Net Worth December 2008
Finally, I'm wrapping up my 2008 numbers! Today I'll tackle net worth, and I'll post expense and income numbers tomorrow ... to have no debt other than my mortgage-- I had a little more outstanding on my credit card at the end ... growing as I pay down the mortgage-- this assumes that the market value of my home has stayed the same [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:26:33
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I interviewed Oregon's new junior Senator, Jeff Merkley, by phone from his new office in Washington, DC. I had 15 minutes, not nearly enough for all the questions I wanted to ask, but we covered some good ground. I've chatted with Jeff a couple of times in the past, and, like most of the best politicians, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 20:09:39
Forecast for 2009
Introduction There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57
5 Reasons Why Freelancers Should Blog (Hint: Success and Six Figures)
I used to have a snobbish attitude about blogs. I thought they were just a way for no-talent writers to publish the drivel that no mainstream outlet would touch—a rest home of sorts for poorly written prose. And being a practical sort, I just couldn’t understand why serious writers would waste their time writing blog posts for no pay when they [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 12:30:00
How to Make Money From Your Blog
StevePavlina.com was launched 19 months ago. 12 months ago it was averaging $4.12/day in income. Now it brings in over $200/day. I didn’t spend a dime on marketing or promotion. In fact, I started this site with just $9 to register the domain name, and everything was bootstrapped from there [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 05:55:00
"Laffer-able"
Since the recession is caused by rich people deciding not to work, the solution, of course, ... , what if the government proposed a 6-month income tax moratorium: how great a stimulus would that be? After ... and spending money. Really? Did anyone on the panel believe that Americans of all income levels [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 21:26:00
by Dr. Ellen Hodgson Brown featured writerDandelion SaladEllen’s post Jan 3, 2009webofdebt.com Cartoon in the New Yorker: A gun-toting man with large dark glasses, large hat pulled down, stands in front of a bank teller, who is reading a demand note. It says, “Give me all the money in my account [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 17:24:55
How To Be Successful in the New Year (20 Tips Inside)
The Most Important Key to Success Do What You Love - You aren't going to be successful at something you spend all day dreading ... this blog to keep me accountable. I can't go out and buy a Ferrari on credit and then write about it here. Instead, I catalog my alternative income progress here. Each day, I think about how I'm going [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 12:55:43
Yeas And Nays On Obama’s Stimulus Tax Cuts
As reported yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama is planning to direct up to 40 percent of his proposed economic stimulus plan ... targeted cut for lower-income families, and another that’s simply a boon for corporations: Yea - Expanding Child Tax Credit: This proposal “would grant an estimated 5.5 million poor children access [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:09:01
Free Suze Orman Book, Business Tax Software, and More!
I’m always looking at monthly services that we have and finding ways to pay a little less ... . The goal is to facilitate $100 million in loans to American families and businesses. You can vote ... Your Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOC) From Being Frozen: Max It Out? Buy A Foreclosure For Under [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:29:46
Rags, riches and college costs
"No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls." -- Horatio Alger Today is the birthday of Horatio Alger, a 19th century author of novels for young people in which he chronicled the travails and ultimate successes of characters who rose from [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 22:59:06
FAMILY FUN FOR YOUR "STAY-CATION"
In hard times, board games flourish. Lucy Farmer finds out which ones sell best, where they came from and why we love them ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Winter 2008 “Do not pass Go, and do not collect £200!” shouts Johnny gleefully, as Milly trundles her brassy boot round to Jail [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 23:15:50
Portugal Sustains
by Edward Hugh: Barcelona "Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental" - Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:22:42
Bank of America Needs America’s Money
Ongoing chatter about the health of Steve Jobs aside, the focus, once again, is on the banking industry, ... and additional funds set aside for credit losses. But J.P. Morgan shares rose 49 cents to $26.40 a share, as this report was viewed as a bit better than anticipated. The same cannot be said for Bank of America [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:20:40
Portugal Sustains
“Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental” - Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have steadily stuck their neck [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:37:23
Tax Returns and eBay Tax Tips
Tax season is quickly approaching, actually it’s always tax season since we’re pretty much taxed on everything we earn and spend, ... Investment Tax Deductions What is the Earned Income Credit? Tips for Choosing an Accountant or Tax ... but the due date to file your income tax return for 2008 will be here before you know it. Below [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:09:22
Economic Potpourri December 27, 2008
The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues through the holiday season ... or more weeks ago, had been counting on post-Christmas sales to help rescue what will probably ... - and credit-constrained than ever before. After a 25-year spending tsunami, they’ve shifted from spending [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 22:24:00
9 Methods for Mastering Your Money in 2009
2008 was a miserable year for money. The stock market tumbled, unemployment soared, the housing market continued to crumble, and retirement savings shriveled away. Whew! Here’s hoping 2009 will be better! But hope can only do so much. Hope cannot bring change. Action brings change. If one of your goals for 2009 is to take control of your money ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 13:00:21
Prepared text of Gov. Jon Corzine's State of the State speech
Happy New Year and thank you all for attending today's State of the State. Reverend Clergy; Senate President Codey; Speaker Roberts; Majority Leaders Sweeney and Watson Coleman; Minority Leaders Kean and DeCroce; Chief Justice Rabner and Justices of the Supreme Court; Members of the Legislature; Members of my Cabinet; Congressmen Pallone, Payne, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 01:13:00
A Major Irritant on "Minor Irritants."
By Mike Flannigan (on loan from Ari.) George W. Bush's final press conference at the White House yesterday morning was an absolute masterpiece of political theater. I'm thinking, of course, of the Theater of the Absurd with dyspepsia, the kind of political Dadaism that we've come to expect of a George W [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 01:25:19
DOING TAXES TAKES UP 7.6 BILLION WORK HOURS A YEAR
Federal tax-filing requirements have become so complex that they eat up 7 ... to one of the nation's largest industries, a new federal report found. Annual preparation of Form 1040, filed by most ... Olson, the IRS' national taxpayer advocate, estimated Wednesday in her annual report to Congress [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:26:54
Portugal Sustains
"Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental" - Manoel de OliveiraManoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have steadily stuck their neck [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:35:00
Bank of America Needs America?s Money
Ongoing chatter about the health of Steve Jobs aside, the focus, once again, is on the banking industry, ... and additional funds set aside for credit losses. But J.P. Morgan shares rose 49 cents to $26.40 a share, as this report was viewed as a bit better than anticipated. The same cannot be said for Bank of America [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:38:49
Forecasting The Current Recession
We all know that the current economic conditions are unlike anything we have ever seen before. This was a large reason why it took the folks responsible for identifying recessions so long to make the official announcement. It is very interesting to hear their reasoning behind the delay, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 20:23:03
American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan Addresses Women’s Needs
The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) strongly supports the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan summarized today by the House of ... infrastructure, and invests in services that build human capital, including health care, education, child care, Head Start, job training, and child support. In addition to protecting these and other [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:44:35
Recessions, Business Cycles and Looking Forward
Forecasting cyclical turning points in the economy (and inflation) is job one at the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) ... ,” says Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of ECRI and co-author of Beating the Business Cycle: How ... for, one day, better times. If you have a taste for the ugly details of the business cycle, read on… [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:05:59
RECESSIONS, BUSINESS CYCLES AND LOOKING FORWARD
Forecasting cyclical turning points in the economy (and inflation) is job one at the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) ... Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of ECRI and co-author of Beating the Business Cycle: How to Predict ... times. If you have a taste for the ugly details of the business cycle, read on… Lakshman, ECRI did [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:49:26
Trends for 2009: Charles Hugh Smith
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “Oh you lucky, lucky Boing Boing readers,” says Richard Metzger in a guest post, going on: “I have a gift and I think it’s pretty special: For those of you unaware of the work of Charles Hugh Smith you are about to meet one of the finest thinkers and writers in America today [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 18:04:29
Federal Tax Brackets & Law Changes For 2009.
So what changes do we have in store for the 2009 tax year? Each and every year there are small changes to the ridiculously large tax code, but most of them will not effect the average taxpayer. However, there are some that definitely will, so I went looking to see what they are…and here is what I found out: The Income Tax Brackets Have Changed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:00:47
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Date: 2009-09-27 16:17:24
Herman Daly: The Disconnection Between Financial Assets and Real Asssets
This is a repost of Herman Daly's comments on the credit crisis from October 13 of this year. The original post and comments can be viewed here ... . This is because the debt is worth much less, not because there is not enough money or credit ... on it in the amount of future debt. The value of present real wealth is no longer sufficient to serve [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 18:07:03
Fazzari on Keynesian Economics
Steve Fazzari, of Washington University in St. Louis, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Keynesian economics ... About this week's guest: Steve Fazzari's Home page "Household Debt in the Consumer Age: Source of Growth ... of Economics. Government Debt and Deficits, by John Seater. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. John [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 11:29:25
The CFR….Expecting An Obama Regime To CHANGE - Only what the CFR Allow…..Joe Biden and Co Are CFR Guys!!
The Council On Foreign Relations (CFR) And The New World Order- By William Blase For those who may be confused by the controversies surrounding the “New World Order”, a One-World-Government, and American concern over giving the UN more power; those unaware of the issues involved; and those wishing more background, I offer the following [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 12:04:02
Tax cuts aren't working to improve Ohio's economy, group says
The sweeping tax cuts that Ohio enacted in 2005 haven't worked to boost the state economy as promised and should be revisited in the face of the ... Earned Income Tax Credit to help low-income working families while retaining and reforming the corporate ... . At the same time, the 21-percent cut in state income taxes and other tax changes have reduced [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:39:01
Dividend Capture Strategies
A popular strategy among those investors who trade actively is dividend capture. There are several different ways to implement it, and I would like to go through some of them. The last time to buy a stock and be eligible to receive its dividend is the day before ex-dividend day [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:07:23
Compute Your Net Worth Once a Year
The following is a guest post from Marotta Asset Management ... . The storm has blown you miles off course, and not making any adjustments is destined to end ... money would be left if you converted everything you owned into cash and paid off all your debts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:34:21
9 Year End Tax Tips that may pay for your Holiday Shopping!
Tax Status Christmas has come and gone - well, at least until that credit card bill comes ... your tax credits. Earned Income credit, Child credits, Education credits, etc. Credits are better than ... that awaits, why not take some preemptive measures and make it a little simpler to pay your credit card [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 14:38:22
The Phoenix of Micropayments
Desperate times breed desperate "solutions," and here's one we haven't seen for a while -- micropayments. The Phoenix arose from the ashes yesterday in David Sarno's L.A. Times Tech blog. Sarno picks up a different facet of the meme started by David Carr of the New York Times, who suggested we need something like iTunes payments for the news. ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:10:28
Bambi's got some work to do
IBD ran a piece a while ago on the many campaign promises of Bambi. It's good to list them here ... businesses a $3,000 tax credit for every job they create in the U.S. • Eliminate capital gains taxes ... Expand the child and dependent care tax credit. • Expand the earned income tax credit. • Create [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:37:00
Stimulus: Something for Everyone
Stimulus: Something for Everyone by Howard Gleckman on Thu 15 Jan 2009 06:46 PM EST The stimulus plan unveiled by House Democrats today includes a little something for everyone. With an eye-popping price tag of $825 billion, I suppose it should. The plan, written in close consultation with the incoming Obama Administration, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 23:46:35
The "one big lump" theory of your money
By Philip Brewer Don't get confused by the way your money's divided up. It might be split up into IRAs, 401(k)s, 403(b)s, 529 plans, and annuities. Separately from that, it might be invested in different things--stocks, bonds, real estate, and cash [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 16:47:55
Constitution Party: ‘The mortgage thieves return’
Reposted at http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php? ... spectacle of bad actors descending on a government program fat with new money and starved ... and proof of an ability to pay the money back. These were boring 30-year fixed-rate loans. Now FHA [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:25:37
Spending Plan Details Released - Gimme your wallets!
Democrats Unveil $825 Billion Stimulus Measure - WSJ ... , increased aid to state governments and $275 billion in tax breaks for businesses and individuals ... breakdown of the tax credits to be included in the bill was published by the House Ways and Means [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:10:52
Barack Obama is Increasing Your Paycheck
The company has spent the past few months managing expectations ... these incentives a few months after the end of the year in which they are earned.) Barack Obama ... in paychecks. One proposal includes a tax credit advance to taxpayers. Through changing withholding [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 13:00:58
Paterson Seeks Financial Disclosure From US Senate Contenders
Paterson Seeks Financial Disclosure From US Senate Contenders January 5, ... to the one filled out by members of the House and Senate. It includes questions about credit history, outside income earned by elected officials (if applicable; members of Congress aren't allowed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 22:45:06
A second call to help hurting taxpayers
The IRS train heading out to help Jim and Jane Taxpayer is getting quite crowded. The latest to board is National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson ... . With the recession expected to worsen in 2009, Olson said the tax agency must consider whether filers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 23:30:32
Does Obama Have What It Takes To Rescue America From The Bush Economic Miracle?
Yesterday and again today, Paul Krugman, warns about the dangers of the Bush Economic Miracle actually turning into a full-fledged Great Depression. He thinks Obama is understating how badly the underpinnings of the economy have deteriorated under the Bush Regime [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 18:00:00
The 5 Million Frequent Flyer Mile Challenge
... or credit card spending, this project is definitely not for you. I have a healthy paranoia about debt, so it’s not a problem for me, but if you can’t possess a credit card without spending money [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:38:16
Voinovich Announces Retirement, GOP Problems Mount
Voinovich Announces Retirement, GOP Problems MountOhio Sen. George Voinovich is retiring in 2010, the fourth Republican to announce he is stepping aside at the end of his term.Voinovich announced his retirement this morning after a weekend filled with speculation that he was planning to step aside [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 16:00:06
The Basics of Banking Explained
This is the first edition of our Personal Finance Foundation Series where I discuss the very basics of foundation-type personal finance topics. The topic of this post is Banking. I was fortunate that my first real experience with banking was with a local credit union [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 12:18:50
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