Hardly a hot financial topic, but always an important one –- saving for retirement is often relegated to the back burner. The following five reminders are here to help you keep things simple and steady as you save for retirement. That way, you’ll never have to be concerned about what to do after you retire, except enjoy yourself during your golden age. 5 Golden Rules To Save For Retirement Golden Rule #1: Start Saving If You Haven’t Done... 

For an online brokerage that has great pricing as well as great ongoing promotions, check out OptionsHouse . Their services are for the active stock and options trader and investor. You can take advantage of their top-notch suite of tools (including Virtual Trading) and they’ll give you 100 free complementary trades when you open a real trading account, if you decide to get started with trading. They also have a few other promotions that... 

What’s another cheap meal you can cook at home ? How about baked beans? You can do a lot with baked beans. There are so many versatile ways we can use them, and they just sit in the cupboard until they are needed. They’re great if you are on a budget as well, because they are always cheaply available. Quite often they can be even cheaper if you buy them in bulk, so bear that in mind. But let’s get back to how you can actually use them.... 

It’s time for an update on the investment markets. I’ve got a set of new INO.com investment videos that may be of interest to market traders. Before we get to introducing these videos, I’d like to mention that the trading tool used to analyze recent market events is the INO tool called MarketClub . I’ve previously reviewed the MarketClub trading system here , but you can certainly see …  Read More →

How has the summer been treating you? On our end, it’s been great. Nice warm CONSISTENT weather, nothing too hot nor too cold. Kids have been attending their summer schools and next week, my eldest is attending his first computer camp. The interesting thing about these summer camps that I’ve learned thus far is this: some can be pretty cheap while others cost an arm and a leg. Kid Summer Camps: The Cheap and Not So Cheap This year,... 

Want to start saving more money ? Try DIY home improvement jobs! How many times have you glanced around your home and thought, “That room really needs painting,” or “I should really get around to redoing the bathroom”. If you’re like the rest of us, you will no doubt have had a few instances when this has happened. But the thing you need to ask yourself is whether or not you can do the necessary job yourself, or whether you need to call... 

Billing itself as “The World’s Most Prestigious and Versatile Credit Card,” Barclays’ Visa Black Card has garnered a lot of attention in recent months. What does this card offer to its users and who can benefit the most from it? If you like the idea of exclusive deals, then the Visa Black Credit Card might appeal to you. Barclay claims to limit this particular card to 1% of U.S. residents. And it’s made of patent-pending... 

If you have ever looked into making money online you may have already come across HubPages. I came across the site HubPages.com just over two years ago, and even though I haven’t created many hubs since then (my total count is currently seventeen) I have plans to add a lot more. Make Money With Google Adsense & HubPages Why is this you may ask? Well I have discovered that it is well worth creating these short articles known as hubs, mainly... 

Barbecues are fun and sociable occasions. But if you are hosting one, you can easily spend a lot of money on it. It doesn’t have to be like this though. You can budget for a barbecue just like you can budget for anything else. Some people can be good at budgeting all the time. But when it comes to buying food for a barbecue they just go out and blow the budget big time. This is why you need a plan of action to follow before you start. Not... 

If the idea of investing intimidates you, then you might be interested in a company that allows you to buy stocks online without a premium price tag. Or maybe you’ve already tried a few online stock brokerage firms , but you want the simplicity of automatic investing. This time out, let’s take a look at ShareBuilder . ShareBuilder is offered…  Read More →

We’ve got the government stepping in to regulate a lot of the credit card industry (recall the age of tighter credit ), the banking industry and even debt collectors and their practices . They’re stepping in to take a look at cell phone carriers now. In a surprising move by the FCC, regulators are pushing forward some proposals that would require cellular telephone carriers to begin notifying customers of charges that exceed their plan... 

Having problems with an upside down mortgage ? All is not lost. Believe it or not but miracles still do happen. Imagine how this New York couple must have felt when a reputable bank instituted foreclosure proceedings against them. How can they win, one might ask? They must have prayed for a miracle. Lo and behold! A miracle did occur. Thanks to a sympathetic judge in New York. Yes, there are still kind people out there who protect the financially... 

Here’s the latest on the investment markets. I’m presenting a few investment videos that give us a peek into what a market analyst thinks will be happening in the near future. With things a bit unstable right now, maybe a look at the markets through the eyes of someone with more than a bit of trading experience will be helpful. Not saying you should heed everything this technical analyst says, but checking out some of his prognostications... 

So you’ve finally been able to start putting money away for the next rainy day. You’ve been socking it away into an ordinary savings account where you might be earning ½ % interest or less. Are you wondering what you could be doing with your savings that might make it start to grow? If you’re not, you should be. Here are a few ways you …  Read More →

Last time, I talked about how I’ve been growing carrots in my garden . Well, I’m doing the same with potatoes! I have a clear memory of going out into the garden last year and digging my hands down into the soil to rescue some home grown potatoes. Until we actually tried them for ourselves we couldn’t believe the difference in flavor when compared to store bought ones. Delicious Image from Insightful Nana So I started getting a...