Don’t Quit Your Day Job – Personal Finance, Economics and Investing

Posts We Liked!

Which means you have to give them a chance!

• “Cash for Appliances Program – Clunkers in the Kitchen” – You guessed it, another stimulus is in the works.  Here’s Darwin’s take.  Hopefully cash for clunker laptops is next – the one I’m typing on now is racking up the years.  Of course, if it is, I’m delaying my purchase…
• “Matching College Costs and Salaries” – Interesting take on college major analysis.  Match your expected salary with your expected debt!
• “Trying the Cash Method Again” – I just posted on a restaurant which switched to credit and debit only.  What if you went the other way?  Paying only in cash seems to make one more careful when it comes to purchasing decisions.
• “Internships: Go for the Money or the Experience?” – I’d say listen to the author and intern as early as possible.  If your field generally has an unpaid year, then at least you’re getting paid for the rest of your college experience.  So… I’m biased towards experience.
• “Mixed Signals from Payroll Data” – Yes, unemployment is 9.7%.  The payroll report is so much deeper than that though.  Read through some of the other issues.

Carnivals

• “More Savings Help” was hosted in the 106th edition of the Carnival of Financial Planning at My Wealth Builder.  Check it out!
• “Part I: Does Increasing Tax Rates Increase Revenue?” was hosted in the Carnival of Personal Finance at Simply Forties.  Check out the carnival, and the sweet pictures.
• “The Minimum Wage Mistake” was hosted in the 24th edition of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights at Pecuniarities.

Popularity: unranked [?]

Related Posts

1. Carnivals and Links, Week of September 28
2. Carnivals and Links, Week of September 7
3. Featured Links and Carnivals, Week of September 21