Comments on: Found Money http://theweightofmoney.com/2006/10/found-money.html understanding the weight of money Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Budget Recap - October 2006 » The Weight of Money http://theweightofmoney.com/2006/10/found-money.html#comment-69 Budget Recap - October 2006 » The Weight of Money Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:40:18 +0000 http://theweightofmoney.com/?p=75#comment-69 [...] General Comments: Savings were intentionally unfunded. Due to early payments in September, only two credit cards were included in October spending – November will get an additional payment and, hopefully, some found money spending. Gas budget was originally set for $400 – commuting allowed me to have one tank of gas last for over a month. Eating out was under the original $200 budget but more than my $150 goal. [...] [...] General Comments: Savings were intentionally unfunded. Due to early payments in September, only two credit cards were included in October spending – November will get an additional payment and, hopefully, some found money spending. Gas budget was originally set for $400 – commuting allowed me to have one tank of gas last for over a month. Eating out was under the original $200 budget but more than my $150 goal. [...]

]]> By: Single Ma http://theweightofmoney.com/2006/10/found-money.html#comment-60 Single Ma Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:57:00 +0000 http://theweightofmoney.com/?p=75#comment-60 Option four sounds the best. I'd put $1,000 in savings to start a baby e-fund and throw the rest at debt (especially if this is CCs). However, if the interest rate on the debt is less than 5%, I'd do the opposite and put most of it in a high yield savings account where you can earn more than the cost of your debt. Option four sounds the best. I’d put $1,000 in savings to start a baby e-fund and throw the rest at debt (especially if this is CCs).

However, if the interest rate on the debt is less than 5%, I’d do the opposite and put most of it in a high yield savings account where you can earn more than the cost of your debt.

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