Personal Finance

3 Eye-Opening Insights from People Outside My Circle

May 30, 2011

When you associate with the same people day in and day out, the conversation invariably shifts back to familiar topics – how the kids are doing, your recent vacation, a fun debate over politics or whatever.  Recently though, from various talks with people I hadn’t seen in a long time doing different things with their […]

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7 Things Your Pool Contractor Won’t Tell You

May 22, 2011

  I know, I’m set to be banished to eternal personal finance damnation for admitting this (after surviving that “rapture”), but we’re putting in a swimming pool!  While I’m fully aware that pools don’t make for a good “investment”, this is a lifestyle choice we made after careful consideration.  When we had saved for years […]

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The Economics of the Marital Distribution of Labor and Assets

January 6, 2011

The following is a Guest Post. If interested in guest posting at Darwin’s Money, feel free to contact me. My Personal Perspective on the Topic My wife and I are just your typical, late twenty-something married professionals.  We live in the northeastern United States.  As members of Generation Y are known to do, we put-off […]

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What Happens When There’s a Price Cut Right After You Bought Clothes? Moronic Insanity Ensues

December 13, 2010

I couldn’t help but share this tale of epic stupidity I encountered today trying to save a few bucks on some sweaters I bought my wife for Christmas a few weeks ago.  The basic premise is that when I bought the sweaters, they were 30% off, but today, the store had a 40% off deal […]

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If you Make 6 Figures, You’re Getting 2 Bonuses Next Year

December 12, 2010

There were two recent developments that have locked in 2 additional bonuses for 6 figure earners in 2011.  Aside from the framework tax deal Obama announced last week which left tax rates alone for all earners, the payroll tax reduction of 2% and the locked cost-of-living adjustment on Social Security means the cap at which […]

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Donation Requests at the Checkout Counter Annoy Me – Do You Give In?

December 8, 2010

I was at the mall the other day doing some Christmas shopping and at store after store, I was confronted with the same question at the register – “Would you like to make a donation to St. Jude’s Hospital to Help Children?”.  I mean, who doesn’t want to help kids, right?  But should I just […]

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