What’s your stance on tipping at restaurants? I realize that waiters don’t make a whole lot of money, and therefore, I try to always leave a good tip, typically around 20%. Of course, I’m also not eating at the most expensive of restaurants, so a 20% tip might not amount to much. Most of my …
In my office, we’ve been having a number of conversations about the current state of the economy and how it affects our job. Not our jobs – our employment isn’t in jeopardy, but how it affects how our workplace functions. Someone commented the other day that the market appeared to have a bit of schizophrenia …
Welcome to all the new readers from Smart Spending! I learned yesterday that a few months back, one of my co-workers, who seems to be a fan of “get rich quick” schemes (none of which have ever worked for him, of course) decided to start playing the stock market. He took $3000 out of his …
I’m not even sure where to begin a post on the economy. Stocks took the biggest hit since the tragedy of 9/11/01. Then the Fed announced a bailout of AIG. Now we hear that even the FDIC’s funds are dwindling and they might need a loan from Treasury to keep their funds at the Congressionally …
I have written before on the benefits of emergency planning, but after the events of the past few weeks, I think it doesn’t hurt to discuss it yet again. For people who live in areas threatened by hurricanes and wildfires, this is an easy question to answer, but I think that we should probably all …