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Tag Archive: Finance

5 Ds of Identity Theft

Identity theft is, at its most basic level, the act of using someone else’s identity or credit without permission.   From a stolen credit card to a forged phone bill in Moscow, it all involves your good money paying for the bad habits of another.    Thankfully, there are ways to reduce the odds of having your…

Avoiding Financial Traps & Saving Money on Big-Ticket Purchases

 This is a guest post written by Jason Larkins. He writes at WorkSaveLive – a blog he started to help people change the way they think about their finances, careers, and lives. Who doesn’t like to buy stuff? Okay…I’m sure there are a few of you out there that take pride in never buying a…

4 Ways to Flog the Inner Impulse Shopper

Welcome to the time machine!  This was originally posted on December 16, 2009. Impulse shopping kills.  Not literally, of course, but it stings.  You need to stop.  I need to stop.  We all need to stop. Here’s how: 1. Use a list. Everybody tells you to shop with a list.  Nobody has problems shopping with…

Swamp Finance

I wrote this post was as a guest post a year ago, to answer the question, “What is the best financial advice or tool you have found or been given?” Once upon a time, there was a young man–an arrogant man barely out of childhood–who thought he new more than anyone he had ever known,…