Mint.com rolled out a new feature on their website this past Tuesday that gives users financial advice based on their unique money situation. The financial advice is automated and based on a set of core principles pre-determined by the Mint.com team. Instead of only tracking your net worth and budgeting...

Are you looking into buying a new home? If you are, you may be turned off by the real estate prices you see on the market. This doesn’t mean that now isn’t the time to buy a home, but it does mean that you may be looking in the wrong place. Instead of visiting the online websites of realtors or...

Following the recent post on all swine flu stocks and other non-stock swine flu investments and how they stand to benefit or suffer under various scenarios, I’ve been keeping my eye on Novavax ( NVAX ) news especially.  Today, a series of interviews were provided by the Novavax CEO Rahul Singhvi...

I am really starting to like the Vanguard ETFs, almost as much as I like their mutual funds. They have really low expense ratios, they perform spot-on to the indexes they track, and they track sectors and indexes that I really like. In my rollover IRA, I have invested all in exchange traded funds, because...

When homeowners are facing foreclosure, the mortgage lenders often become referred to as evil, heartless people. While this anger is understandable, it could be in the way of you keeping your home. Unless you foresee having financial problems for years to come, you will want to make nice with your financial...

Another week of great reads (a bit belated from my normal weekend posting, sorry).  These are entries from blogs I frequent, and I hope you will too ( just come back! ).  I’ve also included various finance/investing carnivals that published my material this week as well as my posts within my network...

Are you a homeowner who is on the brink of foreclosure and your lender has already started the proceedings? If you are and have limited financial resources, you might not be able to hire a lawyer to provide you with expert advice. Although nothing is better than professional help, you can turn to the...

Electronic components are the fundamental parts to making an electronic project work. Without them, your electronic circuit could not function at all, these parts control the functions of your electronic project. These are several aspects to electronic projects. Here are the main three basics: Electronic...

Today, the US declared the Swine Flu as a public health emergency in the US, which inevitably will leave traders and investors wondering whether there are some swine flu investment ideas that make sense now.  This article is not meant to trivialize or denigrate the people impacted, but rather, simply...

You have been renting a home for awhile now, and suddenly you are told you must leave because the home is being foreclosed on. Where do you go for help and what are your rights? The most common fear of renters is coming home to a sign on the door stating that they must be out within twenty-four hours....