19 years ago • Comments
Gather Little By Little tagged me on a meme (I need to look that word up) to ask "What is your one money advice?". Apparently, Moolanomy is keeping track of these things. I'm not sure I can summarize all of my advice into a single statement AND make … [Read more...] about My One Money Advice (MOMA)
19 years ago • Comments
Marching on with our Examine Your Motives Series, it's now time to discuss Buying a Home. How appropriate in this current era of falling house prices and rising fear of recessions? I'll try to make this a timeless article by ignoring the current … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Buying a Home
19 years ago • Comments
Susan, an extremely fanatical reader of Clever Dude (chuckle), emailed the following question to me. I had to respond that I am not a certified financial anything, so I wouldn't feel comfortable giving this advice: I am about to retire at the age of … [Read more...] about Help a reader with a retirement question
19 years ago • Comments
Quick question: Would you pay $6 for two choices (plus rice) at the Chinese take-out, or $5 for one choice (plus rice)? What if you got the same amount of food for each option? Let me explain. At the Reagan Building here in D.C., there is an … [Read more...] about Wasting money on 2 entrees
19 years ago • Comments
Uh-oh, we've hit the big one in our Examine Your Motives series: Having Kids! This is the discussion between Stacie and I that got the series started. Disclaimer: This is not intended at all to be an essay on why you should or shouldn't have kids. … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Having Kids
19 years ago • Comments
FILAM Personal Finance hosted this week's Festival of Frugality, where my article "Cheap Clothes Aren't Always a Value" was featured. The festival is collection of like-minded articles, in this case saving money and frugality, submitted by their … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Posts from the Festival of Frugality #89
19 years ago • Comments
Next up in the Examine Your Motives Series, we're going to discuss something close to my heart: Buying a car. I've told you how we lost $14,500 by stupid mistakes. We didn't think about why we wanted or needed a car. But that's why I'm here: to help … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Buying a Car
19 years ago • Comments
Stacie and I were discussing some major topics recently such as having kids and buying a new car. As you may know, we recently sold our Chevy Malibu, and we've also been discussing adoption and biological birth pretty heavily. Then a light bulb … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Introduction
