Best Free Computer Software
Believe it or not, some things are free. Freeware, or software provided without a cost, is surprisingly plentiful. In fact, many of the high cost popular programs like Microsoft Word and Anti-Virus software packages have free alternatives that are worth checking out. Before you shell out your hard-earned money they next time you have a need for a new program, consider some of the following freebies:
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Stewart Tears Wall Street A New One
Truly a great video…a little dark but a must watch!
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Buffett Gives His Thoughts
In this series of videos, Warren Buffett talks to a group of MBA students and candidly answers their questions, much like he does at his Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meetings. There many of these and they provide an interesting insight into his mind and rationality for his actions. He makes some excellent points and his methods are deceptively simple. Now, The Oracle of Omaha:
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MYM Mailbag # 4
Do you have any questions you would like MYM to answer? leave a comment or send us an email.
Hi, I was looking over my school loans and had a quick question. I have a variable interest rate loan and the interest rate is 5.8%… I would really love to fix that loan to ensure the same monthly payments. Any idea how long the rate will stay this low and when/why it will go higher? Essentially, I would like to get another lender to fix this loan I have but would like to do so when I could get the best possible fixed rate. Thanks
- Brad
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The Coolest Stuff You Don’t Need
Among a few others, Uncrate was put together by Zombie Corp, and they have done a really nice job on each of their sites. There is a veritable smorgasbord if items that will put you in awe of the power of consumption as well as flex its ability to present things that you have never even heard of. From items that are simply unpurchasable by any mortal, to the lowly set of emergency cuff links. Actually, how about every cool pair of cuff links for that matter? Don’t get us wrong, we are not saying you should run out and blow your new found cash from Uncle Sam, but its fun to window shop…
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What Will I Receive in the New Stimulus Bill?
What’s in the 407 page stimulus bill that will actually affect the normal taxpaying citizen? Because of the enormity of the bill and the various sectors it reaches, whether you realize it or not, this bill will affect you in many ways. As for as actual provisions that put immediate money in your pockets, there isn’t a whole lot. However, there are a few sections of the bill you should know about like the tax credit that will make your paychecks bigger, retiree tax checks, and tax breaks for new automobile owners. Below are what we feel are a the most relevant sections of the new stimulus bill that matter to you.
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Review: The Cure for Money Madness
[UPDATE: An interview with the author can be found here.]
General overview:
Spencer Sherman is a financial advisor who underwent a transformation early in his career that amounted to somewhat of a revelation. This book is a product of that, intending to convey your own transformation in how you view money.
He refers to common fears and behavior around money as “Money Madness.” He goes through several steps in allowing the reader to analyze their own financial upbringing where he ultimately wants to reform the reader and have them eliminate debt, stop over spending, resolve disputes with significant others, and basically end the worrying that so many of us do about money.
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What is the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit?
Congress has been blamed for pushing homeownership so much so that in part, they helped our subprime crisis evolve. After all, it’s easy for them to turn a regulatory eye when their constituents are happy and in nice homes. Having said that, in a desperate move to try to get people to buy homes again (this time to rejuvenate the crippled market) they have made law in the recently passed stimulus package an $8,000 tax credit for first time homeowners.
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The Crisis of Credit Visualized & Cleverly Explained
Jonathan Jarvis creates a clever, easy to understand video of the credit crisis and how things work. It goes into complicated investment vehiceles and fiancial structures and is actually very imformative. It lays a little too much blame on Greenspan, but this is a video you will want to watch and share with your friends and family. Its important that we understand how these things happen…
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Review: Dear Mr. Buffett
General overview:
While the events of our market downturn are still fresh, Tavakoli writes a compelling line of events explaining what happened and why. Then on top of that she discusses what Warren Buffet thinks and what he would have done differently.
Maybe I didn’t realize the level as to Tavakoli’s expertise but it is expansive. Not only does she run her own firm, but provides information and guidance to the media. She was one of the few that touted warnings of the market crash and has deep insight to the inner workings of our economy.
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Don’t Let Advertised Savings Trick You into Spending
Don’t you love it when people go shopping and come home with bags of new merchandise and justify their budget busting spending by saying, “I saved more than I spent.” When I go to the store and get tempted into buying something that is on sale, but wasn’t on my original shopping list, that the best bargain is to simply keep my money. I know, it’s a hard concept to grasp, but actually resisting the urge to spend is a better deal than buy one get one free.
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Review: The Ascent of Money
General overview:
For any one that loves money and history, this is the book for you. Ferguson does a fantastic job of telling stories and recapturing the events that lead to the environment that we know today. He successfully takes us from the origin of the word “bank” all the way to the IMF and does an excellent job relating it to today’s financial atmosphere. Niall Ferguson has written a few other books and reading this makes me interested in reading his other work.
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How to Save Money on Electronic Purchases
If you do the majority of your shopping for electronics at Best Buy, Circuit City, or RadioShack then you are most likely overspending-especially on smaller ticket items like computer hardware and cables. In many instances, I have seen markups of well over 100%; Monster Cables are a great example of this. In order to get the biggest bang for your electronic buck, shop the internet…
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Interview with Aisle 19’s CEO
We spoke with Aisle 19’s CEO David Rutz and we would like to share those Q and A’s with our readership so that they can best judge for themselves the merits of their offerings. Take a look and see what you think…comments always welcome…
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Aisle19 Answers
We have been getting quite a bit of our readers writing in regarding Aisle19 (read here) and whether its on the up and up. We are going to compile some of the debates from both sides in an unbiased fashion but in the interest of full disclosure, we did get a message from Aisle19’s CEO on the issue. We hope to get in touch with him again soon and ask him a few questions directly.
In the meantime, lets take a look at what people are saying…
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