January, 2010
Finding life insurance
What will need to be done?
Most people have unaffordable life insurance policies. We call this policy whole life insurance. This is a scam that will cheat you out of more money than you pay. Getting term insurance and investing the difference is what you should do. This means that for a shorter amount of time ...
What the iPad Is and Is Not
I’m an Apple fan, which I define as being anybody who takes time out from the workday two or three times a year to watch their media events and keynote speeches. I’m happily using a Mac Mini as our entertainment hub at home (Boxee, Front Row and Hulu Desktop? Yes, thanks), I use a MacBook ...
Ask the Readers: How Do I Pick the Best Credit Card?
Sometimes I get questions that are out of my league. In the past, I’ve just sort of ignored these, but I’d like to try to answer more of them. To do this, I’m going to start asking for tips from some of the experts I’ve met through GRS.
For example, my good friend Mac from Get ...
How to Talk with Your Spouse About Money
This is a guest post from Sierra Black, a long-time GRS reader and the author of ChildWild, a blog where she writes about frugality, sustainable living, and getting her kids to eat kale.
Talking about money is one of the great taboos of our culture. I know more about my friends’ sex lives than I do ...
World Stock Markets might Hate to see the Year End
Hardship leads to opportunity
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March, 2009 marked a low point in the global economy including world stocks. The gains have been great on the stock exchanges since that point despite continued economic struggles across the globe. The Associated Press reports that many markets topped 50 percent gains from March ...
