Archive for the ‘Personal Finance Links’ Category

QuickHits: The 5 Easy Ways to Get Free Personal Finance Updates from PT Money

Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |

You may have noticed I made some changes to the way I’m presenting information here at PT Money. I thought I might take a second to revisit all the ways you can get more out of this website. There’s more to it than simply bookmarking it, or trying to remember to come back each day.
You [...]

Carnival of Money Stories: Halloween Candy Edition

Monday, October 26th, 2009 |

Welcome to the October 26, 2009 edition of the Carnival of Money Stories. Who doesn’t love a good story? And who doesn’t love some Halloween candy? I actually prefer to skip the candy corn and go straight for the chocolate. What about you? What’s your favorite kind of Halloween candy? While your thinking of that, [...]

Personal Updates and Links: New Insurance for this Bada$$ Blogger

Saturday, September 12th, 2009 |

It’s been a while since I’ve shared some of my personal updates as well as some of the more interesting things going on around the interwebs. I’ll take today’s post to get you up to speed.
Recent Local Blogger Meetup
I recently had the opportunity to meet another personal finance blogger that lives in my area. Jason from One Money [...]

Changing Jobs for More Money – Is it Worth It?

Monday, August 31st, 2009 |

I recently asked if you “would consider a move for more job opportunity?” As a follow up to that post, I’m sharing a guest post from Adrienne Carlson, who regularly writes on the topic of accredited online universities. Adrienne welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: adrienne.carlson83@yahoo.com.
Change Jobs = More Money

With the way [...]

Personal Finance: Get the Local Perspective

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 |

I little more than a year ago I created the Personal Finance Blogger Map. I initially thought it would only be a resource for us personal finance bloggers to connect with one another, plan meet-ups, etc. For that reason I haven’t really promoted it to you, the reader. But over the past year I’ve received many [...]

Would You Consider a Move for More Job Opportunity?

Monday, August 10th, 2009 |

Would you ever consider relocating to a city with more job opportunities? CNN Money recently released their Best Places to Live 2009 list. This year’s ranking was, for obvious reasons, heavily slanted towards cities that provided the most job opportunities. The top ten cities were:
1. Louisville, CO
2. Chanhassen, MN
3. Papillion, NE
4. Middleton, WI
5. Milton, MA
6. Warren, NJ
7. [...]

Into the Archives: August 2008

Friday, August 7th, 2009 |

Let’s take a look back into the archives. Here’s a few of my favorite posts from this month last year:

New or Used Car: A Reader Debates PT
Help Me Fix My Money Problems
10 Tips for Going to One Income
The Best Way I’ve Found to Truly Save Money

Have a great weekend.

Best Place for An Emergency Fund; And the QuickHits

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 |

Just received this email from my friend Aaron concerning high-interest online savings. Specifically, ING DIRECT’s Orange Account:
“I have a quick question for you. I have about 6 months of emergency savings saved up in a savings account at a regional bank. My friend was telling me how he moved his savings over to [...]