Archive for 'Dysfunctional Financial Personalities' Category
Dysfunctional Financial Personality #8 - The Compulsive Gambler
1 October 2006This is part eight in a series on problematic personality traits people have that interfere with their personal finances. Before, we’ve looked at the Peacock, the Mattress Stuffer, the Foot Dragger, the Emotional Spender, the Obsessive Tightwad, the Revolving Door Romantic, and the Moocher. Today we’re looking at a more recognized personality type, but [...]
Dysfunctional Financial Personality #7: The Moocher
11 September 2006We’ve looked at six problem personalities so far in the series on personality problems that tend to affect your finances. We saw the Peacock, the Mattress Stuffer, the Foot Dragger, the Emotional Spender, the Obsessive Tightwad, and the Revolving Door Romantic. Today we’re looking at someone whose problems affect both them and the people who [...]
Dysfunctional Financial Personality #6 - The Revolving Door Romantic
29 August 2006This post is part of a series looking at the worst of the worst of people’s financial personalities. We’ve already discussed the Peacock, who feels the need to spend in order to impress. We’ve also taken a look at the Mattress Stuffer, who is compulsively afraid of risk and the stock market. Then, we looked [...]
Dysfunctional Financial Personality #5 - The Obsessive Tightwad
19 August 2006This post is part of a series looking at the worst of the worst of people’s financial personalities. We’ve already discussed the Peacock, who feels the need to spend in order to impress. We’ve also taken a look at the Mattress Stuffer, who is compulsively afraid of risk and the stock market. Then, we looked [...]
Dysfunctional Financial Personality #4 - The Emotional Spender
18 August 2006This post is part of a continuing series - a rogue’s gallery of the worst of the worst kinds of personalities you can have when it comes to your finances. We’ve looked at the Peacock, who splurges on expensive stuff to impress other people and keep up with the Jones’. Then we saw the Mattress [...]
Dysfunctional Financial Personality #3 - The Foot Dragger
14 August 2006We’ve already discussed the Peacock, who feels the need to spend in order to impress. We’ve also taken a look at the Mattress Stuffer, who is compulsively afraid of risk and the stock market. Today, we’re taking a look at another specimen: the Foot Dragger.
The Foot Dragger is a very common personality type. Foot Draggers [...]
Dysfunctional Financial Personality #2: The Mattress Stuffer
13 August 2006We’ve already looked at the Peacock, whose relentless desire to show off keeps him from saving any money. Now let’s take a look at another dysfunctional financial personality who has an entirely different kind of problem: The Mattress Stuffer.
A Mattress Stuffer is someone who is perfectly good at saving money, and in fact is often [...]
Dysfunctional Financial Personality #1: The Peacock
10 August 2006This post is the beginning of a series on various personality types that people tend to have that result in them getting into financial trouble. A lot of personal finance advice is kind of generic, and it often doesn’t really get at the specific reason that is causing YOU to have financial problems. There are lots of [...]