Post tagged with budget

  • Do you need it — or just want it? [Update]

    May 12th, 201002:45 PM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    [NOTE: Do not attempt without the express approval of a supportive, loving spouse who is willing to go along with your tech-loving cost-cutting split personality!] Back in February, I challenged myself (and hopefully you as well) to question needs vs. wants, especially keeping in mind technology and digital services. With companies constantly rele...

  • What do your finances look like?

    March 24th, 201002:38 PM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    If you had to visualize what your finances looked like, what would come to mind? Water down the drain? (It's slippery, moves fast, and it's almost impossible to hold in place.) Maybe one of those barrels of peanuts at a restaurant? (A few shelled peanuts in a pile, a handful "reserves" still in the shell, but mostly lot of remnants of wha...

  • Kansas City Fed Chief: Hyperinflation could happen here

    February 25th, 201008:08 AM ET
    By Joseph Slife
    I started working for Larry Burkett in 1990, about the time he was beginning work on a book called The Coming Economic Earthquake. Larry wasn't an economist. He was just an extraordinarily insightful, common-sense guy who had the uncanny ability to see around corners. Although some criticized The Coming Economic Earthquake (I think unfairly) a...

  • The Ghost of Christmas Budgets Future

    January 04th, 201012:28 PM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    By now you've worn it, played with it, smelled it, ate it, listened to it, watched it, cut with it, mixed in it, served on it (or in my case, because I didn't really know what to ask for, broke something on purpose and then Mighty Puttied it), or some combination of the above. Some of you have already returned it for whatever it was you really wa...

  • Consumers jumping off the credit card wagon

    October 09th, 200909:00 AM ET
    By Mark Biller
    It's not all voluntary, and it's not always a decision made of virtuous intent. But for a variety of reasons, consumers are rapidly cutting their credit card use. Marketwatch reports that consumers cut their borrowing by nearly $12 billion in August, a 5.8% annualized rate of decline. Nearly $10 billion of that cut was credit card debt. That w...

  • Does Buying in Bulk Really Save You Money?

    April 22nd, 200910:46 AM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    "The more you buy, the more you save!" I hate this kind of marketing spin. It draws us in because, after all, who doesn't like to save money? But it conveniently focuses on only one part of the picture. A sale might entice you to buy three shirts for $30 rather than at $12 each. Obviously, a $10 shirt is cheaper than a $12 shirt. But they've gotten...

  • What the supermarkets won't tell you

    April 08th, 200910:33 AM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    SmartMoney starts their piece entitled 10 Things Supermarkets Won't Tell You this way: When the economy slows and businesses begin to feel the heat, grocery stores are often exceptions to the rule. That's because when consumers cut back on frills like eating out, they tend to make even more trips to the supermarket. Still, all bets may be off...

  • Budgeting Basics: Reasons Not To Budget

    April 02nd, 200911:57 AM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    For some of you, just the mention of the word "budget" made the hair on the back of your neck stand up! If you've resisted the idea of establishing a personal budget in the past, perhaps you're clinging to one or more of these favorite reasons not to budget: • Reason #1: You prefer playing Russian roulette with your bank account. The ...

  • Money Saving Tips Roundup

    April 02nd, 200911:15 AM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    Some resources for your money-saving pleasure: Save $50 a Day: This piece in Kiplinger's gives us penny pinchers some advice on saving money in small, painless ways. The money-saving tips are categorized for your convenience.Feedflix.com: Get your money's worth out of your Netflix membership. Create a free account and link it to your existi...
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