Hardship leads to opportunity [caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Photo: topnews.in"][/caption] March, 2009 marked a low point in the global economy including world stocks. The gains have been great on the stock exchanges since that point despite continued economic struggles across the globe. The Associated Press reports that many markets topped 50 percent gains from March through year-end ...

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This is a guest post from Sierra Black, a long-time GRS reader and the author of ChildWild, a blog where she writes about frugality, sustainable living, and getting her kids to eat kale. Talking about money is one of the great taboos of our culture. I know more about my friends’ sex lives than I do ...

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Losing Everything [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Photo: worldconned.com"][/caption] Bankruptcy does not mean that all is lost, even if you think it is. Proper planning may have prevented this mess you are in, regardless of the events that led up this. A second chance to get back on your feet is possible after filing for bankruptcy. If you ...

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A Savings Need Saving money in anticipation of life’s difficulties is as old as the concept of money itself. Money has been saved since the very beginning when money was first invented. It is now required to save money. Emergencies can be hard to handle, and disastrous as well, if you do not have enough cash ...

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I last spoke about this back in October, and I’m afraid it fell off the viewscreen for a bit, but I learned yesterday that the “CALM Act of 2009″ (view on govtrack) passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote. Unfortunately, a voice vote means nobody can tell me how many voted for and how ...

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