Editor’s Note: Thank you for your interest, any offer(s) below expired and are no longer available. Woohoo! American Express has a 25, 000 Membership Rewards® points promo for the American Express® Premier Rewards Gold Card. What can you do with 25, 000 Membership Rewards® points? Well… You can redeem them for gift cards at popular […]
If you and your spouse (or partner) define “frugality” differently, it could lead to major problems in your relationship. For example, you might think that going to Quicky Mart for a frozen yogurt is a nice little treat. But if your “other half” thinks it’s a lavish and extravagant waste of money, then you’ve got […]
Earlier this week, new FTC rules aimed at debt settlement companies went into effect. These rules are aimed at preventing firms from mis-representing themselves to consumers. Over the past couple of years, as the country sank into recession, the debt settlement industry boomed. This explosion was accompanied marketing campaigns promising to wipe away the majority […]
Time for another Lending Club update… My net annualized return recovered slightly from 9.5% in July (thanks to another charged off loan) to 9.6% at the end of August. It has since creeped a few hundredths higher. As for my “real world” performance (calculated using Quicken) I closed out the month with a lifetime annualized […]
Even though my husband and I are both fairly young and in great health, we’ve decided to get on the ball and get our wills done. Like many people, we’ve been putting this task off, but now it’s time to site down and spend some time planning. After all, unexpected things happen. I’ve been gathering […]
I’ve just returned from a cross-country trip and my wife is about to head out on one of her own. I thus thought that now might be an opportune time to talk a bit about travel planning. Not surprisingly, we do virtually all of our travel planning online. What follows is a rundown of our […]
Not quite a year ago we made the decision to switch to a high deductible health plan (HDHP). In our case, it was a no-brainer. The quality of the coverage was just as high as with our old plan; the only difference was a $3000 family deductible. Because we opted for an HDHP, we were […]
Even though the economy is challenging, you might be looking to change your career. Maybe you’ve even thought about opening your own business. I’m with you. But tread carefully. Common wisdom can be both helpful and dangerous. For example, it tells us that most small businesses fail because they don’t have enough cash flow or […]
Editor’s Note: Thank you for your interest, any offer(s) below expired and are no longer available. The other day, a reader named Annie wrote in to ask me for advice on dealing with a new annual fee on her Capital One credit card account. She wrote: What’s your take on Capital One’s new policy of […]
An anonymous reader wrote in today with a bit of information on the future of the Schwab Visa cash back credit card. In case you’re not familiar with this card, it offers 2% cash back deposited into your Schwab brokerage account. Earlier this year, Schwab stopped accepting applications for this card, but existing cardholders were […]