For one day only, JetBlue is selling last-minute flights for as little as $10 each way. The $10 fare is only for trips between Boston and Buffalo this weekend (departing on Saturday, returning on Tuesday or Wednesday). There are sale prices with similar departure restrictions on routes such as Boston-Chicago (from $59), Fort Lauderdale …
Spring Awakening! Instead of More Shopping, Try Swapping
If simply unloading your stuff is too much of a cold-turkey approach for you, consider swapping. Ideally, it’s a zero sum gain in terms of stuff, with one item gone for every “new to you” possession you acquire. And unlike shopping, post-swap you’re no poorer than when you began.
Spring Clean Out! Instead of Getting More Stuff, Get Rid of Some
The result will be that instead of clutter, you’ll have space and a refreshing sense of Spartan simplicity—and you won’t have to look at all that stuff you never use, and probably should have never bought. And instead of money disappearing into the cash registers of retail centers all over your neck of the woods, you’ll have some money …
Who Says Being a Cheap Wiseass (or a Wise Cheap-Ass) Doesn’t Pay Off?
Somehow It’s Your Money ranks in at number 2 on this list of the top 52 Frugal Blogs.
A Couple of Questions for Goldman Sachs
Let’s play Congressional Multiple Choice with Goldman Sachs. This week, helpful members of Congress are going to ask the gentlemen from Goldman, who were shorting the bejesus out of the mortgage market after the company feared the whole house of subprime cards was coming down. It will be something like: Tell us Goldman CEO Lloyd …
You Use Aspirin for Headaches? What an Amateur
Among the many strange, little-known uses for everyday products: Alka-Seltzer to clean the toilet and soothe insect bites! Aspirin to remove sweat stains from clothing, get rid of zits, and recharge your car battery! Bananas to polish leather shoes and tenderize a roast! Beer as a conditioner for extra-silky hair!
Duct Tape: It’s Not Just for Makeshift Fix-It Projects Anymore
A roll of sticky silver duct tape may also help fix your personal finance woes as well.
Someone needs to explain how markets work to the WSJ
Today’s WSJ op-ed page has a curious defense of keeping more-complex derivatives off exchanges. It goes like this: when someone (like John Paulson) takes a short position on a derivative (like a synthetic CDO), that’s really important information for the market to have since it signifies John Paulson’s opinion that the thing tied to the …
The Revolt Against Trendy, Elitist, Overpriced Yoga
Here’s what you absolutely need to practice yoga: your body, some time, and a little floor space. A mat helps. The long list of things you don’t need, but have somehow been deemed essential, includes $100 yoga pants, New Age-y music, incense, a fancy, upscale studio setting, and a superstar, big-ego instructor whom you pay handsomely to …
It’s a Deal: More Than 50% Off at REI
The Mega Deals section of REI.com has dozens of tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, and clothing items, all discounted by 50% or more off the original retail price.
Cell Phones: When Does It Make Sense to Drop the Contract and Switch to Prepaid?
Prepaid wireless is a clear trend: The fourth quarter of 2009 marked the first time that customers signing up for prepaid cell phones outnumbered new subscribers opting for contracts.
Is Greece’s tragedy in its final act?
After months of market turmoil, Greece’s government succumbed to reality and asked for a $60 billion bailout from its Eurozone compatriots and the International Monetary Fund. The rescue, once it is finalized, will likely calm markets for a while, since it will at the very least ensure Greece won’t default on its massive pile of …