Earlier this week I got Lady Money Wizard’s car detailed. Who knew you can buy the new car smell for $70 on Groupon? Anyway, as I was filling out my appointment information, I noticed something interesting. I had to specify what type of car I had… She drives one of those small SUVs, and after […]

Hey everyone, Welcome to the 7th net worth update of 2021 and number “too high to count” over the life of the blog. If you’re new here, every month I track my progress towards my goal of about $1 million in net worth (house excluded). I’m hoping that amount will let me leave my white […]

So the other day I was doing what frugal money bloggers do best (browsing through thrift stores) when I came across a find that I was helpless to resist.  An enormous, oversized edition of LIFE magazine. Naturally, the giant George Washington dollar bill on the front meant this magazine and I would have some shared […]

The latest news from the My Crypto Wizard newsroom: China banned bitcoin. Kind of… The details are somewhat nuanced, so we’ll get into that. Plus, I’ll explain why one billionaire says it’s actually a good thing for bitcoin.  The Details of China’s “Bitcoin Ban” So China didn’t completely ban bitcoin. Specifically, per Rueters.com, they “Banned […]

Read through the monthly Net Worth Updates and you’ll see one question pop up again and again. Where is your home equity? Put another way, Why don’t you include the value of your house in your net worth updates? For years, my standard answer to that question has been “because I don’t own a house!” […]