One Caveman’s Financial Journey

A post on Frugal Dad this morning about the tax rebate got me thinking about how hard it is to not go out and spend it like a “good little consumer.” Every now and then, I get this nearly uncontrollable urge spend. It’s usually triggered by a large purchase or an unexpected influx [...]

Happy Leap Day! It’s been a few weeks since I shared the link love. Here are a few posts that caught my eye this week, in no particular order.

Marotta Asset Management shares an opinion on the capital gains tax in a guest post on Free Money Finance.
I’ve Paid For This Twice Already brings [...]

When planning your emergency fund, it’s important to store a good percentage of the funds in an easily-accessible, higher-interest savings account. I have our current emergency fund savings split between a credit union savings account and an ING Direct savings account. This allows me to gain a high interest rate on the credit [...]

After yesterday’s news of Google’s crumbling ad revenues, I decided to take a look at my AdSense account’s revenue. I was surprised to find this greeting me:

While that feels a bit impressive to me, I have to keep in mind that I opened this account in 2005. That means I have earned just [...]

As you know if you’ve read my blog at all recently, we purchased a front-loading washing machine last week. Now that I’ve had nearly a week to play with my new “toy”, I’m better able to determine what kind of savings we can expect in the long run by ditching our at least 20 [...]