Andrew says his favorite platform for participating in tweetchats has become TweetChat, where all you need to do is enter the #moolah hashtag and then sign in with your Twitter account; TweetChat will display only those tweets with the #moolah hashtag, as well as always include the hashtag in your own posts. If I can get my article for tomorrow finished, I’ll be there to join the discussion!
Meanwhile, here are some great recent personal finance articles from elsewhere around the web:
First up, my pal Jim over at Bargaineering has a list of four things you shouldn’t be cheap about. Safety equipment? Don’t cut corners! Professional clothing? Invest in your future! This is an interesting topic to think about. Recently, Kris and I have discussed personal things we’re not willing to be cheap with anymore. (Travel gear, for one, and gardening equipment.)
Over at Consumerism Commentary, Flexo wrote about the advantages of buying a home with cash. This isn’t something most people can do — although I’ve recently talked with several people who’ve managed it — and it’s not something that others would want to do. Would you pay cash for a house if you could? Flexo outlines the pros and cons of such a choice.
As my financial philosophy matures, I’m more and more convinced that goals are the cornerstone of smart money management. But in order to set goals, you have to know yourself. At Personal Finance Advice, Jennifer lists five important questions you should ask about the choices you make. Will this move you toward your goals? Will it improve your life? And so on. These questions are similar to the ones I’ve learned to ask myself.
On a related note, Len Penzo has a thoughtful piece about how misplaced financial priorities lead to lame excuses. “Our spending habits reveal our priorities,” he writes. Amen!
Bundle, a New York City startup collects data on how people handle the same financial decisions to learn what works and what doesn’t, with the goal that we can all get smarter about money, together. In short, it crowdsources personal financial habits so we can all make better choices.
Bundle published a terrific amount of data ranking tech spending across the United States. Surprisingly, California and New York didn’t even make the top 5!
Here’s who did:
1. Washington, D.C.
While not technically a state, Washington, D.C. led the pack for the most tech spending Washington, DC with an average consumer spending $62.25 on electronics per month, 35.5% higher than the national average.
2. Connecticut
My home state of Connecticut comes in at #2 with the average consumer spending $64.25 per month, 33.4% higher than the national average.
3. Hawaii
This was surprising to me! If I could unplug anywhere in the U.S., it would definitely by Hawaii, but seems this isn’t true for the 3rd biggest tech spender with the average consumer spending $57.67 a month on electronics, 19.7% higher than the national average.
4. Delaware
Delawhere? Jokes. Home to one of our finest social media bloggers, Megan Sayers, Delaware ranks as the 4th biggest tech spender with an average consumer electronics spending of $56.08 per month, ranking 16.4% higher than the national average.
5. Oklahoma
Rounding out the top 5, Oklahoma tech fiends spend $55.83 per month on electronics, 15.9% higher than the national average.
To see the entire 5-state ranking list, click here.
Bundle’s data is based on the anonymous transactions of 25 million Americans. They have an in-house team of mathematicians and data specialists who work with the raw data to classify transactions by category and demographic, etc., and then put the info into a digestible format, which can then be used to create rankings such as this one. To play with the fun visualizer of spending bubbles, check it out here.
They also have a similar feature for an individual’s own spending via their personal finance management tools. Use it to compare your spending with others in your neighborhood, divided by age group, income bracket, etc. Think of Bundle as a Mint plus Blippy service.
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