A rainy day fund tops every financial pundit’s list of must haves. But nearly 25% of Americans have nothing set aside for the unexpected. I can’t add to the story told by the poster prepared by Mint.com and featured at Daily Infographic. Take a look, find where you fall in the range of foul weather…
Can I buy healthy food for under $1 a pound? The cost of eating is rising all around us. The news last night projects a 2 to 4% increase in the year ahead. We’ll have to shop and cook smarter in the months ahead just to keep our food expenditures even, much less reduce…
Diamonds are forever, goes the sales pitch. If you’ve got bills you can’t pay, it may seem that debt is forever as well. Not so. Every debt owed to a creditor who isn’t a governmental entity has a statute of limitations. That’s the point beyond which a creditor can’t use the law to take money…
Diva in Debt highlighted my post on moving beyond month to month financial thinking in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. My next goal is to read the other selections in the Carnival and we can compare notes on what resonates. My New Year’s resolution to adopt a 36 hour day never made it off…
When the path at your feet is full of rocks and puddles, it’s hard to raise your eyes to the horizon. Yet if you watch your feet, you never know where you’re really going. The financial equivalent of watching the path beneath your feet is measuring your finances month to month. Things are rocky,…
I’m an unabashed fan of NY Times food writer Mark Bittman. My current favorite cookbook is his Best Recipes in the World. I clip his columns and follow him on Twitter. His New Years article for the NYTimes Mag, No Meat, No Dairy, No Problem, though, resonated with me for its economic implications. For health…
Welcome to the New Year. My partner in Money Health Central, Jay Fleischman, says no one is on-line today. If he’s right, (and he is, sometimes), I’m writing for myself. However, if you’re here, and thinking about what awaits you and your money in the new year, join me in looking ahead to 2012. We’ve…