Month: May 2008

Tracking My Finances In May: Day 13

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $754.34 Expenses for the month to date: $2317.62 Net effect: -$1563.28 Well I must say that things look a little better this month with regards to income because President Bush stimulated me. Get your minds out of the...

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Why I Save Money In An Emergency Fund

One of the most important things about having your emergency fund is to decide why you need one. Everyone needs to have some sort of cushion to fall back on when times get rough but you still personalize it even more. I decided to get my emergency fund after watching an episode of Girlfriends. In this episode,, Joan had lost...

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I Signed Up For Social Spark

In my quest to save money and make money online I recently signed up for SocialSpark . This is a system much like PPP that allows advertisers to find you based on certain characteristics of your blog. The neat thing with Social Spark is that they have mandatory nofollow links so that you do not get slapped again for having...

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How I Save Money Gives Credit Report Advice

I was speaking about ways to save money with a coworker who mentioned that she wanted to buy a house soon. She was worried about the rate she would get because she knew her credit score was bad . This person, I’ll call her S, said she had a lot of unpaid medical bills and phone bills from her past. There were also a few...

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Carnival of Credit Report Stories For May 12

credit report stories – May 12, 2008 Welcome to the May 12, 2008 edition of credit report stories. KCLau presents Everything you are looking for about Bursa Malaysia posted at KCLau’s Money Tips , saying, "A list of sources for you to learn about stocks and shares" Madeleine Begun Kane presents Cautionary...

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