Category: Misc.
Misc.
Micawber’s Favorites – May 13, 2017
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Here are several of my favorite recent personal finance articles: What If Everything in Life Depreciated Like New Cars by Millennial Money Man As I have written about in the past, cars do more than anything else to destroy the wealth of middle-class Americans. The reason is that they depreciate so quickly. Spending so much…
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Unhappy in a Better Part of Town – Weekly Money Quote (May 8, 2017)
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Micawber’s Favorites – May 6, 2017
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Here are three of my favorite recent personal finance articles: “The Highlight Reel” by Ms. Montana at Montana Money Adventures This article is a great reminder that what we become is much more important than what we own. “Tooth Fairy Inflation” by NPR’s “Planet Money” Podcast What does the tooth fairy currently pay for a…
Investing, Misc., Saving
Micawber’s Favorites – April 29, 2017
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A roundup of some of my favorite personal finance articles: I am a licensed CPA. Although I don’t work full-time as a CPA I do run a small tax business on the side, so February through April is a very busy time for me. I always vow to keep writing regularly during this time but…
Investing, Misc., Saving
Start Your Own Self-Insurance Company
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I recently started my own self-insurance “company”. Here are some details about my new company. Startup Costs: $0 Startup Time: 30 minutes Business Purpose: Take on an increased, although still small, part of the risk of driving a car, owning a home, and purchasing appliances and electronic equipment. Revenue: Modest but steady. Right now…
Budgeting, Investing, Misc., Saving
Happy Money: Principle Five – Invest in Others
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“I have listened to thousands of sermons on the urgent need to give. I find myself wondering why it is that preachers never talk about how much fun it is to give.” Jon M. Huntsman Sr. Businessman and philanthropist Jon. M. Huntsman Sr. is a world class giver. He has given away about 1.5 billion…
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Money & Happiness – Weekly Money Quote (March 20, 2017)
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Happy Money: Principle Three – Buy Time
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“Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.” – Annie Dillard “By switching to a new game…time becomes the only possession and everyone is equally rich in it by biological inheritance. Money, of course, is still needed to survive, but time is what you need to live.” – Rolf Potts In a recent…
