Picturing Your Destinat...

The following is excerpted with permission of the publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc.(www.wiley.com) from Risk Less and Prosper: Your Guide to Safer Investing by Zvi Bodie and Rachelle Taqqu. Copyright (c) 2012 by Zvi Bodie and Rachelle Taqqu. Sidebars and tables are in red. If you...

FMF March Money Madness...

Here we go with the first round of Free Money Finance March Money Madness (to follow all the action click on my March Money Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.) I’ve listed each “game” (one post versus another) in...

Three Questions to Ask ...

MSN Money gives you three questions you should ask yourself to determine whether or not you should do your own taxes . Their list: 1. Are you prepared to give your taxes your time? 2. Are you prepared to put up cash to hire a preparer? 3. Are you prepared to deal with the complexity of...

The Four Dimensions of ...

The following is an excerpt from Your MBA Game Plan, Third Edition: Proven Strategies for Getting Into the Top Business Schools , © 2012 Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum. It is reprinted with permission of the publisher, Career Press, Pompton Plains, NJ.  800-227-3371.  All rights...

Reader Profile: MG...

The following is the latest post in my “Reader Profiles” series. Each post in this series details the financial situation and challenges of an FMF reader. The purpose of this series is to help us all identify with people like us (in similar situations — not all will be,...

Good Advice from FMF Re...

There have been several insightful comments lately here at FMF on a variety of topics. Since I know that everyone doesn’t read all the comments in every post, I wanted to call these to your attention so you didn’t miss them. The first is from Apex and was left on my post...

Star Money Articles and...

Here are some pieces I found especially worthwhile and some of the carnivals Free Money Finance was in this week: Cavalcade of Risk Carnival of Personal Finance Festival of Frugality Lazy Man and Money covers HARP refinancing . FrugalDad tells how to go to college debt free . BripBlap...

The Value of a College ...

MSN says that the value of a college degree is $1 million . The details: The Census Bureau has taken a new stab at answering the age-old question: Just how much is a college degree worth? The answer: $1 million. That is a rough average, of course, but data collected in an extensive...

The Complete Guide To B...

The following is a guest post from Todd Tresidder who writes regularly about advanced personal finance topics and investment strategy at Financial Mentor . As most of you know, this line of thinking is near and dear to my heart. Building wealth is simple. It doesn’t require luck,...

Star Money Articles and...

Here are some pieces I found especially worthwhile and some of the carnivals Free Money Finance was in this week. We’ll start with links from sites who contributed to my FMF $20k Red Kettle Challenge (please consider giving if you haven’t already): Faithful with a Few offers...