Archive for February, 2009

Friday Stack: Big Spender Edition

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is proposing tax cuts as a means to help Israel out of a recession. However, I'm not sure I want to move there just yet. Dick Morris believes that the president is contributing to the slowing of the economy. The federal deficit will near $2 Trillion in ...

Optimism is our only choice

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

"Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again." "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. ...

Guest Post at BeingFrugal.net

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

If you look at many blogrolls throughout the personal finance blogosphere, one of the first entries is often Being Frugal. Being Frugal has steadily grown over the last two years and Lynnae recently added an internet radio show and a Redbook feature to her accomplishments. Check out my guest post ...

Friday Stack: Colorado Signing Edition

Friday, February 20th, 2009

A collection of blog posts and news articles that I found interesting this week: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will save over a hundred million dollars due to the American Reinvestment Act. I am happy that the stimulus is working out well for Mr Allen. One of the best videos that I have ...

Why do I blog? Part I

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

If you happen to be one of the two or three (I'm probably exaggerating) people who have been with me from the beginning, you know that the focus of Rocket Finance has changed several times in its nineteen month existence. My first model was Hustlermoneyblog, but I soon realized that I ...