Archive for October, 2006

My First Carnival Submissions

I submitted my post 401(k), Roth IRA, then Back at 401(k) to Carnial of Personal Finance #72 and Carnival of Investing #46. This is the first time I submitted to the carnivals and I’m glad that both carnivals accepted my entry. Woo hoo! Here are some other entries I particularly enjoyed in this week’s carnivals:
Carnial [...]

Book Review: The Automatic Millionaire

I read over the weekend The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach and here’s a review. See my other book reviews on this list.
The subtitle of this book is “A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich” (emphasis are mine). That’s a bold statement. Instead of a 9-step plan from Scott Adams or Suze Orman, [...]

I Love Southwest Airlines

Or should I say LUV, which is their ticker symbol?
Southwest Airlines is the only airline I know that will not charge you a fee for changing or canceling a non-refundable ticket. Things come up all the time. You can’t make it to your brother’s place or you want to go on a different date. [...]

Combatting Survival Instincts

Jonathan Clements wrote in the Getting Going column on today’s WSJ (link) about a theory dubbed “Lizard Brain” that traces the bad money management behaviors to our hunting and gathering ancestors. The theory goes that, deep down, the survival instincts inherited from experiences thousands of years ago tell us to:

consume more than we need
favor consumption today [...]