I love Qvisory more and more these days. New readers take note, Qvisory is a non-profit start-up that caters to my generation (18-30 somethings). I liken the idea to what AARP does for seniors. I hope they take off and can really do some good for our generation. Their blog focuses on all the issues facing this generation. I credit them for keeping me in the loop about legislation that might impact me. They have stayed on top of the happenings involving credit card reform in Washington, which is something in dire need of some new law. Special shout-out to myself. I’ve been featured on their front-page twice now. Once as a feature of me, and the other time for a repost of my Five Questions Not to Ask in a Recession, linked below.
Anyway. The post I’ve written for them most recently is a look at what 2009 will look like from an economic standpoint. Are we going to ride out the recession? Or are we looking at a depression? Go have a read and leave a comment about what you expect 2009 to look like.
Qvisory – What is 2009 Going to Look Like?
Below are links to other posts on their blog that interest me:
Identity Theft: The scariest thing you shouldn’t care about – This was my last Qvisory post and I wanted to plug it again because I liked it so much.
5 Questions Not to Ask in a Recession – That link is for the post on Qvisory. Click here for the original post as it appeared on Weakonomics.
Utilities Gone Wild – Jason Simon, my buddy over at Qvisory wrote a post about moving his financial management to Mint.com’s wonderful service. He talks about the wild realization that he spends too much money on utilities. Hop on over and have a look. Then sign of for Mint and look at how much you’re spending on utilities.
Don’t be a tailgater – This is a great rant about those impatient drivers on the freeway. But it uses one of my favorite blogging techniques, taking a normal daily observation, and relating it to a bigger picture.
Is Our Quest to Accumulate More Stuff Destroying Us? – This fellow posits that our never-ending journey to get more “things” is a deterioration of ourselves. The Weakonomist is too shallow to go all philosophical on a blog, but the writer talks about a lesson he learned in engineering school. Engineering is all about trade-offs. It’s within the limits of math and physics to do “this” or “that”, but you can’t do both. This is something we encounter every day with our money. Right now The Sheconomist and I are working on some marriage finances. Do we have a luxurious honeymoon because we’ve never had a long trip together? Or do we save some money and cut back? She needs a new computer and wants a Macbook, we both want a flat-screen TV, and we’d like to bolster our savings. We can afford some, but not all of these things. What Americans struggle with every day though, is the reality that even if we could afford all of these things it wouldn’t improve our lives in any measurable manner. We have to learn to be content with what we have, else we are doomed to spend too much and borrow money leading to a massive recession and financial ruin. Oh wait..
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