Happy New Year!!
I wish you a fun and prosperous new year.

Be Careful Which Gift Cards You Buy!
I have a $40 Sharper Image gift card. Sharper Image is closing down all stores. What should I do with the gift card now?
6 (relatively painless) ways to save money this holiday season
Monogamoney shares some tips for us to save money during this holiday season. I like tip #1, [...]

How to Construct Your Financial Network Map
This is pretty interesting article from Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. The financial network map allows you to see how your financial accounts are inter-connected to one another. For example, a savings account may be linked to a checking account which may be linked to a credit card account. I [...]

New York City sees the economic downturns cripple down to the city level. With a gigantic budget totaling about $59 billion, there seems to be an endless supply of money, but Michael Bloomberg is working hard to further reduce costs and cut down on unnecessary spending.
Michael Bloomberg just signed in for the third four-year term [...]

Obama Becomes the 44th president and the first African-American president in the United States. During the late night on November 4th, the results had come in. Obama exceeded the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. It is now the era of the “Change We Can Believe In.”

The 2008 U.S. presidential election is only one day away, on November 4, 2008. I want to do a post on the presidential candidates, Obama and McCain, and how they will affect your money. During my research, I found a great article on Yahoo and in that article CNN Money has done all the research [...]

This week’s links roundup.
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Natalie MacNeil has trouble answering the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” She wanted to be so many things when she grows up, so it was difficult to pick only one. Well, I found this post interesting because [...]

The daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 and the official clock will be moved back one hour at 2:00 am. That means when the clock strikes 2:00 am, it will turn to 1:00 am. Remember to adjust all your clocks and replace them with fresh batteries if necessary.
In spring, we have to [...]

The U.S. presidential election is on November 4, 2008, only 2 days away. I have been following the news on both campaigns and watching both parties debate/fight on TV. The race is heated up and there is little time left. According to CNN’s estimate, Obama has 291 electoral votes while McCain only has 160 electoral [...]

Here is some humor for Friday. I received the following content from DavidDT at Trading to Win. The original link is here.
New Financial Definitions
CEO —Chief Embezzlement Officer.
CFO— Corporate Fraud Officer.
BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.
BEAR MARKET — A 6 to 18 month period [...]