The Credit Card Holy Wars

One of the most frequent negative comments I get on The Simple Dollar relates to credit card usage.

The Why and How of a Household Inventory

The household inventory is one of those “once in a great while” tasks that’s easy to overlook and forget about, but it’s not very hard and it can pay huge dividends if something goes wrong with your living quarters.

Chipping away at the Paycheck to Paycheck Routine

Here are some tips that I would suggest for breaking out of the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck:

Another way to view the market downturn

A lot of people see this as a reason not to buy stocks or sell them. Let’s look at it another way.

Six Ways to Break Free of the “Purge and Splurge” Cycle

Just this morning, I was leafing through my favorite personal finance book of all, Your Money or Your Life, when I came across the idea of the "purge and splurge" cycle.