This year my homeowner's insurance went up 9.5%. Unless you count the new installment fees ($2/month); then it's 12%. And last year it went up 18%, but at least that year they also raised my limits. So I called ( Read more... )

Today at a party I ended up asking someone if he had a plan for if his property taxes got too expensive. He had a very interesting idea on how to find a new place ( Read more... )

When buying homeowner's insurance, the recommendation is to insure your house for the amount it would cost to re-build it ( Read more... )

I got an interesting letter in the mail today from my pension fund. It says that due to changes in the 2016 federal income tax withholding tables, my net pension amount will increase next year ( Read more... )

Due to continuing underemployment at my house, I am looking into short-term jobs. First I applied again for jobs scoring teacher certification tests.

How to job huntStep 1: Apply for jobs ( Read more... )

As you may know, I-bonds have a two-part interest rate. One part is based on the rate of inflation over the past six months; this gives you protection against inflation. It changes every six months. The other part is a fixed rate that is basically added to the other part. (The actual, slightly more complicated formula is explained on Treasury ( Read more... )

I just read something interesting today over at The Simple Dollar: Light Bulb Showdown: LED vs. CFL vs. Incandescent. Holly Johnson says, "they’re now available for about $8 a bulb on Amazon [$54.98 for a 6-pack of Cree 9.5-watt (60w) LED * 6 Pack * - Soft/warm White (2700k) Light Bulb]. IKEA sells its own 60W-equivalent LED light bulbs for just ( Read more... )

X-bar (which I don't know how to type on many devices) stands for the mathematical average also known as the mean. (It looks like an x with a horizontal line over it.) To find the mean, add up all the values in question and divide by the number of values. You'll get a number based on all the values that is somewhere between the lowest and ( Read more... )

I like to think of wealth as savings, by which I mean things that you have that you can save for later use. If you already have things, you don't have the stress of trying to get them. For example, after a shopping trip, you may have enough food to last you for a week ( Read more... )

Because of the rising popularity of fracking, I've decided to get earthquake insurance.

The costI was hoping it would be cheap because earthquakes are (currently) basically unheard of here, and it is cheap. It's costing me $38 per year ( Read more... )