Source: Flickr This is a guest post by Charissa Cowart from eBillme | Secure Cash Payments This holiday season you’re probably trying to find ways to spend less but still show your family and friends how much you care about them. Well I have a few ideas to help you on the way. Some of […]

BCS bowl season is here and even though my beloved Penn State Nittany Lions will not be going to a major bowl, everyone is excited to see the great finale to the college football season.  Just in time to because snow has been sprouting at many parts of the country, just as the holiday’s are […]

Wednesday night was the first ever personal finance Twitter chat.  I co-hosted the chat with @wisebread from Wisebread.com and this weeks topic was Holiday Savings.  The chat could not have went better and there was an even larger turnout than expected, and I know there were more who wanted to attend but had conflicts.  This […]

Some try to live by the phrase “if you ain’t cheating, then you ain’t trying.”  Phil Villareal author of Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel and writer for the Consumerist may not live by that motto, but doesn’t stray too far from it when trying to save money. There are tons of money saving advice books […]

Debbie Dragon is a freelance writer providing articles for billeater.com, a site that combines articles about saving money with real tools, like the ability to compare insurance quotes. Source: Flickr In these challenging economic times, when the holiday season rolls around, many people find themselves overwhelmed financially when trying to buy gifts for friends and […]

The popular social networking tool Twitter is a great channel to interact with other people from around the world to network, learn about new information and articles, and well….to just have fun.  Being part of the personal finance blogger community I have come to interact daily with many excellent bloggers who I have learned a […]

Source: Flickr If you are looking to buy a home in the near future, there are tax credits that have been set up by the government that you might be eligible for. There are two different types that began in 2009 by the government and their amounts depend upon whether you are a first time […]

Frank Gruber of Somewhat Frank put on another incredible event last night at Left Bank in Adams Morgan in DC where the entire tech community of DC took part in the fabulous quarterly event known as Tech Cocktail DC.  Start-ups from around the area present and demo their sites in at a very casual and […]

Source: Medic999 About the Author: Joel is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ that has founded and managed 5 startup companies. Some of the projects he is working on now within one of his web publishing startup companies include websites for comparing credit card offers, searching for car insurance, and comparing health insurance providers. If you have […]

This article comes from Michael, a contributing editor of the Dough Roller, a personal finance and investing blog. When I was 10 years old, my Uncle bought me five shares of Pixar Stock for Christmas.  At the time, I had no idea what stock was, or for that matter what Pixar did.  But at 10, […]