Here's wishing you all the best in 2017! May your net worth climb to the sky!!!! I'm taking today off to recover from the holidays, but I'll be back in a few days with new articles on how to make the most of your money. Several January posts will be reviews of how I did financially in different areas in 2016, so you're not going to want to miss those. For those of you … [Read more...]

Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!!! I hope those of you who celebrate Christmas have a wonderful holiday weekend. I'm taking off today and the weekend to be with family and hope you are doing something just as pleasant! I'll be back on Monday with a new money article. See you then!   photo credit: brx0 wreath via photopin (license) … [Read more...]

We spend most of the time here at ESI Money talking about how to grow our net worths -- the steps we can take steps to become wealthier. Today I'm going to shift gears a bit and cover a topic that often gets left out of financial blogs, but needs to be discussed. As you might tell from the headline, I'm talking about giving. It's a topic that is especially appropriate at … [Read more...]

If you're like me, every year you struggle to find holiday gifts for those on your list. I must have a solid 50% of my gift list who I would call hard to buy for. So with that in mind, I thought I'd offer you some suggestions (along with my thoughts) on items you might want to consider this holiday season. I've broken them into groups by theme just to make reviewing them … [Read more...]

Just wanted to wish all ESI Money readers a blessed and happy Thanksgiving. I hope you are enjoying a day full of family, food, fun, and football. I know I am! I'll have a post tomorrow for those of you who aren't heading out to shop with the hordes. I gave that up myself many years ago. I'll just concentrate on relaxing and cruising Amazon. Have an AWESOME … [Read more...]

They say that as you get older, you get wiser as well. I hope that's true of me, but I'll let you be the judge of that after this post. :) Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to list things I used to think about money but no longer do -- just to see how I've hopefully improved over the years. Or how foolish I used to be. Pick which you like better. With that … [Read more...]

In The Ten Worst Money Mistakes Anyone Can Make I listed the following as #7: Marrying the wrong person As I noted, this can be a double-edged sword. I stated: There are actually two major financial mistakes related to marriage: marrying a spendthrift and getting divorced. In this post I'd like to discuss the latter of these two problems. 50% of 50% of 50% of 50% of 50% is … [Read more...]

We all have brands we love, right? Those companies that for one reason or another we go back to again and again. I thought it would be interesting for me to share mine and for you to do the same! My Criteria But before we go there, let me detail the criteria I use before I decide to "love" a company: Good value -- It doesn't have to be the cheapest price (in fact, … [Read more...]