First of all does social saving really exist on any level?  Not really, that’s why we need The Kitty.  If there is anything such as social saving or social banking, credit (no pun) will go to SmartyPig for their ingenuity.  SmartyPig is a way to publicize what you’re saving for.  Talking about your goals has […]

I pride myself on being able to handle just about any situation thrown at me at work. There just isn’t anything worth getting upset about there. If I fail at something in my job, you will not notice, so therefore its just not that important.
This philosophy at work keeps me from ever getting […]

If you know what Facebook is then you might be delighted to know I now have a Facebook account. The link at the bottom should take you to a page to add me as a friend, but if it doesn’t, just search for friends using Weakonomist as a keyword.
Friend me on Facebook!
I’ll make a […]

I hope you enjoyed my book reviews. From the looks of things over the last week, you didn’t. No matter. I don’t do many book reviews. Of the 3 books I read this past week, only one is relevant to our subject matter, a review will probably show up sometime in […]

As promised, and I know you’ve been ancy all week, here is a short list of books I want to read.  You won’t really find personal finance books on Weakonomics simply because there is too much redundancy.  If you don’t understand the basics of investing by now its because you haven’t tried to learn.  Read […]

Well I knew it was bound to happen at some point.  I’ve got posts written, but they aren’t on my home machine and I have no way to get them up and running until tonight.
So instead of writing up a quick BS post about personal finance of questionable quality, I’m going to open it up […]

Smartmoney.com thought they’d be clever and write a better post on some things your bank won’t tell you.  So maybe they didn’t copy me, probably because they’ve never heard of me.  But that’s okay.  You’ve heard of me and that’s all that matters.  Actually that’s a lie, I want more people to have heard of […]

Welcome to the weekend edition! Its been quite a rough week for me. As you may know, many of the banks announced their 2nd quarter earnings this past week and the previous one. The news was not great, however it was better than expected. Those of you owning stock in […]

Today my parents are going to meet with their financial adviser.  A year or so ago I suggested they work with their bank to consolidate their money.  As my parents approach retirement age the importance of organized finances increases.  My mother asked me to jot down a few things she should discuss with their […]

Yesterday, we took a gander at the highlights so far in 2008.  Today I’ll attempt to predict the future.
I hate to make too many guesses.  As I’ve learned from a book I’m reading, even the best stock pickers are only right about 60% of the time.  So how right am I going to be by […]