Money

Money-Saving Gas Tips

Gas prices suck…a lot. That is all. While perusing my local car forum, a member who has been working for the petroleum industry for 31 years posted some neat tips and interesting facts about pumping gas and saving money.
Tip 1: Buy in the early morning
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the [...]

3Apr2008 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

Best Funds for 2008

After hours of tedious research, poring over reports and pretty much sacrificing our personal lives for the cause we bring you the best actively managed mutual funds to be in for ’08.
Our criteria is this:

Low fees
Low minimum investment
5 star Morningstar Rating
Funds that avoid investments into Sudan (using this screen http://www.sudandivestment.org/home.asp)

Large Cap— Fidelity Value Discovery Fund [...]

10Mar2008 | Molifeney | Comments | Continued

Eat Undervalued Stocks For Breakfast

The investing greats say to buy stocks as you would your groceries: look for the bargains!

Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities, they should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.
Those are the [...]

11Jan2008 | Greg | Comments | Continued

a year ago on ybpguide

Wine Tasting
Whether you are a novice or a wine connoisseur, every YBP should know the basics of wine testing. Knowing how to taste wine properly will help you appreciate the drink more and it’s also a good conversation piece for cocktail parties. I recently visited Vinopolis, a wine tasting attracting in London that offers a [...]

11Dec2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

how to fix middle-class black american mobility

just in case you weren’t aware, black is the new green. more specifically, being in the black is what stepping up your financial game is all about. a recent article in the economist (a magazine i highly recommend you subscribe to) lays it out for us:
…Only 31% of blacks who were children in 1968 and [...]

5Dec2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

Africa Update

Some good news updates from The Continent (and a cool pic of Cape Town). I think I’ll try to make this a regular feature. Check ‘em out:
President George W. Bush will visit Africa early next year to check out some U.S.-sponsored HIV/AIDS programs and pressed Congress to approve a doubling of funds to combat [...]

2Dec2007 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

Where’s Booker T. now?

Are we still suggesting people “pull themselves up by their bootstraps?”
By now, some of you have probably read about how getting or remaining in the middle class for blacks is much harder. Here are some excerpts from a recent column on race and class in America:
“The ‘rags to riches’ story is much more common in [...]

23Nov2007 | Eugene | Comments | Continued

Socially Responsible Investing

Most of us….Ok, check that ALL of us, like to make money. What you do with that money varies from person to person, but it’s rare to come across someone that does not like making money. What happens when how you make your money doesn’t feel so good anymore?

Socially responsible investing injects [...]

26Oct2007 | Molifeney | Comments | Continued

Can a Sinking Dollar Actually Make You Money?

Few people give thought to how much a burger costs in Botswana, but the global value of our currency could have huge implications here at home. The U.S. dollar has been under pressure in recent months, but what does that really mean to us?
First, lets explore some advantages to a strengthening dollar:

Lower prices on imported [...]

23Oct2007 | Greg | Comments | Continued

ybps: get off the real estate bandwagon

lets chat for a second, shall we?
watching hgtv is a good thing. i can even say that watching shows like ‘flip this house’ can be educational and entertaining, but let’s be real. just because you have your broker’s license, watch these shows religiously, and live in atlanta doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to make [...]

12Oct2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued