February 2010
You are browsing the archive for February 2010.
5 Situations Where You Should Leave Your Credit Card in Your Wallet
This week’s guest post comes from Fred, personal finance writer at Credit Card Finder. He helps people to compare credit cards online. There are smart ways to use your credit card: you can keep your wages earning interest in a savings account while you spend on your credit card and pay it off at the [...]
Read more articles about Credit
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
Comments (33)
How Big Should Your Emergency Fund Be?
Last month I announced some changes to my Savings Snowball, including dropping the goal for my Emergency Fund from $10,000 to $5,000. No one said anything about that, so it must not have been a huge controversy. But I don’t find myself especially comfortable with either of those numbers. Why? Because nailing down how big [...]
Read more articles about Savings • • • • •
Net Worth Update: January 2010
Happy Groundhog Day! Hopefully we won’t get sucked into a Bill Murray or Buffy-in-the-episode-Life-Serial style time loop! If we do, I’m going to spend that time learning something really awesome, like juggling fire clubs or glass blowing. Barring timeline errors, we’ve got some money stuff to talk about… Change: $527 or 1.41 % Another month [...]
Read more articles about Net Worth • • • • •
