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The Rise of Sole Proprietorships, LLCs, and S-Corporations

The Tax Foundation has an interesting article on pass-through businesses, where the business income "passed-through" to the individual income tax return of the business owner. Pass-through businesses include sole-proprietorships, partnerships, … [Read the rest]

Municipal Bonds vs. Treasury Bonds Yield Gap: Liquidity Risk

In my personal portfolio, I've been investing in tax-exempt municipal bonds instead of treasury bonds due to their higher taxable-equivalent yields. If you've done the same, you may be interested to know that Larry Swedroe at Advisor Perspectives … [Read the rest]

World’s Most Popular Online Course: Learning How to Learn (Free)

The NY Times highlighted what is "arguably the world’s most successful online course", Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects by Drs. Oakley and Sejnowski and sponsored by the University of California, San … [Read the rest]

Amazon Prime: Spend $25, Get Free Snack ($5-$8 value) and Free Vitamins ($10-$25 value)

(Update: Amazon is also offering free vitamins with a $25+ order. If you haven't done the snack deal below yet, you can stack them and get both a free snack and free vitamins with a single $25+ order.) Amazon Prime members who spend $25 or more … [Read the rest]

Kanopy: Free Movie Streaming for Library Cardholders and Students

Looking for high-quality streaming content? The NY Times recently highlighted a new video streaming service called Kanopy, which has partnered with 200+ public library systems and educational institutions to offer access to 30,000 movies free of … [Read the rest]

GiftsforBanking CD Review: 2-Year CD at 1.85% APY + Gift Valued Up to ~1% APY

GiftsforBanking.com has a unique FDIC-insured certificate of deposit that pays out a mix of traditional cash interest and a physical gift. The underlying bank is GObanking.com, which is in turn a division of Flushing Bank. Via DepositAccounts, … [Read the rest]

Free 3-Month Pandora Premium Subscription Gift Code

Groupon is offering a free 3-month subscription of Pandora Premium music streaming service, which usually costs $9.99 per month. This upgrade includes access to 40 million songs on-demand, removal of all ads, unlimited skips, offline listening, and … [Read the rest]

Amazon: Buy 3 Items, Save 30% on Household Essentials

Amazon is offering a Buy 3 Items, Save 30% promotion when you buy selected items from their on Household Essentials and Health & Wellness categories. This includes common items like toilet paper, paper towels, flushable wipes, ziploc bags, soap, … [Read the rest]

MoviePass: $9.95 a Month for Unlimited Movies (1 Per Day)

Moviepass recently slashed their prices for unlimited in-theater movies (one per day) to only $9.95 per month. Here how it works in practical terms: You are limited to one 2-D movie per day. You can watch first-run movies on opening day. No … [Read the rest]

Citi Prestige Card Review

The Citi Prestige Card is their premium ThankYou point rewards card. Here are the highlights of the cards perks and sign-up bonus: 50,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening. 50,000 … [Read the rest]

Virgin Mobile Full Year of Unlimited Service for $1 w/ iPhone Purchase

Virgin Mobile has extended their promotion offering a full year of unlimited service for $1 for new customers who buy an iPhone and transfer their number, as well as current Virgin Mobile customers who upgrade to an iPhone. Auto-pay required. It … [Read the rest]

Tough Times for Conservative Income Investors

JP Morgan Asset Management recently released the Q3 2017 update to their Guide to the Markets, which is another of those resources worth bookmarking for future updates. Some folks put a lot of time and energy into it, and it contains a lot of … [Read the rest]