Tweet I’ve often expressed the similarites between corporate and personal finance, and both have pinnacle theme essential to success: Cash Management. Since I graduated with my Bachelors in Business & Administration 7 years ago, I’ve rotated within numerous different finance/accounting roles for several global fortune 500 companies. One of the important roles I assumed was in […]
Variable vs Fixed Costs
Tweet I’ve often said that corporate and personal finance are two very interrelated worlds. Here in Michigan, we have elected a governer with a high business acumen, as well as elected a mayor of Detroit with a corporate background. The public realizes that the government needs to run in a similar fashion to the corporate business model, and the […]
Forget About The Low Hanging Fruit
Tweet One of the most important aspects of personal finance is that we spend less than we earn. After all, the only way to accomplish spending more than you earn is by taking on debt. Since the economic crash I’ve seen countless articles give the finance concious a way to lower expenditures in hopes of […]
Living the Cash Only Life
Tweet It’s no secret that one of the worst types of consumer debt to hold is in the form of credit cards. Despite the increasing savings trend since the economic fallout, the average household still carries an average of $14,743 of credit card debt. What’s even worse is that those credit cards carry an average […]
Learning Personal Finance the Fun Way
Tweet I have seen a lot of discussion topics on teaching children financial management at a young age so that they will carry the principles with them throughout life. We need better education in the school systems at the elementary level, and parents need to teach money management techniques to their children as well. Where […]
Automating Your Finances? Beware!
Tweet You will hear many financial planning professionals tell you that automating your finances is one of the best ways to save, invest, and keep a budget. You can direct deposit your paychecks, have your employer automatically deduct 401k and health insurance premiums, have ALL of your monthly bills auto-debited from your bank account, […]
5 Reasons I’m Not Crazy About Costco
Tweet I feel like I should change the name of my site to the “Top 5 Blog”. The format allows me to complain…errr, explain my view points in a very succinct and readable format. I’m pretty sure that whenever my blog is ready to support affiliate marketing I will have alienated so many mainstream companies […]