A Penny Wise or a Pound Foolish
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In addition to be being celebrated as Halloween, the 31st October 2011 is also World Savings Day. I never even knew that such a day existed! About World Savings Day This wonderful day, originally known as World Thrift Day was first started in 1924, in Italy at the first International Thrift Congress. […]
I read in a local newspaper that the Central Bank of Barbados will be offering a savings bond issue. This is the sixty-eighth issue of government bonds, and they went on sale on Monday, 3rd October 2011. I’ve never bought savings bonds before, but I think that it’s a good […]
A good financial plan should include an emergency fund. An emergency fund, which can go by many other names including “just-in-case money”, “emergency money” and “if something bad should happen money”, is money that can be used to cover unexpected emergencies when they arise. When I got my first full-time […]
I recently joined a Facebook group called Caribbean Bloggers Massive and I posted a brief introduction about Odd Cents. I received a comment from another member of the group which said something about an “adult piggy bank” which inspired me to write this post. When I was younger my grandmother […]
I save two dollar bills. Yes, I save every two dollar bill that passes my way. Whenever I make a purchase and I receive a two dollar bill as change, I tuck it away in a little corner of my purse. When I get home, I put it with my […]
Although I work in the financial services sector, I could not describe to anyone what a mutual fund was. I had no definition in my mind other than it being yet another type of investment. So, I decided that it was time I did some research on mutual funds. A […]
The children are going back to school after a long summer vacation. Some of you might be smiling, but others are worried about lunch money, bus fares, never ending traffic and the aches and pains that are characteristic of a new school term. I know that feeling. I will go […]
There are so many ways to save money and to cut back on spending. It’s an exercise that can really make you re-think your spending habits. When I decided to revamp my spending habits, it was not easy. It is a very hard process that calls for dedication and focus […]
