Posts Tagged ‘finances’

Free Alternatives To Quicken & MS Money

ZenHabits has put together a great collection of free financial tools that offer an alternative to pay products like Quicken and MS Money.

The six options span both online and offline applications, some dead simple and others feature-rich.

Check them out, and don’t forget to put in your two cents of how you manage your money.

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May 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: finance, finances, Money | 2 comments»

7 Ways To Conquer Your Finances

I don’t need to get into why you’d want to be in control of your finances. Money makes the world go ’round, and worrying about it will drive you ’round the bend.

Here’s one of seven ways to tackle your finances as outlined by GetRichSlowly.com:

Pay off the debts starting with the smallest balance first. Here’s how:

1. Order your debts from lowest balance to highest balance.

2. Designate a certain

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May 16 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: finance, finances, financial+stability | 4 comments»

How to gain financial peace of mind

Lifehack.org guest contributor and Zen Habits editor, Leo Babauta, gives some very practical advice about how to get your finances under control and gain some financial peace of mind. The following are my favorite take-aways from the list:

Make your payments automatic.
I’ve covered this before … it’s an great alternative to the above method. Instead of paying bills as they come in, you can set up automatic payments and automatic… » Continue

April 4 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: debt, finances, Money, saving | no comments»

31 Days to Fix your Finances

During the month of January, The Simple Dollar has been posting a series entitled, “31 Days To Fix Your Finances.” The tips have been very helpful, and in celebration of the start of February, The Simple Dollar posted a summary with links to each of the 31 articles. The 31 tips are subdivided into five stages:
Stage 1: Figuring Out Your Goals and Values
Stage 2: Evaluating Your Situation
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January 31 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: finances, Management, Money, tips | 1 comment»

Money Management: You’re never too old

MSN Money gives some great advice for those that can see retirement slowly creeping up. The point of the article is to emphasize that no matter what your age and financial situation, your savings can still make an impact. Specifically, MSN gears the article for the following situation, “You’re over 40 and you haven’t started seriously saving for retirement. You have more debt than you’d like to admit… » Continue

January 23 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: finances, Money, retirement, saving | no comments»

Sixteen ways being disorganized costs you money

Having poor organizational skills can impact more than your productivity. John from MightyBargainHunter.com gives sixteen ways that disorganization can hurt your finances. Some highlights from this list include:

Missed rebates
Dining out
Missed tax deductions
Susceptibility of sales pitches

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January 16 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: finances, Money, organization, spending | 3 comments»

8 Expenses to Cut and How

Are you looking to simplify your life? Do you have financial issues? Are you still paying off debts with no end in sight? Hey, me too! Part of my methodology includes plugging expense holes, and shunting that money towards my debts. Here are eight expenses to cut and how: