Recently, an individual contacted me asking how to calculate his net worth: I am trying to calculate my net worth, and was wondering if you would share the formula for finding the % change between two values. Calculating the change in your net worth over time is quite easy. Say you have an old net
Lately, this site has seen a lot of interesting and insightful commentary on various posts. While I am passionate about writing (and I hope it shows), the real value here is in the insights left behind by my readers. Here are five that really caught my eye that I’d love to share with you. For
My head is full of quotes from various cultural figures and I often like to use them in conversation when appropriate. I like to collect good ones on various topics, and so here are five great quotes on the topic of finances. Feel free to pilfer these and use them wherever you feel appropriate. For
Recently, I received an email from Nate, a reader of The Simple Dollar. He was wondering whether it makes more sense to invest or to pay off his student loans: I’m a regular reader of your site. I’m also a senior getting ready to graduate. I’m in an interesting situation and I was wonder what
Recently, I had a conversation with a reader named Ted. Ted works a full time minimum wage job and still manages to live in his own apartment, but unsurprisingly, he feels like he’s not getting anywhere financially. He had a pretty valid complaint about The Simple Dollar, that I write very little that applies to
Eventually, there always comes a time in which a serious financial talk is required. You need to have a heart-to-heart with your parents about their retirement plans, your significant other is spending too much, or your children are wondering loudly about their college plans. Most of the time, we put off these difficult discussions because
Yesterday, I received an email from a reader named Lauren. Here’s what she had to say: My husband and I have excellent credit scores (his 820, mine 814) but he does something that I am uncomfortable with. We are both very good savers, (age 56 and 55) he has his own business, I work and