This week’s Labor Day Edition of Millionaire or Bust came out a day later in observance of the holiday.
Here are today’s segments and the associated articles and links:
By the Numbers
- The Dow dropped 103 points from last week.
- Oil: Dropped $3.40/barrel in the past week to $68.75 from $72.15.
- Gas: Dropped 2.6 cents/gallon in the past week to $2.583/gallon from $2.609.
- 5 more bank failures bring this year’s total to 89, so far.
Which way is the wind blowing?
- Obama announces measures to make it easier to save more.
Stick It to the Man & Save Some Money!
- Property taxes: How to beat ’em!
Great Deal!
- Recession drives U.S. restaurateurs and diners to food trucks.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Maria Isabel // Sep 8, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Thank you for the outstanding information on what to do to lower your property taxes. I was surprised to find out that there are a variety of foods in Food Trucks. It is always good to know so that you can check them out.
2 Shawno // Sep 8, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Rolling Meadows, IL. I’ve been there.
And other than during the weekly farmers market, there aren’t any food trucks/food carts here in San Luis Obispo, CA. Which is too bad. We could use some of that action ’round here.
3 Fresh Start // Sep 9, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Opt out vs opt in, unused vacation days in cash or retirement savings, tax refund in cash or bonds, will help some people. However I personally feel that the real problem is a lack of education and planning with regards to personal finance.
I go against the conventional advice of setting up automatic transfers. I like to start with all the chips in one pile before I start sliding them off to where I want to put them. These changes basically slide a few chips to the side and we’re hoping that the chips get ignored, but the places that they’re sitting on get attention. I hope I’m not the only one who finds that counter-intuitive.
Anyway, I’m hoping that we don’t wind up with a generation of people going with the flow and letting the default options carry them through only to discover that retirement is something that you actually have to plan for.
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