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Occupy Wall Street (Los Angeles) – Why, what, where, when, who & how, in their words

I first saw the news about #occupywallstreet about 6 months ago, but I ignored it. Some folks were protesting about something related to politics, so I moved on. Then soon my Twitter feed started picking up a number of mentions about the protests.   The protests which I thought were localized to NYC, quickly became #occupydc, [...]

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A road trip to a cheap (luxury) rental car

When we got married we were strapped for time and money. So instead of going somewhere far, we decided on a road trip close to home. After all, paying an exorbitant amount to live in California should have some perks. We decided to take the Pacific Coast Highway from Los Angeles to Redwood National Park, [...]

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Managing our time : The myth of multitasking

Texting and driving, talking on the phone while walking, Facebook, Twitter, work, email, IM, Pandora. Multitasking has become the way of life.   Right now, as I type this, I have 23 tabs open in my Chrome browser. I also have the following applications open – Excel, InkScape, PowerPoint and Live writer, each of them with [...]

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So you think you can beat the system.

When I was researching my reflexive or reflective brain post and doing the 10 vs 100 balls exercise, I thought I should be able to do more than just follow the probability. I figured I was capable of figuring out the system and so should be able to pick the right ball – the classic [...]

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Blogging and life lessons from the financial blogger conference

As many of you know, I was at the first annual financial blogger conference last weekend. I wanted to do a recap as soon as I got back, but I wanted to take a step back, digest everything and write a post that will not only be useful for bloggers but also for readers without [...]

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Should you Buy or Rent? Calculator + Inforgraphics

I am an immigrant to this country and let me tell you, the American Dream resonates with me.  For someone who came to this country with next to nothing, the possibility that I can, through just hard work, be able to own my own white picket fence house with the 2 cars, is mind blowing. [...]

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Intentional or Intuitive? What drives your investment decisions?

Anyone who has read the basics of investing knows that the secret is to buy low & then sell high. Sounds simple enough right, but over and over again we do the exact opposite.  Why? There are plenty of investing scams. When we read about them in the news we are surprised that people can’t [...]

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Carnival of Personal Finance : Where does the money go?

Welcome to the Carnival of Personal Finance #328 : “Where does the money go” edition. This edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance features an infographic, displayed below, based on how an average U.S. consumer unit (family) spends their money. Click on the image below to enlarge it and then click on any of the blog [...]

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Free financial planning – Financial planning days

I recently talked about finding a financial planner for the middle class. Here is a way to do that for free – Financial planning days. Financial Planning days is an initiative by various financial planning organizations to educate the public on major personal finance topics and offer free counseling to manage their finances better.  I [...]

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