I was reading The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley. It talked about how some of the multi-millionaire live like middle income or even lower middle income. When I talked about this with my friends, they rejected living well below their means because it sounds stingy. They also complained if they cannot enjoy their [...]
Entries from March 2008
Being furgal…
March 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: money · philosophy
Top 5 Reasons Why I Shop Online
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments
I spend almost all of my workday in front on computers. I have access to web and it’s so easy to buy anything. I used to buy a lot of thing based on impulses. Finally, I have learned to take advantage of the shopping online.
Research Good Deals: Now before making a purchase I research online [...]
Tags: money
Why invest before paying off auto-loan?
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Yesterday, I talked about how I was going to save and invest most of my income. Some of my friends asked me why not pay off my car first. So I did some calculations. My car loan is at 7.69% interest. My savings APR is 3.49% at HSBCDirect. And I am expecting 8-10% return on [...]
Tags: money
Living in 1/3rd of What You Make
March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
One of most common budget I have seen is like 10% for savings, 10% for charity and rest is for you to spend as you like. This is a great plan but I am always trying to minimize my spendings and maximize my savings and investments. A while back I decided to get rid of [...]
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