by Libby Balke | Uncategorized
My mother and I have a Friday lunchtime tradition. Each week, one person picks a restaurant, and the other person picks up the tab. (However, being that I’m dining with my mother, she tends to pay more often than I do, regardless of who picks the venue.) Last...
by Melissa Batai | Uncategorized
When you hit the grocery store for your weekly or monthly shop you know how quickly the trolley piles up and the bill rises. Saving money on groceries is one of the easiest ways to cut back on expenses, but it’s not always feasible to save on items you may feel are...
by Mike Collins | Index Funds, Uncategorized
Many people who work for a publicly traded company like to invest some of their money in stock issued by their employer. It is obviously not a good idea to invest everything you have in your company since you already rely on them for your paycheck too (just ask all...
by Libby Balke | Uncategorized
Last year, for the first time since getting married, my husband and I entered a new tax bracket for our federal taxes. We were interested to see what this would do to our effective tax rate, which in previous years had been in the single digits. Of course, 2013 was...
by Mike Collins | Frugal, Uncategorized
Once you’ve been living in the same home for a number of years you can start to get bored. Looking at the same furniture and décor year after year will have you yearning to switch things up. Unfortunately, any kind of remodeling or redecorating job will quickly...
by Jesse Michelsen | Uncategorized
Your choice of a point-of-sales (POS) system can identify the direction your business goes. Since POS is a critical phase of the sales funnel (this is where the customer takes the item and gets ready to pay for it) it is very important that you make the process...