Comments on: Back to Basics – Suggestions?

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:57:48 +0000

Here’s another suggestion. I’m currently struggling with this one:

Frugal purchasing (and living in general) when you need to look like you have money.

This is really important for single guys in our consumer oriented society where displaying wealth is way more important than actually having wealth.

By: dawnf

dawnf — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:01:54 +0000

HI I would be interested in some of the following:

Pros/con of renting vs buying

which is better pay down debt or save up emergency fund ie how to prioritize

Grocery related posts aldi vs big chains target vs walmart etc

how to pare back on school supplies

529 vs roth ira for kids savings

when best time to shop for items like winter clothes, summer etc

ebay vs selling at used bookstore for cash

opening up savings accounts for kids & getting them to be interested in compound interest. banks that promote kids savings…

Having some money gifted to you with express wish of either being used as a down payment or for kids (3) college funds ages 13,9 and 3.

csa vs farmers market

Aloha

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:17:58 +0000

Maintaining a good credit score.

Strategies for getting yourself out of consumer debt.

Financial Record keeping/organization (keeping documents for possible tax write offs)

Wills, Living wills, trusts, estate planning, Death Tax…

Life Insurance – How much, when you need it, you don’t need policies on your kids…

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:58:40 +0000

Here’s one that I meant to write when I started Funny but haven’t managed to get around to: “Stay out of the herd.”

As I recall, I wanted to talk about not jumping off the cliff just because all the other sheep jump off:

* In purchasing STUFF because it’s in style or because friends just must have … [fill in the blank]

* In making investment decisions based on what everyone else is doing (f’r example, real estate)

* In believing what someone else says without looking it up and thinking it through.

There were other aspects floating around, but i don’t recall them right this instant. Bet you can think of plenty more and better ideas than I can! The idea was not necessarily to be contrarian, but, well…not to be a sheep.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:28:29 +0000

101 on investing (where to start? and how much to start with?)
Thanks

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:35:23 +0000

I’ve been reading various money blogs for a few months now and have found the following newbie topics helpful.

1) Tracking where your money goes.
2) Creating a budget.
3) Retirement (or why you should max your 401k and IRA).
4) The goodness of index funds or why you probably won’t beat the market.
5) Buying a house.
6) Being nickel and dimed to death by small purchases (coffee, lunch, etc.)

By: nickel

nickel — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:07:07 +0000

SomeGuy: Sorry I wasn't more clear... I'm talking about financial basics, not blogging basics. Imodified the post to hopefully make this more clear. As for your blogging questions, I would suggest you drop by the MBN Forums.

By: SomeGuy

SomeGuy — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:02:12 +0000

I’m new to the PF blog scene and planning to make a series of posts on my blog for newbies by a newbie. A couple areas of interest:

1) Getting eyeballs to your blog
2) Staying anonymous
3) Tech stuff like who are you hosting with