Archive for June, 2005

Three Months at The Wealthy Blogger

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Well, I actually missed the three month mark: The Wealthy Blogger turned three months old on the seventh. In that time we have had 78 posts and 288 comments. We’re seeing around 2000 page hits a day, and technorati reports 40 links from 25 sources.
Response has been good, with many of the incoming links being [...]

Creating an Amortization Table with Excel

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Ok, because I am not taxing my bandwidth enough as it is, I have decided to take a crack at screencasting. As a follow-up to my post on cash back mortgages, I have decided to do a small screencast showing how to create a simple amortization table using Excel.
You will need Macromedia Flash installed to [...]

What Does an Extra 0.6 Percent Hurt?

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

I was in the bank the other day and saw a bright pink sheet of paper advertising the latest mortgage rates. What struck me was the offer for 3% cash back on your mortgage, in exchange for a measly 0.6% increase on your mortgage rate. Hey, it’s only point six percent, surely that can’t be [...]

Frugality Versus Cheapness

Friday, June 10th, 2005

While browsing the Technorati list of blogs linking to us, I came across a less than glowing link in another blog entry titled The Lost (thank God) Art of Frugality
by Tommy Chang:

The frugal lifestyle, or being a cheap ass, is the advice that many self help books and websites, such as weathlyblogger.com give. [...]

Less Than the Cost of a Cup of Coffee a Day

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

I don’t know about you, but I hear this so much it is becoming a cliche. You turn on the TV and someone is asking you to support a charity or village in Africa, talking about how it is ‘less the the cost of a cup of coffee a day’. Heck, according to Craigslist you [...]

New Menu Thingy, New Forums

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Well I have decided to add a new menu thingy to this site, just below the lovely picture of the ocean at the top of the page. You will notice old favorites like the Blog, Blog Aggregator, Tools page, and About Us page.
What you may notice as being new is the link to the [...]

What is a Sunk Cost?

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

Last Friday I decided enough was enough, I wanted an Xbox. The problem was that I could not justify throwing down $250 for an Xbox and a couple of games, so I came up with a plan: Blockbuster recently introduced a new program where you can trade in your used DVDs for store credit that [...]