It’s becoming more of a reality with each passing day even if politicians are averse to use the proper term.
We are in a recession.
The combination of rising fuel costs, the war in Iraq, the rising price of food and the mortgage crisis in this country has put us in a severe [...]

I hung out with a fluid engineer who works for Chevron in San Ramon, CA. His job is to design oil pipelines that safely transport oil using the least amount of energy and money.
This dude is a total physics master, and he knows everything you could possibly know about pumping gas. He told me [...]

*** UPDATE (7/18/08) ***
$100 Gas Card Winners
1) Rose Anwar (San Francisco, CA)
2) tomfox (Chicago, IL)
3) Al (Daly City, CA)
4) Goddess in the Groove (Sacramento, CA)
5) Jackie (Eastlake, OH)
SmartyPig $100 Gift Card Winner
1) Gloria (Alhambra, CA)
The winners have been selected and will be contacted by email. Runners up will be selected at random if [...]

Bush’s economic stimulus plan consisted of three points.

1. $600 tax rebates to low to middle income Americans.
2. Revised tax deduction expenses for small businesses to stimulate entrepreneurship.
3. Doubled the loan limit of mortgages that qualify to be acquired by government organizations, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. (the media rarely discusses this point!!)

I have [...]

Because of the success of our last poll, “How are YOU Spending Your Stimulus Check?” we are running another poll this week.
Gas prices are soaring and are showing no signs of letting up as we head into the summer. n

How Have High Gas Prices Affected Your Everyday Life?

Cancelled a vacation.

Started carpooling.

Bought a more fuel [...]

People should be receiving their economic stimulus checks right now from the IRS. Individuals who qualify get $600 and married couples get $1200 + another $300 for children in the family (kids are finally useful for something).
Please participate in the poll below to share how you will be spending your $$!
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What are you doing [...]

Personal finance management can sometimes seem like a daunting task. With the amount of financial responsibilities people have today, keeping track of anything can prove to be quite challenging. However, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to be successful in personal finance management.
I’ve come up with a nice list of some [...]

The subprime mortgage bust has scared a lot of people away from the housing market. The nightly news is filled with images and stories of everyday Americans who are losing their homes because they made greedy and uninformed decisions, they were taken advantage of by predatory brokers, or a combination of these situations. [...]

Reader Sharon R. pointed out that Bankaholic was featured on Fox News TV in Tampa Bay, Florida on their 10pm nightly news segment.
UPDATE: HUGE thanks to Jonathan Green for helping me save the video and paste it here.