Weekly Recap – February 3rd, 2013

Common Cents Wealth: Budgeting 101

• Budgeting can be very simple and beneficial, yet the majority of people do not have a personal budget.  This article teaches you how to create a very simple budget to start tracking your income and expenses.

Young Adult Money: How to host a great Super Bowl party on a budget

• Just in time for your Sunday afternoon plans, here’s an article on how to save money on your Super Bowl party.

Bible Money Matters: ReadyForZero Review: A Program To Help You Pay Down Your Debt

• It seems like almost everyone is trying to get out of debt these days.  This article overviews a program that helps you do just that.

Budgets are Sexy: Do You Know What Your “Debt-to-Income” Ratio Is?

• This is a great article describing what your debt-to-income ratio is and why it’s important.

Yahoo! Finance: Dow Will Hit New Highs Before Crashing 50%

• This article is kind of a downer.  I know it’s just one person’s opinion, but another drop of 50-60% in the market would hurt just about everyone pretty hard.

Dinks Finance: I chose love over money. Was I wrong?

• We all have to make tough decisions at many points in our lives.  This article describes one of these pivotal times in life.

Chicken Scratch (Wife’s Blog): It was fun. period.

• My wife and I were able to go to the fun. concert on Wednesday, January 23rd (my Christmas present to her) and this is her recap of the night (along with a video of the finale, Some Nights).

-Jake-

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