How I Save Money Presents: Principles Parents Must Teach Their Children If They Ever Want to Get Rid of Them!

Welcome to How I Save Money Guest Post series.
Today’s guest post comes from Cameron Taylor who is the president of the Does Your Bag Have Holes Foundation. Cameron wrote the book Does Your Bag Have Holes ? The post is called Principles Parents …

Are Transportation Costs Getting You Down?

There once were twin boys that were very different. One had a positive outlook on life while the other was negative about anything he encountered. At age 5 the parents took the boys to see a psychologist to try and understand how twins could be so different. After several sessions the psychologist tried to “cure” both boys. He placed the negative boy in a well-lit room full of candy, pastries, toys and anything else a 5 year old boy could ever want. The positive boy was placed in a dark room…

“My Dad is Rich”

DS had a friend over the other night for a sleepover, and it was seriously hilarious to hear how my message comes out of DS’s mouth. DS kept explaining to his friend that we do things so that we can save money (DS is ten). I understand that m…

May Net Worth

My net worth is currently $28,073. It increased by $1,659, or 6.28%! If I can keep saving a lot (I added $1,074 to various savings accounts this month–down payment, emergency fund, etc), I may be able to reach my $30,000 net worth goal (2008 resolution) before the end of summer. However, I don’t know how much I will drain my savings with the big move and going back to school.

I decided to look back a year (May 2007) and check out my progress. I’ve increased my net worth by $14,685 (from…

$20 check coming my way!

I redeemed my points at MySurvey for a $20 check this morning. I have earned (after I receive this check) $240 from MySurvey. I plan on adding this check to my moving fund when I receive it. Maybe this $20 will provide 4 hours of drive time (in my 20 hour trip) during my moving process…or it might allow me to purchase a lamp or two from Target.

I’ve Earned:
PineCone $100
eBates $27.90
FatWallet $64.92
$698.57http://feeds.feedburner.com/SavingForAHomeOfMyOwn

Tracking My Finances In May: Day 26

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month.

Income for the month to date: $806.20
Expenses for the month to date: $2601.78
Net effect: -$1795.58
Now that we are in the final week of the month and I get paid on Satur…

This Sword Has Two Edges!

Last Saturday in my article “You Can’t Beat the Herd by Following the Herd”, I promised to share a MSN Stock Screen that helped me identify some exceptional stocks, and got me into some trouble.

The D4L High Yield Stocks is a screen that I have used in the past to find some real jewels Note: You will likely not be able to view this screen unless you are using Internet Explorer. Here are the criteria used in this screen:

Dividend Yield >= 5.2 (no magic to 5.2%, I usually set it to 2-3 points…

Request Credit

I have not been able to make myself go back to a credit card since I got out of the first debt when I was out of college, but if you are interested in getting a credit card to earn points or mileage, I can see how it would be a good deal. There are […

Wednesday Linkings - 28 May!

Here are the next five sites in the blogroll and my favorite articles:
Moneyning motivated me with his blog about competition. What do we do when there isn’t anyone else who really does what we do? Who do you compete with?
CNN’s Money p…

June Goals

With a big move planned for August, my goals need to reflect the upcoming changes in my life.
$200 into my Emergency Fund–I’m still trying to build this up as much as possible. My account currently has $1,753.88. I want to have at least $2k in the account after my move. $200 into my down payment account–I’m not sure what I plan on doing with this account because I won’t be able to buy a place while I’m in graduate school. My account currently has $3,277.83. However, I’m going to keep…