Many fans of Your Money or Your Life are risk-averse and some have chosen not to have any involvement in the stock market at all.  Indeed, the first edition of Your Money or Your Life advocated that readers invest the majority of their money in U.S. Treasury …

One of the few personal finance blogs I read on a regular basis is Get Rich Slowly by J.D. Roth.  He had two great posts in the past few days that I wanted to share with you.  The first one was about

When we updated Your Money or Your Life last year, we took out a lot of the hints and tips on how to save money in chapter 6.   We knew that some of them had become outdated and that the Internet had emerged as a new and powerful …

A woman who attended one of our workshops in NYC recently sent me an article on how a family shed $106,000 in debt.  If you or someone you know is feeling overwhelmed by money issues, I encourage you to read this article and forward it further.  …

Last week we received the following email: Just wondering if you might address the issue of those of us who have recently lost everything financially when our long-time industries took a dive, and are starting over? It’s clear as a bell what “enough” is now. …

The U.S. economy grew at an unprecedented pace over the past several decades until the recession hit last year.  Many Americans made significant shifts in their lifestyles to accommodate the downturn and are waiting now for the economy to rally again.  Yet the U.S. economy …

When I first started to haggle years ago, I only did it at independently owned stores.  One of my favorite stories included how I secured drastically reduced prices at hotels during a six-week trip out West after college.  My technique?  I would always show up around 9pm …

On my walk home tonight, a homeless man asked me for a handout. I asked if he was hungry and he said yes.  But when I told him that I had homemade food at home that I’d be glad to bring to him, he politely declined. …

I just got back from a trip to my local grocery store where I saved 74% off my total bill. This is a new personal high for me and one that I thoroughly savored. Some people might be quick to dismiss such financial acrobatics but …

Did you know that we waste an estimated 27% of the food available for consumption in the U.S.?  That works out to approximately one pound of food wasted every day for every American.  I read these statistics in a New York Times article one year ago and was so stunned …