Money & Happiness Study Looks at the Magic Number
A recent happiness and money study completed by Princeton economist Angus Deaton and psychologist Daniel Kahneman analyzed Gallup surveys of 450,000 Americans in 2008 and …
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As speculated would happen last week, Congress officially extended and expanded the first-time home buyer tax credit until April 30, 2010. If you want to know specifics on the plan, check out that post, as …
What is Open Enrollment?
This is ‘open enrollment‘ time of year at many employers. What is open enrollment? It’s basically a window of time that your employer allows you to change your benefit elections for the …
In a poll I took a few weeks back, 30% of you said you would take advantage of the first-time home buyer tax credit if it were extended. Well, it looks like you might get …
Is Hulu Going to Start Charging for Service?
An executive from News Corp., owner of online video content provider Hulu, announced that Hulu will start charging for its service in the near future (likely 2010). If …
Non-Profit Donation Decline During Recessions
Since the main topic here is personal finance, we talk a whole lot about saving money on this site, but not much about giving it. An unfortunate side effect of the …
Being that this is National Save for Retirement Week, it seems appropriate to share some bittersweet news that I just learned. The IRS has recently made the big announcement regarding 401K maximums for 2010.
The Maximum …
Hey all. I noticed that TradeKing is presently running a special promotion through affiliates (of which I am one) that I thought looked pretty good, so I wanted to share. Basically if you sign up …
I’m very excited to announce that I have launched a second blog – MicroFrugality.com. This blog will be all about the most controllable part of the personal finance equation – your expenses – and how …
I just read an article on CNN that highlighted 8 companies that are great to retire from. One stood out to me, Nustar Energy. Their commitment to their employees was so generous, I had to …
A New Sugar Sin Tax?
According to Kiplinger, “Folks who represent the food and beverage industry are fighting an all-out war against a federal excise tax on sodas, fruit drinks, sports drinks and other sugared beverages. …
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