Yodlee Does a Better Job Categorizing My Expenses
Last week, when I logged into my Mint.com the first time in several months, I was shocked by how Mint categorizes the expenses downloaded from my Bank of America Checking account. I don’t know exactly how Mint processes the transactions, but it is just unacceptable to me that a popular financial product that is used [...]
Mint.com is Scary
Kind of.
Last night, when I was writing the post about manageME 7, I logged into my Mint.com account first time in many months in order to make some comparison I needed for the post. I mentioned before that I mainly use a desktop version of Quicken to track my finance, not the online version, despite [...]
ManageME 7 Review and Membership Giveaway
If you are using either Mint.com or Quicken Online to manage your finance, you probably have already heard the big news today that Intuit, owner of Quicken Online, is buying Mint.com. While changes can always be expected when such acquisitions occur, Intuit has promised to keep both popular online money management tool free for existing [...]
Cash for Clunkers Calculator
I didn’t pay much attention to the “Cash for Clunkers” program (the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program) because my 2000 Honda Accord is still in pretty good shape (though it has more than 115K miles on it already) and I have no plan to replace it. However, with so much talk about it, I [...]
Stretching An Entry Level Salary As Much As Possible
It’s not a secret that entry level salaries aren’t the greatest paying, but college graduates still need to survive and somewhat enjoy their lives. This is why I really wanted to write about how college graduates can stretch their entry level salary as much as possible. Don’t worry because today I [...]
Stress Testing Your Budget: How to Stay Strong in Tough Times
Money can be stressful. From earning to managing to spending, money consumes a large part of our lives and can even define how we feel about ourselves and how others view us, and that is during good economic times.
When times turn tough, any little cracks in our money handling run the risk of becoming giant, [...]
Alternatives to MS Money
Early last week, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Money Plus will no longer be available for purchase after June 30, 2009 and all purchased Money Plus products must be activated before January 31, 2011. The software maker cites the change in the market where banks, brokers, even third parties have started to offer their customers free, [...]
Free Online Money Management Tools That Make Your Life Easier
Are you using any free online personal finance tools such as Mint, Yodlee, Wesabe, or Quicken Online?
I am not really a big fan of online tools as I prefer to store sensitive information on my home computer instead of on a website. For example, I use Quicken Home & Business to track my investments and [...]
Make A Budget in Three Steps
When talking about living on a budget, people sometimes mistakenly equal it to living cheap. The fact is living on a budget has nothing to do with living cheap. Instead, it means living organized. Particularly, for those who live from paycheck to paycheck, a budget is the tool that lets them prioritize their spending and, [...]
Where Did Our Money Go?
As I continue to review our finance, where I have covered trading, passive income, and net worth so far, the next item on my list is to examine our spending last year. The reason I want to check where our money went is the increase of our cash in 2008. Though the gain of nearly [...]
