How to Have More than E...

The Wall Street Journal recently gave some advice to new college graduates on how to be sure they have enough saved for retirement . It’s a good piece for all of us to read, but if you have a new grad (or graduating soon) in your life, it will be especially valuable for them to...
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Spend Like You Want to ...

The following is excerpted with permission of the publisher John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd. from Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School by Andrew Hallam. Copyright (c) 2011 by John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd. I wasn’t rich as a...
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The War Against the Ric...

The following is excerpted with permission of the publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. from Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics by Ziad K. Abdelnour with Wesley A. Whittaker. Copyright (c) 2012 by Ziad K. Abdelnour. It’s on the border of...
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FMF Cruise Review, Part...

This is a follow-up post to part 7 . This is the last post in this series. Tuesday, January 24 Our last day on vacation was spent at sea. It was a pretty quiet day for us on the ship. Here’s the quick run-down: Up at 8:30 am Breakfast Played ping pong and a few other games Lunch...
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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...
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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...
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Naming a Guardian for Y...

One of the hardest parts of drafting a will for many parents is naming who will be the guardian of their children. It’s a terribly difficult decision (after all, who could do a better job of raising the children than they could? No one, right?) So instead of making a tough choice,...
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What Percent are You?...

Money Magazine’s December issue listed shares of income in the US by quintile. Here’s how they broke up: Bottom Earners: Income up to $16,358; 4% of all U.S. income Second Quintile: Income $16,359 to $32,188; 8% of all U.S. income Third Quintile: Income $32,189 to $57,212;...
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Working for a Non-Profi...

The Wall Street Journal says that working for a nonprofit organization isn’t all sunshine and rainbows . Their thoughts: Lured by the opportunity to serve a social purpose—and to improve their work-life balance—corporate workers are increasingly seeking jobs with nonprofits....
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Reader Profile: KD...

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,...
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