Here’s an interesting question – is taking advantage of an exploitable bug in something inherently illegal? By luck and lots of playing, John Kane discovered a bug in the Game King video poker gaming system (this is true of a...

I’m not a big fan of moving. Every year for the first six years of my marriage, I moved. We moved across the country twice, and we moved houses in town. It was not pleasant. However, we’ve been in our current home for almost ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post talking about a weird charge on my bank statement and how it’s important to review your statements every month. For many people, ourselves included, reviewing credit card and bank statements are a mo...

With the Federal Reserve engaged in an asset purchase program designed to increase the money supply in an effort to stimulate the economy, many are starting to worry about inflation. Inflation represents a decline in the purchasing power...

Probably not… but I tried! We recently put in an offer on a new home and one of the fun parts of the home buying process is getting a mortgage loan. One of the fun parts of getting a home mortgage loan is finding out whether or you...

One of the more controversial (at least in financial circles) items to come out of the budget recently proposed by the Obama Administration is a cap on retirement accounts. The idea is to cap retirement accounts, preventing further contr...

Have you ever met someone who said they loved their cable company? I haven’t. We pay them a lot of money to watch television, surf the internet, and give us access to entertainment options we otherwise wouldn’t have access to...

College graduation is rapidly approaching for many students. Soon, graduates will be starting new jobs, and learning about how to operate in the “real” world. They will be leaving internships and classes behind and trying to ...

When my lovely wife was growing up, she’d work small summer jobs and put those savings into a certificate of deposit. Even back then, CDs weren’t exactly offering blockbuster yields (they never do relative to other riskier op...

We’ve covered the issue of money buying happiness a few times in the past (just look at the Related Posts below and you’ll see a few fine examples). However, the last time we even mentioned it was several years ago and there&...