Supply, demand, oil and profit

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Just a few comments about the major economic story of the summer: Many pundits and politicians have blamed high gas prices on the lack of competition between the oil companies. I think that theory can be laid to rest. Competition is alive and well in big oil. The fact that we ...

Does a windfall cause you to overspend?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Do you lose track of "un-budgeted" income? Sometimes our plans for extra money don't add up. When we anticipate a tax refund or a stimulus rebate or a job bonus or other side income, we start to spend it before it actually arrives - and many times the math does ...

The Friday Stack: free money, stimulus, blessing

Friday, June 13th, 2008

After all of the money we made through cc bonuses and bank bonuses last year, I feel like I should be giving cash to the Hustler. The fact is, he has come a long way. There was a time when he was pushing the ethical boundaries of Sprint's dropped call ...

More frugal relativism courtesy of Wendys

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

One of the reasons that I took a new job that moved us several states to the west was that the job change allowed for more family time. And so far, I have had more time to spend with the family. Actually, might be home too much now and I ...

Saturday’s are for Coffee: Economic stimulus rebate checks

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

I am sitting here with my latest coffee flavor from Gevalia on a Saturday morning. We have heard a lot about the United State's government plan to revive our sagging economy over the past few months and in light of the news that the stimulus checks might be coming early, ...

The stimulus package is a crock

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

We talk about taxes quite a bit on rocket finance. I am generally in favor of any type of tax cut and/or reductions in government spending. Naturally, I have received several questions about the tax rebate that is part of the government stimulus package. Here are some of my comments and ...