June 2010

True cost to own an iPhone – $1 million

I have been drooling over the iPhone® for quite some time now. I don’t have one now, so I am not really sure how useful it would be but it sounds very handy. Everything is literally at your fingertips. I could browse, tweet, update my facebook, read office mails and look up pretty much anything, [...]

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Weekly favorites

Hope everyone had an enjoyable Father’s day! Everyday we learn some new things. Thanks to my fellow bloggers I learn a lot these days. These are some of my favorite posts this week. Frugal Dad’s Raising a Frugal Dad: An Open Letter to My Son really made me very emotional. An awesome, heart-felt letter. Kris [...]

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How to plan a cheap summer vacation – 20+ tips to grab the best airline deal!

Summer is here! Schools are out! Its vacation time!! Summer is one of the busiest times to travel, which means it is costlier too. But with some planning and a bit of searching you can make sure you pay the least dollar to get to your destination. Use these 20 tips to grab the best [...]

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It’s Christmas time!

This post is part of a mid year review and tune up series. The next topic in this series will be taxes, yes, time to think about taxes again! No I have not gone mad or lost track of time! I know its still June! But it really is about time to start thinking about [...]

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Are charities spying on you? – What, why, how and more…

There was a recent article in SmartMoney titled “Are charities spying on you?” (June 2010 print; May 16, 2010 online). Many aspects of this article talked about bothered me. It sounded like non-profits are kind of staking me out and collecting quite a bit of information about me. As a donor, this creeped me out. [...]

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Weekly favorites

Personal finance is a huge world and there are excellent bloggers who contribute to this fascinating world. Some of my favorites for the week includes – Delivering Away Debt presents an excellent compilation of 600 money saving tips included in the 96 blog (Yakezie bloggers) posts. An awesome collection of saving tips, check them out! [...]

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Different retirement plans – What is right for you?

All of us dream about retirement.  In our parents’ generation retirement meant you would get a pension; all you had to do was work hard for a company and  your retirement will be taken care of. Its not the case anymore. If you want a comfortable retirement you have to work for it. With a [...]

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Carnival of personal finance and Best of money carnival

This week 2 of wealth informatics posts were included in the carnivals : Best of Money carnival : The carnival highlights the top 10 personal finance articles of the week. Hosted @ MyDollarPlan. Free consumer reports – Credit , Banking, Insurance, Employment & More was selected as the best article of the week! Carnival of [...]

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Five Freebies – meal, dessert, tshirt, good shave and cookbook

Free donuts, Free IHOP mean, Free tshirt, Free fall favorites cookbook and a Free Gillette fusion razor.

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