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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Mark Cuban’s Solutions to Fix the Stock Market
Wed, 05/12/10 | 7 Comments
Mark Cuban’s Solutions to Fix the Stock Market

Kelly, a 20somethingfinance reader, passed along a blog post from Mark Cuban the other day that takes a different approach to basically saying the same thing I said in my post about the May 6 …

What are you Worried About Financially?
Tue, 05/11/10 | 13 Comments
What are you Worried About Financially?

It’s gut-check time. There is a pretty tight demographic of readers between the age of 25 and 34 on 20somethingfinance and a lot of us are facing similar challenges at the moment, so I thought …

Box of Tricks: 1 Apartment, 24 Rooms, 344 Square Feet
Mon, 05/10/10 | 9 Comments
Box of Tricks: 1 Apartment, 24 Rooms, 344 Square Feet

I’m a huge fan of tiny homes, so you can imagine my excitement when I discovered an apartment that was renovated to include 24 different room configurations, all within 344 square feet! The New York …

Ally Bank Raise Your Rate CD: Insurance Against Rising Interest Rates
Sun, 05/9/10 | 5 Comments
Ally Bank Raise Your Rate CD: Insurance Against Rising Interest Rates

The likelihood of interest rates for bank deposits increasing from the historical lows that they are at now is pretty high. I personally have been sitting on the sideline with cash, or investing in lower …

Highlights, Favorites, Deals & Other Oddities – Week of 5-2-10
Fri, 05/7/10 | No Comment
Highlights, Favorites, Deals & Other Oddities – Week of 5-2-10

Well, it was a crazy week. The stock market took a huge tumble, losing 6% over the last 5 days. Baseball radio legend Ernie Harwell passed away. For 42 years, he was so good at …

Stock Market Crash of May 6 2010 Highlights a Broken Market
Thu, 05/6/10 | 19 Comments
Stock Market Crash of May 6 2010 Highlights a Broken Market

There are days that question any remaining faith that you have in stock market investing. May 6, 2010 (today for those keeping score) is one of those days. Two odd happenings occurred on ‘the Street’ …

How to Replace the Air Filter in a Car
Mon, 05/3/10 | 10 Comments
How to Replace the Air Filter in a Car

Changing your vehicle’s air filter is an extremely easy way to save $30 or so per year versus having a mechanic or auto dealership do the same thing. And the great thing is, it literally …

Ooma Review: 1 Year After Making the Switch
Sun, 05/2/10 | 16 Comments
Ooma Review: 1 Year After Making the Switch

It’s been just over a year since I made the switch from Verizon to the Ooma(for land line) and Net10 (prepaid cellular) and I wanted to provide a comprehensive Ooma review. I had been paying …

Lala Shut Down by Apple: A Sad Day for Frugal Music Lovers
Sat, 05/1/10 | 10 Comments
Lala Shut Down by Apple: A Sad Day for Frugal Music Lovers

I just received an email that Lala is being shut down by Apple, who bought Lala 5 months ago, on May 31st. A year ago, I made the switch from iTunes to Lala. Now, unfortunately, …

Best Personal Finance Blog Posts & Other Oddities – Week of 4-25-10
Fri, 04/30/10 | One Comment

I will begin giving some love to my favorite blogs in a weekly post. Most will be along the lines of the topics I discuss here for young professionals, but I might sprinkle in a …