Own The Dollar
Personal finance blog for people tired of having their money own them. The blog discusses money, investing, saving, commentary, news, retirement, resources, tips, and help in plain English everyone can understand. Own the dollar. Don’t let it own you.
Latest Blog Posts
- Living With Less: Social Security and Many Companies Are Cutting Cost of Living Adjustments on Nov 20, 2009 in Economy Insurance Social Security
As if our pocketbooks weren’t already feeling a pinch from the economic downturn, now the United States Government—and even many employers are saying “No” to cost of living increases for 2010. The Social Security Administration announced ther...
- Ten Simple and Successful Strategies for Saving a Little Money on Nov 19, 2009 in Frugal Saving
If you’re one of the many people who live on a paycheck to paycheck basis, learning to save is necessary if you want to be able to meet emergency expenses as well as establish a savings plan for your family’s future financial needs and goals. Bel...
- Famous Quotes About Money and Investing From Philip Fisher on Nov 18, 2009 in Investing Famous Quotes
I don’t want a lot of good investments; I want a few outstanding ones. If the job has been correctly done when a common stock is purchased, the time to sell it is almost never.” – Philip Fisher Fisher is a fan of owning just a few individua...
- Buying a House Is Not Automatically Better Than Renting Now on Nov 17, 2009 in Economy Real Estate Home Buying Renting
For a long time, consumers believed that it was almost always better to buy a house rather than to rent one. When you purchase your very own residence, you build equity in an asset. For a long time, the price of a mortgage was close to the relati...
- Use Insider Information The Legal Way To Pick Winning Stocks To Invest In on Nov 16, 2009 in Investing Insider Trading
You should consider what a company’s executive officers are buying and selling when you pick which individual stocks to buy. I think that most of us know that insider trading is illegal. Just look at Martha Stewart and traders at Galleon and New Ca...
- Only 21 States Require High School Students To Take Classes In Personal Finance To Graduate on Nov 16, 2009 in Education Personal Finance
You may remember that I recently said that American teachers are not qualified to teach personal finance to our children in our schools. And, they still aren’t. The article turned out to be one of the most popular postings for Own The Dollar, a...
- Protect Yourself From Style Drift In Your Mutual Funds on Nov 15, 2009 in Investing Mutual Funds
A good mutual fund is usually one that sticks to its investing style. For example, a mutual fund that promotes itself to potential investors as a value fund should always look for stocks of companies that are trading at less than their true intrinsic...
