Archive for May, 2008
Upcoming Wealth, Money & Life Carnival
Stay tuned for the upcoming Carnival of Wealth, Money, and Life to be hosted on How I Save Money. The members of the Wealth, Money and Life Network are choosing transportation as the theme of the month for June.
A New Budget Item
Building a budget is critical to the success of your personal finance management skills. Mark @ TheLocoMono has added a new item to his budget which will help prepare for the next 36 months.
The Banana Roundup : Week 21
Editor’s Note : I will be posting a weekly roundup of postings on personal finance topics I enjoyed reading in the personal finance blogosphere. These bloggers can be found my Blogroll page. Whenever possible, if I come across a new one I like, I will add them to the Blogroll and try to include them in my roundup.
My Emergency Plan A
While I have an emergency fund which is more for my personal finances, it is only reserved for an emergency where I no longer have a primary income stream to maintain my expenses with. However, there is a different type of emergency I am building a plan for, let’s call it …
Continuing My Emergency Fund into 2009
I have to admit that I have some personal concerns about funding my emergency fund beyond 2008 but I think it is more due to anxiety than anything else. I mean 2009 is still 7 months away so why am I nervous?
Having an Emergency Fund is essential to ensuring the success of your personal finance management should there be times when expenses that are unaccounted for in your budget arises or a loss of an income stream.
Read more to find out how you can view an emergency fund more of an asset than a liability.
The Banana Roundup : Week 19
Editor’s Note : I will be posting a weekly roundup of postings on personal finance topics I enjoyed reading in the personal finance blogosphere. These bloggers can be found my Blogroll page. Whenever possible, if I come across a new one I like, I will add them to the Blogroll and try to include them in my roundup.
Enginero Questions Prosper
A personal finance blogger who happens to be an engineer is posing a good question about Prosper and whether it is worth trying out. I encourage you to visit his article,
Is Prosper for me? Intrigue can be costly
Building My Prosper Plan
After having been a Prosper lender for a little over a year now, I have been examining my approach to investing in this area. Since lending is a form of investment, specifically related to my own personal finances, it is important to question my prosper strategy to ensure I am on track with my goals.
The Banana Roundup : Week 18
Editor’s Note : I will be posting a weekly roundup of postings on personal finance topics I enjoyed reading in the personal finance blogosphere. These bloggers can be found my Blogroll page. Whenever possible, if I come across a new one I like, I will add them to the Blogroll and try to include them in my roundup.