Financial Reflections

Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle.

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Financial Five February 20th, 2009

By admin • Feb 20th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Government, Jobs

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other spots around the web.

A fellow blogger faces the job hunt: One Frugal Girl says she’s searching for a new job.  I wish her luck!
Can you make money online?  Free Money Finance says you can make money blogging.  Fake [...]



Financial Five, Friday the 13th, 2009

By admin • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Entrepreneurship, Government, Scams

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other spots around the web.

The Audacity of Doing Nothing: Harvard Blogger Philip Greenspun makes an audacious statement against the stimulus.
Scam Spotters: I wrote a guide on how to spot a scam recently so this list of 10 [...]



Is It Time to Retire the Penny?

By admin • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: Government, Reflections

Is it time for Abraham Lincoln to retire? The US Mint doesn’t think so. To honor Lincoln’s 200th birthday, the US mint is going to issue 4 new versions of the Lincoln penny, each with the face of lincoln on the front, as it has been for 100 years, but with 4 new designs on the back.



Vote For Financial Reflections!

By admin • Feb 11th, 2009 • Category: Reflections

The blog Free Money Finance runs a contest they call “Free Money Finance March Madness” where they pair off personal finance blog entries and have readers vote on which they thought was the best.

FMF was kind enough to accept my entry What Makes Kids Happy as an entry and today it is in the first [...]



3 Things to do After the Holidays

By admin • Dec 29th, 2008 • Category: Budgeting, Goals, Reflections, taxes

The holidays have passed, gifts have been given and received, relatives have been visited and I’m back to my day-job.  It was an enjoyable break, but it’s back to reality.  With that in mind, I’ve got three post-holiday plans (besides watching bowl games) to help out with the finances after the holidays.

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How Much Does Your Car Cost?

By admin • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: frugal, insurance, thrift

How much does your car cost? It’s not as simple of a question as one might think. As I wrote previously, my car was in for repairs and it gave me a chance to reflect on the costs of car ownership. It all started when I contemplated trading in my beautiful 1994 Volvo [...]



Review of Mint.com (Part 1)

By admin • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Budgeting, Investing, Net Worth

Mint.com is a an online software budgeting package that is a huge success so far. I first heard about it through a “Twitter” sent from a friend who simply said “mint.com is pretty slick” He’s a graphic designer so I was expecting an Adobe Photoshop tutorial rather than a personal finance tool.

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What Makes Kids Happy?

By admin • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: Reflections, frugal

My youngest child gave me a wonderful surprise this weekend. I took her with me to the driving range to hit some golf balls. It’s one of those discount ranges with the machines that feed the balls into a plastic bucket and sturdy mats covered with plastic grass for a hitting surface.

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