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By David on January 27th, 2010

Getting Financially On Track And A Book Giveaway.

The following is a guest post from Manisha Thakor, MBA, CF. Manisha and Sharon Kedar, MBA, CFA, are the authors of the book Get Financially Naked: How To Talk Money With Your Honey. Lucky for you guys, the publisher is sending me a copy to give away to a reader, so don’t miss how to enter at the bottom of this post!

Now that we are in the beginning of the New Year, it’s the perfect time to poke your head up and ask, “Am I on Financial Track?” Here are some rough rules of thumb that you can use to benchmark your progress as you move through life’s decades.

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By David on January 26th, 2010

Which Stores Are Closing Down In 2010.

I just found out that the Borders Bookstore in my neighborhood is going out of business. It kinda sucks because it is the only bookstore within a very close distance and I thoroughly enjoy spending time in there looking for new books to pick up. Of course, this is after the Circuit City left a vacant building here too and the shoe store has a “Going out of Business” sign on its front door, so it’s really not all that surprising. But it got me thinking about what kind of situation a store must be in to actually close it’s doors, which in turn led me to an article online about who was closing stores in 2010. Wow, what an eye-opener…

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By David on January 25th, 2010

Poor Debt Management By UK Soccer Clubs.

The following is a guest post by My Two Dollars reader James Watson.

Football in the UK (or “soccer” as the residents of the US know it!) has always been a lucrative business, and no more so than since 1992 with the introduction of the Premier League and the partnership with Sky TV. Since then there have been unimaginable riches in football, and it looked like there would be no boundaries to the amount of money flying around the league.

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By David on January 22nd, 2010

Money Quote Friday – Happiness Of Not Having Things Edition.

“Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.” ~Elise Boulding

Hope you guys have a fantastic weekend. :)

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By David on January 21st, 2010

It’s Not What You Earn, It’s What You Spend.

The first 30 years of my life I was convinced it was the other way around. I believed that in order to be successful you had to make a lot of money, at any price, even if it meant that you hated what you did for a living. After all, what was more important than making a lot of money?

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