Over the past few days, I’ve been thinking about my 2009 Goals. My 2008 Goals did not go so well. Partly due to the market, partly due to some poor goal setting, and partly because my goals changed as the year progressed. That’s what happens with goal setting though, and I don’t see too much …
ING Direct’s We the Savers website has been updated again. I discussed their declaration earlier, and if you haven’t read it, it’s definitely worth a look. Lots of great points on there. The updated website has a number of new features. ING really wants us to save! There is a forum, some e-cards, freebies, and …
Over the past few days, I have heard from more than one person that the economy has them so stressed that they’re doing everything they can to avoid thinking about it. Which means that they’re not checking their investment account balances, they’re not reading the business section of the news, and they’re not reading personal …
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The other day, I was talking to a friend who was thinking of making a donation to charity in his brother’s name as part of his Christmas gift. I asked if he had thought about giving a gift card for such a donation. He hadn’t heard of such a thing, so I offered to send …
As the year is winding down, I’ve finally taken the time to solidify my financial goals. I made a list of things, some of which I think are very doable, some of which I think will be a struggle and might be a bit more dependent on the market than I like. So here we …