Tax time. It’s just around the corner. Yay. But there’s a bright spot in figuring taxes for most of us: deductions. Those subtractions that pare down the adjusted gross income (AGI) that is the primary benchmark that determines your tax rate, and ultimately your tax. There are a number of kinds of deductions. One kind … Read more
I received a review copy of Timothy McCarthy’s The Safe Investor: How to Make Your Money Grow in a Volatile Global Economy a few weeks ago. Any book that can give me at least one good idea is a win. It usually covers the cost of a book, or an e-book, or a membership to … Read more
A while back my wife got me a mug that says “Future Millionaire” on it. The statement on the mug for me is as true now as it was then. o_O Though some people are predisposed to becoming millionaires, and some have greater obstacles in their path to do so, the path to millionare-ity isn’t … Read more
Some coins are “savers” and some are “spenders.” Do you know the difference? (Updated June 23rd, 2017.) At one point we had lunch with some good friends. During the festivities, I saw a wooden piggybank-like thing on a shelf above the kitchen sink, part of which was a lucite window that showed the contents. I … Read more
I very much like my rewards credit card. One of the dumber things I’ve done is not getting one sooner. I mean, it’s downright silly not to have one if you use the credit card for convenience only, and not for spending beyond your means. The only thing better than free float is to be … Read more
I know that I’ve mentioned before that my wife knows how to do many things well. She’s very handy. And today, she managed to put something together that not only got rid of some dried beans that were a bit past their use-by date — OK, over three years past — but made some money … Read more
A bit ago Alan Corey was kind enough to send me a copy of his newest book, The Subversive Job Search: How to Overcome a Lousy Job, Sluggish Economy, and Useless Degree to Create a Six-Figure Career. (Now, that’s a subtitle!) I was glad to receive it because I enjoyed his first book, A Million … Read more
We’ve saved a bit of money on some of our staple grocery items by not buying them in the store. Services like Amazon’s Subscribe and Save and Walmart’s Home Free Shipping let us get a number of items we use regularly at quite a bit of saving. The problem with bargains Buying from here works … Read more