Archive for April, 2009

Money Mistake #3 – Not paying attention to interest rates

A few years ago after Linda and I got engaged, we sat down and talked about our money situation. We decided it would be in our best interest to try to eliminate as much debt as possible before we got married. Together we had a whole lot of debt, but we figured any progress we [...]

Money Mistake #2 – Thinking that money solves money problems

I remember a day when I didn’t care about where my money went, all I knew was that I wanted more. I assumed that if I had more money all my problems would be solved. Turns out that money doesn’t solve money problems.

Money Mistake #1 – Paying too much for a car

I am going to start writing regularly about the money mistakes I have made in the past. Since there are so many, I will never run out of stuff to write about!!

The world’s biggest companies in 2008

Do you know what are the biggest companies on earth? Well, Forbes.com once again made a huge list of the The Global 2000 from 60 countries. The composite ranking is simply based on sales, profits, assets and market value. This is important because one metric alone can give a false impression about corporate size.

Credit rating inflation and naive investors

Imagine that employers determine the quality of job applicants by looking at their GPA (grade point average). Then obviously, colleges would want to give good grades to their students to give them better chances on the job market. To attract tuition paying students, colleges promise good grades. This scheme will work as look as there [...]

U.S. government to waste $285 million on 17,600 American-made autos

President Barack Obama said the U.S. government will buy 17,600 new, fuel-efficient vehicles from ailing American automakers by June 1.

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