Fire the Phone Company and Keep Your Landline with ooma

Save thousands, like the InvestmentBuddy by buying an ooma Telo and handset.

How To Buy Your New HDTV Television and Save a Bundle

So you want to buy a new HDTV (High Definition Television) and save a bundle of money at the same time.  This is a step by step process that you can repeat.
Back in 1995 I was in in a Target looking for a TV for an apartment I was using in a major US city [...]

Avoid “Go Along With The Crowd” Spending

There are many principles we are taught at an early age.  Some stick with us for life.  Your mother is almost always right, and the truths she taught you when you were in elementary school should stay with you through your professional and investing career as well.
We will assume for this session that you adhere [...]

The ONLY Way To Budget For Your Daughter’s Wedding

As you read trough the posts on InvestmentBuddy.com, you will pick up many helpful tips that will help you in everyday life.  But this one tip is worth all the time and energy it takes to read through all these posts.
Now the old InvestmentBuddy will not just speak in generalities here.  I’ll give you specifics [...]

The Secret of Life and Financial Freedom

I recently told him The Secret of Life and Financial Freedom. This little five minute talk is probably work between 1 and 2 million dollars, really.

GM Celebrates Paying Back Paxpayers – But it is With Taxpayer Money!

Last week GM had quite a celebration.  They held a fireworks style press conference with CEO Ed Whitacre.  I watched the event on CNBC where Phil Lebeau captured a SuperBowl style interview just as Mr. Whitacre exited the platform.  Other reporters were clamoring to gain an interview with the chief.
There was a great deal of [...]

Life Insurance – Term insurance vs. Whole Life

Life insurance is an essential part of your family’s plan for financial stability.  Most households have 1 or 2 breadwinners.  As you consider life insurance as a financial stabilizing measure, consider what the absence of the earning capacity would do to your entire family’s security.
There are many types of Life Insurance available.  The primary life [...]

Zombie Stocks – The Deals of the Decade?

There was a phenomenon that occurred in 2008 and 2009 that has never happened in the investment community in the USA.  Every stock in the financial sector got hammered.  Some large financial flagships like Lehman Brothers were taken out.  Investors lost billions.  Governments around the world shored-up the remaining wounded financial companies.  Many had their [...]

US Economic Stimulus Plan – Or How Much is $850,000,000,000.00?

First, the InvestmentBuddy thinks that the US should pass a simple law to keep everything in perspective.  Call things like you see them.  We should take the words “billions” and “trillions” out of the dictionary.  Most Americans have a concept of what a million dollars is.  Your can relate it to a very large home.  [...]

It’s A Boy! – Start That UGTMA Account

When is the right time to start investing in your child’s college education?  You can wait until you get home from the hospital.  After all, there are more important things to do then.  But don’t wait too long.  There are many important things you should do for your infant when  he or she is young.  [...]

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