Archive for February 16th, 2009

Feb.16.2009

What’s First, What’s Next

A little over a week ago, J.D. at Get Rich Slowly posted an article entitled “What Next?” The Third Stage of Personal Finance, where he discussed the fact that he had dug himself out of his financial hole and was beginning to accumulate wealth. The “problem” here is that it meant that he [...]

Feb.16.2009

Reader Mailbag #50

Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask it in the comments. You might also enjoy the archive of earlier reader mailbags.
As usual, we’ll start things off with a [...]

Feb.16.2009

Save your savings

I love the challenge of finding the best price on something I’m going to buy.  I needed new light bulbs for my saltwater aquarium yesterday.  The initial price I found was around $40.00 per bulb.  After a 1/2 hour or so reading through some forums, I found a site that carried the same bulb for [...]