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Are You Your Family's Bailout Fund?

Posted by timjjohnson 1033 days ago (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Business | Tags: family personal finance spending
When banks lose money, they go to the government. When your sister can't make rent, does she come to you? read more »
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Honey, I Shrunk the Nest Egg

Posted by timjjohnson 1103 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing retirement saving
Going the middle route on investing: "I want the higher returns of stocks and the protection they should give my portfolio from inflation, over time[...] read more »
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Recession Remodeling: Tips on Renovating Your Home for Cheap

Posted by timjjohnson 1109 days ago (http://www.relocation.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: home improvement remodeling renovation
Can't sell your home and buy something better? Join the club. Instead, redo your existing house and live a little better without spending much cash.[...] read more »
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Need to Move for Work but Flat Broke? How You Can Make It Happen

Posted by timjjohnson 1116 days ago (http://www.relocation.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: employment moving relocation new jobs
It's a common dilemma: you have a job opportunity out of state, or you need to move to find a job, but you have no cash. Here are some of your optio[...] read more »
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Carnival of Real Estate -- The Best of the Best This Week

Posted by timjjohnson 1127 days ago (http://www.realcentralva.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: real estate savings
The best from real estate blogs -- signs of a bottom, dealing with noisy neighbors, and staging a successfull home staging to sell your home. read more »
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Thank Uncle Sam for the rally

Posted by timjjohnson 1127 days ago (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Stocks
It's not intrinsic demand -- it's government printing presses that are driving stocks higher now. You just KNOW this will end badly. read more »
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Suze Orman Wishes You Further In to the Debt Pit

Posted by timjjohnson 1131 days ago (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: debt savings suze orman
Orman says to pay minimum amounts on credit card debt and build up emergency savings. But this will only hurt you further with the credit card compan[...] read more »
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Looking for Housing’s Bottom? Ignore the Data, Look for These 3 Psychological Signs

Posted by timjjohnson 1133 days ago (http://www.relocation.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: homebuying real estate housing bottom
Whether you're looking to buy a home or buy as an investment, here are 3 things to look for that suggest a housing bottom. read more »
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Will Americans Cheap Out on Mom?

Posted by timjjohnson 1133 days ago (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: personal finance shopping mother\\\'s
Probably. But the gifts we give for Mother's Day might be more meaningful. read more »
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401(k) Fixes for Every Age

Posted by timjjohnson 1137 days ago (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Business | Tags: personal finance retirement savings
Does it also make sense to funnel dividends/capital gains into cash instruments as a 'forced' way of diversify away from stocks as one gets older? read more »
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Emergency Funds -- How Much Is Enough?

Posted by timjjohnson 1141 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Business | Tags: investing
Some thoughts on ways to fund an emergency fund. read more »
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Vice Funds Get Their Moral Comeuppance

Posted by timjjohnson 1141 days ago (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: funds investing vice
Funds that invest in vice haven't been performing so well. read more »
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Safe Money in Tough Times: Questions and Answers with Jonathan Pond

Posted by timjjohnson 1172 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing personal finance
A good summation of questions that many of us are asking about finance. read more »
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Get Over the Silly Idea That Your Home's an 'Investment'

Posted by timjjohnson 1174 days ago (http://www.relocation.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: homebuying housing real estate
If your home goes up in value, but you lose your job, the gain on your home won't feed the kids (or buy a flat-screen). Here's what to concentrate [...] read more »
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Why You Shouldn’t Keep a Mortgage Just for the Tax Deduction

Posted by timjjohnson 1175 days ago (http://www.getrichslowly.org)
Category: Business | Tags: mortgages taxes
Author argues against homeownership for the sake of the tax deductability of the interest. Though I don't know how many people keep the mortgage sim[...] read more »
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