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My Two Best Financial Decisions: Leaving My Jobs
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
There have been two major financial crossroads in my life until this point. Although it took a while to get to each one, by the time the dust settled, I knew I had made the right choice. In both instances, the decisions surround leaving my job, whether by my pure choice without external pressure or a “mutual agreement.”
Ten years ago, I knew my days at the non-profit organization were coming to an end. I was already in a tough financial situation and I had recently moved to be...
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The American Opportunity Tax Credit
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Last week I offered some last-minute tax filing tips, and the IRS deadline is looming. I’m happy to tackle tax questions, and Consumerism Commentary reader Eric has one. Eric was a full-time student through May 2009, and he, like many former students, is dealing with the cost of a college education. Eric is looking for more information on the American Opportunity Tax Credit.Here is what I know.The American Opportunity Tax Credit is one of the many benefits enacted within the American...
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Podcast 51: Money and Parenting, Kara McGuire
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This week’s guest on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast is Kara McGuire, personal finance columnist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Kara’s column, Ka-Ching, runs every Sunday, and she also writes Ka-Blog, a personal finance blog.In today’s episode, Kara, Flexo and Tom Dziubek discuss the cost of raising a child, how to get a jump on those costs and at what age to introduce children to financial responsibility.Consumerism Commentary Podcast #51 Money & Parenting, Kara...
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The White House's Tax Filing Tips
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
In the past 14 months, we’ve covered many of the ways the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act might affect your household finances, including home buyer tax credits and energy efficiency tax credits.If you still haven’t yet found the time to file your taxes, or if you’re the sort of person who makes it a sort of game to wait until the last possible second (I used to do that, though I can’t explain why), you might find some useful information from the Recovery Act Tax...
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Flexo's Investment Portfolio, 1Q 2010
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
When I reported my net worth earlier this week, RetirementInvestingToday, a Consumerism Commentary reader, mentioned I should be reporting my investment performance as well, as raw changes in balances don’t tell the full story. An investment’s performance can’t be measured just by looking at a starting and ending balance if during that time I make deposits or withdrawals.Thankfully, Quicken handles a better calculation of investment performance so I don’t have to try to...
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Last Minute Tax Filing Tips
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
With one week before the deadline, many people are just starting to think about filing their tax return. The problem I’ve often encountered with waiting to the last minute is it’s easy to miss important items. Many years ago, I filed in the manual style: my only tools were a calculator and pencil. Although my tax situation was much simpler back then, with no real investments and only a W2 to report, with the most confusing item a tax credit for student loan interest, I still managed...
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Personal Balance Sheet, March 2010 ($348,492, +11%)
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The first quarter of 2010 has ended as fast as it began. In observing my personal finances as I have done for the past ten years or so, and publicly on Consumerism Commentary for the last seven years, I’ve put together my monthly balance sheet. This is a list of my account balances, including savings accounts, checking accounts, and credit cards.In a perfect life, I would be reducing the number of bank accounts, but in this strange situation where I write about banking, I’ve opened...
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Spirit Airlines Now Charges for Carry-On Luggage
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Just a few days ago, I arrived home from a vacation that took me to Las Vegas and Death Valley. When preparing for the trip, I used SideStep for finding the best fare that fit my schedule, settling on a flight from EWR to LAS on Continental Airlines. My flights were mostly full, so I decided to cash in on my travel over the past 10 years or so and use my miles to upgrade our return reservation to first class.In the end, even first class was full, so we didn’t get to experience the better...
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The Best Way to Invest in Real Estate
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This is a guest article by Christian of Money Obedience. If you enjoy this article, please consider subscribing to the MoneyObedience RSS feed.My parents offered a very important piece of wisdom to me: Even if everybody is doing something, you do not have to do it, too.Unfortunately I usually applied this advice to the great parties that were going on in town, where “everybody” showed up except for me. Like any teenager, I did not really appreciate the deeper meaning of this...
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Shaving: Neither Electric Nor Expensive
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I have trouble shaving, and it seemed to be getting worse with age. It seemed that no matter what I did, I’d end up with a red bumpy neck and hairy spots I had missed. In the last eighteen years, I’ve tried every normal razor and electric razor I could find, and none of them ever made me look like the guys in the commercials.Some of this just comes down to genetics: some men don’t grow a lot of hair, other men do, some men don’t have stubborn hair, some men do. I have...
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FreeCreditReport.com No Longer Offers ?Free' Credit Reports
From Consumerism Commentary: A Person, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
The Credit CARD Act of 2009 required the Federal Trade Commission to regulate marketing surrounding products offered by the credit reporting agencies (Experian, Equifax, and Transunion). Starting this month, offers like FreeCreditReport.com must be transparent about their offers when they are tied to “free trials.”It’s easy for us to single out Experian’s FreeCreditReport.com because not only have they produced the most familiar advertising, with catchy jingles promoting...
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