Reader and commenter Rob, who owns a full 1% of the comments here at Clever Dude (we have thousands), posed a question to me via email this past weekend. We had a good discussion of ideas and I got his permission to write about it. I will warn you … [Read more...] about Temptation in the Workplace, and Accountability
Today, let's talk about opportunity costs. It's a term you often hear in the business world in relation "the cost of an alternative that must be forgone in order to pursue a different action". But it most certaintly relates to your personal finances … [Read more...] about Calculate Financial AND Opportunity Costs of Your Decision
When I graduated college with my business/IT degree and got my first corporate job, I saw many of my coworkers going off to college again to get their technical masters or MBA. I wondered whether I should do the same. Six years later, I'm finally … [Read more...] about Deciding when to get a masters degree
I've been wanting a chance to speak about finances with my cousins "Conner" and "Emily", and I finally got the chance this past weekend. While wandering around State College, PA, I asked both my 13- and 17-year-old cousins if they knew what a credit … [Read more...] about Talking money with my teenage cousins
Casey, a subscriber and commenter here at Clever Dude, had some great comments on our article Examine Your Motives: Buying A Home, so I asked her to make her comment into a full article. Casey and her husband are in their early 30s and currently live … [Read more...] about Renting vs Buying a Home: A Detailed Calculation
Wow, this was a busy week. So busy that I didn't even get to read the 116th Carnival of Personal Finance until today. Advanced Personal Finance did a great job of hosting, even though I was stuck in the next to last slot under the section … [Read more...] about Best Finance Articles from Carnival of Personal Finance #116
