February 4, 2012

What is an Asset?

Most people believe that their car is an asset or that even their house is an asset. Is it true, I guess if you want to believe what the bank tells you. But for anyone who has read Rich Dad, Poor Dad you know better. Or at least you know something different. To Rich Dad [...]

Making Money in Virtual Space

You don’t even have to be real anymore to make a million dollars. Anshe Chung a former school teacher who used to live in Hubei, China become Second Life’s first Virtual Millionaire. Second LIfe which is an online community where you basically build a life and interact with those around you is becomming all the [...]

Where to spend your Christmas Bonus

Getting a Holiday Bonus this year? Here are 5 places you can spend it that might actually make you wealthier. It’s money you weren’t expecting, so why blow it on something that you’re not going to care about in 3 months. Try these. 1. Pay off a Credit Card 2. Put it in a CD, [...]

Google Passes $500

OK, so this post really isn’t going to help you save money, but how could we not write about it. Google, Inc aka GOOG jumped above $500 in early morning trading today and looks like it’s going to close above the $500 mark as well. That’s right, it’s nearly 6 times what it was when [...]

Save Money on your Electricity Bill

Wanna save a little change on your electricity bill. I’ve written about it before in an energy saving and money saving post. But people never seem to listen. Now that there’s cold weather blanketing most of the United States, and oil prices set to rise. We can all use a little savings tips here and [...]

You won’t Believe What Credit Card Companies Will Accept!

So I guess I should just fill out those junk mail credit card applicaitons and then throw them away. Rambling News just pointed us to a crazy bit of information about what some credit card companies will accept. He reported that 3 of 5 credit card companies accepted simply torn up and taped back together [...]

Tax Planning Tips for You Investors in Canada and Beyond

CBC News has a great article today about the Top 10 year-end tax planning tips for investors. It’s getting close to that time of the year for both Americans and Canadians, and Financing Wealth doesn’t care where you’re from, you can all learn to adapt these tips to your country. The tips are written in [...]

Five Mistakes to avoid with a 401K

Cnn Money has a good write-up on 401(k) flubs to avoid. Which most of us can stand to avoid. They have a good write-up that you should make sure to read on each mistake but here is a list to keep you interested. 1. Not participating in your 401K 2. Not contributing enough 3. Not [...]

How 401Ks Work?

Contributing to a 401K plan but not sure how it works? Well, the great site HowStuffWorks.com has a great “how article” on How 401(k) Plans Work. The site, known popularly as a great book from the early 90′s has thousands of articles on how everything works, not just those mechanical devices you always wondered about [...]