Oh, boy, good stuff to talk about. Hold on just a second…let me get out…*grunt*…the soapbox. *plop* Alright, here we go! *step* Hmm, there’s so much…where do I start? How about some of the headlines from the day:

Bailout bill defeated
Rejected: Rescue Fails 228-205
House Rejects Bailout Bill; Wall Street Shudders
Dow [...]

I’m a fan of Dave Ramsey. I respect him for the advice and commentary he gives, being straight-forward with his opinions, simple in his direction.
Dave really blew it on Tuesday, though.
On the way home from work yesterday, I caught the middle part of his show. He was on his soapbox, going on one [...]

I sat down this afternoon with the intent to buckle down and finally look into transferring my old company’s 401k into a Roth IRA. From what I’ve heard about other people’s experiences in general, I thought the process would be frustrating, time-consuming and paper-work intense.

My impressions were wrong.

April is regarded as Financial Literacy Month. How financially literate are you? Test your financial IQ with the Federal Reserve’s Personal Financial Literacy Quiz.
My classes, reading and listening to podcasts must be sinking in - I only missed two, #13 and #24. How did you do?
This test was given to high schoolers [...]