How To: Pay Less For Gas All Year Long

The question is, where exactly are you going to keep 750 gallons of gasoline while you wait to use it? Unless you have about 20 standard 35-gallon trash drums sitting around your house and a lot of spare time - you’re going to need to find another way to store all that gas. Enter stage [...]

Free Realtime Quotes At Google Finance

I was browsing Google Finance checking my watch lists for some bargain deals on stocks and made a very interesting discovery that I’ve never seen before.  It seems that Google has stepped up their game a notch and are now offering free real time quotes on stocks.  So now anyone with an internet connection can [...]

American Consumerist Culture: Open Your Eyes Before It’s Too Late

There is an epidemic sweeping across America. A virus so deadly, that it could wipe out 90% of an entire generation of Americans. Living like we’re rich before we actually are.  According to Fool.com Americans paid over $50 billion dollars in finance charges (above and beyond the original purchase price) in 2001 on their [...]

A Few Expenses That Shouldn’t Be Spared

As a follow up to my ‘living within your means’ post, I thought I’d discuss a few things that the ‘cheap factor’ should not be applied to. It’s not the best idea to get the cheapest of everything, and here are a few of those things (in no particular order).
Tires for your car - [...]

Living Within Your Means Now, Means Higher Means Later.

If you can follow along with the message behind that title, then you’re off to a great start. I just wanted to share with you a few ideas for frugality that I’ve come across this month. It has been a very interesting January, with the markets down 7-10% since the 1st. It [...]