"First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for […]

Most personal finance sites (and DQYDJ is a personal finance site about 1/3 of the time!) have a disclaimer somewhere […]

I don't have a lawn right now - just a pile of leaves.  One member of the family doesn't mind […]

Today was the all time high closing price for the dividend reinvested, inflation adjusted S&P 500. I know that much […]

Is it true?  Is having less money to throw around and managing it on your own really an investment advantage?  […]

If there's one thing to be said about Finance sites (especially the blogs), it's that there is no shortage of […]

Has someone else already said something like this quote? "I've got a sense of time, but I haven't got much […]

Maybe it's a psychological thing - but us Americans (I can't speak for our Canadian friends, but I imagine they are similar) have a love/hate relationships with the things we buy. Specifically, we love new things and we hate used things - especially in certain categories. It's not a universal attitude, but this being ostensibly a personal finance site, it's an attitude we can try to examine.

But... why is that? It's not like buying used is foreign to us. I'd guess that most of us have purchased used cars and/or used houses - but used consumer goods is an area where few tread.

Below is a crude oil price return calculator for the price return on crude oil between any dates since 1987. […]

Summer so soon?  Got to love the Bay Area. We're working on building a guitar this weekend, haha. Moonlighting A […]