Personal Finance

6 Critical Financial Miscalculations I’ve Made – That You May Be Making as Well

November 6, 2011

You might think I’m a hypocrite for what I’m about to admit (since I blog about personal finance), but this is reality.  In the past, I’ve made some wildly erroneous assumptions about our future ranging from how much we’d be making and spending each year to how our investments would perform.  Many of these misconceptions […]

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Help a Reader: Pension Plan Frozen – What To Do with 3 Choices

November 2, 2011

I got a good question from a reader and wanted to share it with you.  Here it is; I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on how he might best handle this and then I’ll weigh in with my thoughts after hearing from some of you finance buffs.  While things like pension rules, a 401k […]

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43% Increase in Healthcare Premium for Me in 2012. How Bad Is Yours?

October 30, 2011

If I didn’t have side income from blogging I’d be pretty pissed each year when we get our new benefits options for the next year.  I guess it’s downgraded to just being annoyed and not “pissed”.  I understand that healthcare costs continue to exceed the rate of inflation.  So, inflation’s 3%, healthcare rises 6%.  That’s […]

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Online Offshore Banking Explained

October 27, 2011

The following is a guest post about Online Offshore Banking: Online offshore banking, what exactly is it?  To summarise it is a secure, efficient and convenient way to manage your finances wherever you are in the world. The basic understanding of an offshore bank is a financial institution based outside your country of residence. Offshore banking […]

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Is Cord Blood Worth It? How Parents Should Weigh Blood Banking Costs

July 24, 2011

My wife and I were first confronted with the cord blood banking question leading up to delivery of our first son.  We were the first couple in our group of friends and family to have a child, so it wasn’t a topic we’d heard discussed in other circles.  As I recall, I don’t even think […]

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Darwin’s Summer Book Reading List

July 19, 2011

Here’s a list of books I either read recently, I’m currently reading, or I’d love to read this summer.  I’d be interested in hearing your favorite picks as well. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine – There are tons of books out by now on the housing crash, Wall Street crash and such, but […]

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