Unemployment Benefits Extended: Do you Agree with this Move? (Reader Poll)
Wed, 07/28/10 | One Comment

Unemployment Benefits Extension Signed into Law
Last week President Obama signed an extension of unemployment benefits into law. The measure provides emergency relief to 2.5 million Americans who had recently passed the 26 week mark of …

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Zecco Changes their Pricing Model
Sun, 02/1/09 | 7 Comments

I just received an email from Zecco, stating that due to the economic crisis, they are no longer providing 10 free stock trades per month to account holders that have a minimum $2,500 in their …

5 Ways to Host a Super Bowl Party for Super Cheap
Thu, 01/29/09 | 5 Comments
5 Ways to Host a Super Bowl Party for Super Cheap

Inexpensive Super Bowl Party
This is a guest post from Craig Kessler, frequent 20somethingfinance commenter and the face of the interactive budgeting application, Budget Pulse.
Super Bowl Sunday is almost here. It won’t be as exciting of …

How to Track Expenses through GMail Quick Links and Google Docs
Tue, 01/27/09 | 8 Comments
How to Track Expenses through GMail Quick Links and Google Docs

Lifehacker reader, Nick Espinoza, came up with a clever way to track expenses through GMail and Google Docs using GMail ‘Quick Links’ (a GMail Labs feature). His method is a great way to track non-electronic …

Roth IRA Basics in a Question and Answer Format
Sun, 01/25/09 | 30 Comments
Roth IRA Basics in a Question and Answer Format

Roth IRA basics and terminology in a question and answer format will be covered in this post. If you have any unanswered questions on Roth’s, please feel free to add them through a comment. You …

Extreme Job Hunting Strategies
Tue, 01/20/09 | 9 Comments
Extreme Job Hunting Strategies

Job Hunting Strategies
CNN recently ran an article regarding ‘extreme’ job hunting measures that caught my attention. I’ve heard of a lot of the tried-and-true job hunting strategies, but this post had a few new ones …

7 Lessons Learned After One Week of Unemployment
Sun, 01/18/09 | 13 Comments
7 Lessons Learned After One Week of Unemployment

It’s been an interesting week. My wife (a Landscape Architect), and a number of her co-workers, were laid off on Monday. I had never encountered this situation before, but the ‘what-ifs’ always crossed my mind …

How to Use Wattzon.com to Cut Energy Use & Expenses
Thu, 01/15/09 | 9 Comments
How to Use Wattzon.com to Cut Energy Use & Expenses

Followers of this site know that I’m a pretty big supporter of energy efficient cost savings. I’ve written a series of posts under the name ‘green matters‘ on the topic. That being said, I was …

Day One of Unemployment
Mon, 01/12/09 | 12 Comments
Day One of Unemployment

Well, folks. Real life circumstances are going to have a heavy hand in some of the topics I cover over the next few months. My wife lost her job today (she’s a Landscape Architect). All …

10 Characteristics your Financial Planner Must have
Sun, 01/11/09 | 16 Comments
10 Characteristics your Financial Planner Must have

How to Choose a Financial Planner
There’s nothing better than self reliance and personal empowerment when it comes to financial planning. However, if you don’t yet have the confidence in yourself to manage your financial situation, …

Inflation: How to Beat it with Smart Financial Planning
Wed, 01/7/09 | 14 Comments
Inflation: How to Beat it with Smart Financial Planning

How to Outpace Inflation
This is a guest post from Shaun Connell, author of Learn Financial Planning, a series of free, comprehensive financial planning tutorials.

It’s hard to watch the news or keep up with anything financial …