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Personal Finance By The Book

Beware of Percentage Budgets

September 15, 2010 by Joe Plemon 15 Comments

Beware of Percentage Budgets

You have seen those percentage budget plans which deftly tell you what percentage of your budget you should spend on which categories.  Yes, they are a good guide, but you need to beware: giving too much credence to those percentages could get you in trouble.

Filed Under: Budgeting, Dave Ramsey

How Those “Easy Payments” Can Wreck Your Finances

September 13, 2010 by Joe Plemon 24 Comments

John and Deborah are a young married couple with decent jobs, bringing home $5,000 a month. Tired of their hand me down couch, they responded to a newspaper ad which claimed, “Easy Payments: 24 Months Same As Cash!” Once they saw … and sat on the leather couch, they knew it (and the matching love […]

Filed Under: Debt, Dollars and Sense

Your Financial Compass: Knowing Which Way is North

September 10, 2010 by Joe Plemon 16 Comments

Some people could be left in the middle of a forest at midnight and still know which way is north. Not me. I have very little sense of direction but I do quite well with a compass. In the world of finance, with pressures bombarding from all directions and advice (good and bad) from countless […]

Filed Under: Biblical Thoughts On Finance, Dollars and Sense

Three New Car Purchases to Steer Away From

September 6, 2010 by Joe Plemon 16 Comments

Nothing like a new car. Right? After all…it is – new! It drives like new, it has the new car smell and you are the very original owner. But there are times when a new car is exactly what you don’t need. Here are three:

Filed Under: Debt, Dollars and Sense, Vehicles

Dealing With Disaster: Lessons From Job

September 3, 2010 by Joe Plemon 6 Comments

Job was a very wealthy man; a good man who suffered greatly – not only losing his riches, but also his children and his health. His so-called friends told him it must be his own fault and his wife urged him to turn his back on God. Can you identify with Job? Have you lost […]

Filed Under: Biblical Thoughts On Finance, Self Improvement

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