Leave it to one of the most expensive colleges in America to provide its students the option to take a course in Personal Finance 101. George Washington University here in Washington D.C. is offering "a series of financial literacy workshops for … [Read more...] about College course for personal finance – Is it too late to teach our children?
Millionster posted an interesting personal growth article titled "Pick up the Can", and I'd like to relate my own mental roadblocks that I've finally lifted. For the last 6 years since graduating college, I've had the opportunity to pursue a … [Read more...] about Mental roadblocks to personal growth
Reader Eric Faith sent me two counterpoints to my article "10 reasons why you shouldn't complain about paying taxes". I posted the first article titled "Social Security is far from a good thing" yesterday, and today I'll follow it up with a … [Read more...] about Reader Counterpoint: Minimum wage is for sissies!
Reader Eric Faith was so perturbed by my article "10 reasons you shouldn't complain about paying taxes" that he just had to send me an article to argue why social security is bad. Actually, I saw his comment and asked him to write an article since I … [Read more...] about Reader Counterpoint: Social Security is far from a good thing
In my earlier post 5 Common Money Mistakes, I explained how we intelligent professionals fall into a number of money traps. Number One: Spending too much Do you have a spending plan? When I graduated college about 6 years ago, I didn't have a … [Read more...] about Fixing your money mistakes: Create a budget
This week, we've been picking up steam here at Clever Dude. I kicked off the week asking the question "Should you still contribute to your 401k when your employer doesn't match?" It's a question I had to answer for myself, and I wish I answered it … [Read more...] about Clever Dude’s Week in Review April 9-15, 2007
The final results for the inaugural stock trading contest are posted at Stock Trading 101, and Clever Dude placed a couple spots, but didn't finish in the top 3 :( . Six sites participated in this first ever contest, and boy was it a close … [Read more...] about Stock Trading Contest Finale
We often wonder "How did our finances get so screwed up?". We have the benefit of hindsight to show us what we did wrong, but that doesn't help us now, does it? 1. Spending too much, especially on credit. Do you budget? Do you know whether you're … [Read more...] about 5 Common Money Mistakes
