Last week I mentioned comparing your budget with other people around the world. This time, how about comparing your budget to someone living 50 or 100 years ago? A new article in The Atlantic dissects the information in a new government BLS … [Read the rest]
Here's my attempt at humor that came to mind while being dragged shopping again, in the name of baby gear research. (I get really whiny when made to shop...) 500 stores, and nothing to buy. Am I the only one? … [Read the rest]
Weekly business newspaper Barron's recently released their 2012 annual broker survey rankings. A change from last year is that now the quality and availability of mobile apps for smartphones and iPads are now part of the criteria, as well as more … [Read the rest]
The following is a guest post is from Elle at Couple Money. They live on one income, and have fun with the second! When I read MMB's questions about baby expenses, I shared a bit of our own experience with him. We are just a year ahead of him … [Read the rest]
The NYT Economix blog and a new BLS report had some nice graphics comparing how the average consumer spends their money in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, and Japan. The data is from 2009. Source: BLS.gov Compared with the other … [Read the rest]
Here is an insightful ForbesLife interview by Warren Buffett in their "When I was 25" series. The article is primarily about how he ended up starting the investing partnership that eventually became Berkshire Hathaway. But what I didn't know was … [Read the rest]
Walgreens Pharmacy has a new promotion where you get a $25 gift card if you transfer a prescription over to them. Looks like you can do it online and have it shipped to you for free if you don't want to pick it up. I remember when it seemed like … [Read the rest]
Time to try out another online portfolio manager - MarketRiders.com. While previously-reviewed Betterment is an website/broker/advisor combo that handles all the decisions and trade executions for you, MarketRiders is more like an online portfolio … [Read the rest]
One common recommendation for new parents is to save time wherever you can. So tonight, for the very first time, I have signed up for the AutoPay feature for my most heavily-used American Express card to have it pay the credit card bill in full … [Read the rest]
After a long period of trying and a month before our planned IVF procedure, we recently found out Mrs. MMB was pregnant! We were being carefully optimistic so we kept things rather quiet until now. We just had another ultrasound at 20 weeks that … [Read the rest]
Personal finance in theory is simple. Earn more, spend less. We all know that. But what makes it hard is changing our behavior, and much of that behavior is controlled by habits that we can't stop. A new book called The Power of Habit: Why We Do … [Read the rest]
There will always be debate regarding investing in actively-managed stock pickers vs. passive index followers. But even for active managers, costs matter more than star ratings and past performance. The lower the expenses, the less headwind year … [Read the rest]
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