Posts Tagged ‘budgeting’

Don’t Pay to Manage Your Money

Bank fees, software, tax preparation: if you aren't careful, your money can wind up costing you a pretty penny. I'm of the opinion that in most cases, you really shouldn't have to pay to manage your own money. As long as you're an individual (as opposed to a business), I can't see the point of paying for a whole list of things that are available for free with just a… Continue reading

March 17 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: budgeting, checking, money management | 9 comments»

Why Most Budgets Fail but YNAB Succeeds

Chances are at least one of your New Year's resolutions had to do with money. So how are you doing on your budget? I can't count the number the times I've created budgets only to throw in the towel and decide that they just don't work. Usually my frustration is due to any of the following:

The amount assigned to a category just isn't realistic. After figuring the numbers and seeing

February 4 2009 | By Liora | Tagged: budget, budgeting, finance, Money, software, ynab | 2 comments»

Making the Most of Your Grocery Dollar

Food prices are on the rise again. After the relative stability of the last ten years, this past November (latest finalized data analysis I could find) packaged food makers began increasing prices last year to cover the rising cost of raw ingredients. Specific examples include:

Oscar Mayer lunch meats
Capri Sun juice pouches
Wheat Thin crackers
Fig Newtons
Jolly Ranchers
Twislers
Natures Own breads
Sunbeam breads
many others.

Here are a few proactive steps you can take to increase the shelf-life of… Continue reading

September 5 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: budgeting, cooking, food | 4 comments»

7 Finance Tips From a Guy Who’s Broke

Because I'm dead center of trying to figure out my own personal financial Rubik's Cube, and because I've been listening every day to the Financial Aid Podcast, I've had finance hacks on the brain. Besides, Graeme wanted me to talk about them, too. So, here goes 7 tips on finance from a guy who's broke: