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• Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Effort May Cost More Than Exxon Valdez Disaster

  The oil company British Petroleum faces an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that is eventually expected to cost more than the Exxon Valdez tanker spill in 1989. The thousands of tons of floating oil threaten the gulf coast have caused Alabama... Posted May 12 2010, 02:44 AM by moneycoach with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: expense, environment, crude oil, gasoline, epa, disaster, environmental, bp, oil, british petroleum, valdez, exxon, gulf

• The Profitability Hurdle

  One measure of small business success: how long does it take to “break even” - and reach profitability? The biggest hurdle that one faces when starting a small business is the profitability hurdle: the time it takes between opening for business and the... Posted Mar 15 2010, 07:49 AM by moneycoach with | with no comments Filed under: risk, finance, business, budgeting, expense, business startup, small business, profit, break even

• Opening A Small Business: Its All In The details!

  Our small business adventure continues this week ... I have discovered that there are a huge number of things to accomplish when starting out in business. We are knocking them off, one at a time … and hoping we haven't forgotten anything. Projected... Posted Feb 10 2010, 04:40 AM by moneycoach with | with no comments Filed under: risk, finance, business, budget, expense, business startup, small business

• Chess and Financial Planning

  Effectively planning your financial life is not unlike a well-played chess game! As I played a game of chess yesterday evening against an unknown internet opponent, it occurred to me that there are many similarities between a well-played game of chess... Posted Feb 08 2010, 05:36 AM by moneycoach with | with no comments Filed under: risk, finance, personal finance, unexpected, budgeting, budget, household budget, expense, chess, kieseritsky, anderssen, immortal game

• Tax Changes For 2009

  In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes, wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1789. Well, its tax time again – time to file our annual reports on how we did – financially in 2009. And of course, to pay our share! In order to minimize... Posted Jan 10 2010, 10:05 PM by moneycoach with | with no comments Filed under: credit, money, finance, retirement planning, personal finance, homeowners, home buyers, real estate, savings, income, expense

• Have you created your budget for 2010?

  There are few personal finance tools more powerful, more necessary … and more unused … than the household budget. Few would attempt to run a business without a financial plan that charts the path between success and disaster, but it is far too common... Posted Dec 28 2009, 09:34 AM by moneycoach with | with no comments Filed under: money, savings, unexpected, spending, budgeting, template, budget, household budget, income, expense, plan