
Blain has posted the final update to the Stock Trading VI contest. Clever Dude had one reader place among the three contests. Here are the final results. I've highlighted Shawn who was the #3 guess for the NASDAQ closing price this past Friday. The … [Read more...] about Stock Trading VI Final Results
Just wanted to disclose that I got a letter from Johns Hopkins University's Engineering school stating that I've been accepted for admission into the Fall 2007 semester for one of their Masters programs. I won't say which program though (privacy … [Read more...] about I got accepted into a Masters program!
Stacie has posted an excellent analysis of the costs of buying Calcium supplements versus getting your daily dose via foods and drinks like milk, yogurt, and, GASP!, even sardines! The question she answers is Do I need to buy Calcium supplements … [Read more...] about Cost effective calcium: Foods or Supplements?
I've been riding the DC Metro (subway) since January and initially drove to the metro and paid $4.00 on parking or got dropped off by my wife (free). Riding the DC Metro costs me $3.70 each way for a grand total of $7.40 w/o parking and $11.40 … [Read more...] about Riding public transportation and trying not to sweat
Blain at Stock Trading 101 has posted the first update for this week's stock guessing contest. We had 5 entrants here at Clever Dude, but after the first update, we don't have anyone in the lead. However, there are 3 more days in this contest and … [Read more...] about Stock Trading VI, 1st Update
That's right. I got the "booby prize" from FiveCentNickel.com's 2 year anniversary contest: A box of bricks Yep, a box of bricks. Here they are: What makes it worse is: 1) I just bought 8 bricks yesterday at Home Depot to level the … [Read more...] about I got the stoopid bricks!
For our five-day vacation this week, we rented a 2007 Nissan Sentra. Base price on the 2.0 liter, 4 cylinder, manual transmission model is $15,365 after destination & handling. Our model had an automatic transmission and was a nice "Sonoma … [Read more...] about Car Review: 2007 Nissan Sentra
