Well my book is finally published. It can be purchased at www.publishamerica.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, and at www.amazon.com .
The ISBN # is 1-60563-730-0
The book is a motivational autobiography for High School students trying to go through college. Through perserverance, a strong faith, and the ability to use Cross-Country running, I got my degree.
With tough economic times on us, we often look to establish or build financial streams of income to our accounts. I recommend that you also start setting up streams for savings. You can open another checking account. You don't need any ATM cards just a few emergency checks for that rainy day.
If you have a Paypal account, work to build it up and keep a steady flow of some dollars in it.
Use your savings account to build for an emergency or a vacation or extra fuel expenses. You can make these accounts as large as you possibly can build them. If you can find a good interest investing account, set up a fund to start making some cash on the side through your savings. However, as bad as it is now, you won't make a lot.
Still Streams for Savings can be vital if major economic surprises come along, which they will.
It was leaked last night that another package might be on it's way in the late fall. No confirmation on this yet. It was just mentioned by word of mouth. Evidently the economy take a bigger hit this summer with the rising cost of gasoline.
Several financial Institutions are trying to establish a 401k debit card for retirees. This could be good but also bad for senior citizens. It is good, because it easier for seniors to get funds that they need for necessities instead of waiting for their check. It is bad because, it makes it easier for someone to loot their life long savings. Oh one other bit of information. There is a fee by the financial institution for using the card each time. You knew that they would get theirs.
I usually don't like to talk about personal things like what to do with money and I still won't. However, I would like to tell everyone about a unique blog that I came across. With your stimulus checks coming in, you might get some good ideas from this blog on how to use or save your money.
The name of the site is Get Rich Slowly. Evidently, this blog has been here for about three years. The individual who developed it was 35,000 dollars in debt three years ago. Now he is debt free. Along the way though he has had many ups and downs. the experiences that he relates is very interestin. You may want to check it out.
He also has a blog that refers to ING Direct. I took the time and checked it out. I was impressed with their savings plan. For those of you interested in savings, checkout their "Orange Account".
I know that the government wants us to spend the money. However, the way things are going with the economy, Maybe putting at least some away ism't a bad idea.
