Update: This offer is no longer available. The Capital One® Cash Rewards earns 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% bonus on the cash back you earn every year. As long as your card is still open at the end of the year, that's a total of 1.5% … [Read the rest]
Capital One Cash Rewards Review: 1% Cash Back On Purchases + 50% Bonus Every Year
November 8, 2011 By 5 Comments
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TreasuryDirect.gov Security Login Changes 2011
November 8, 2011 By 28 Comments
TreasuryDirect.gov is the official US Treasury website that allows individuals to directly buy securities online, including savings bonds and Treasury bonds. The problem is that they don't want to take any responsibility for unauthorized access to … [Read the rest]
Last updated: November 7, 2011
Goal Update: Home Equity Historical Chart – Nov 2011
November 7, 2011 By 15 Comments
We closed on our mortgage refinance about a month ago, the old loan has been paid off, and we are just about to make our first payment on the new loan. Still, I always seem to go back and forth between different possible scenarios of paying down the … [Read the rest]
Last updated: November 7, 2011
Dogs of The Dow Performance Worse Than Index Fund
November 4, 2011 By 9 Comments
I've gotten a few questions about the Dogs of The Dow, which is a stock-picking strategy that involves buying equal amounts of the 10 highest-yielding stocks from 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. At the beginning of each year, you … [Read the rest]
Last updated: November 4, 2011
Supply and Demand: Technical vs. Humanities College Majors
November 3, 2011 By 31 Comments
Alex Tabarrok of Marginal Revolution writes that College Has Been Oversold: Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better … [Read the rest]
Last updated: November 3, 2011
Bank Poll: Where Is Your Primary Checking Account?
November 2, 2011 By 47 Comments
There has been a lot of commotion about banks and debit card fees recently. Fees were tested, added, announced, removed, and probably soon, added back indirectly. However, megabanks still have the power of inertia and convenience. I am betting that … [Read the rest]
Last updated: January 5, 2015
Reader Experiment: How Well Do You Know Your Own Spending?
October 31, 2011 By 20 Comments
Even though I'm really into personal finance, I hardly ever do a monthly budget. However, I do think a common problem out there is that folks spend more than they think they do. Often this is just in one "problem area" such as groceries, dining … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 25, 2019
Citizens Bank / Charter One CollegeSaver Account: Potential 6% Annual Return (For Kids, Limited States)
October 31, 2011 By 5 Comments
Citizens Bank and Charter One bank have an interesting CollegeSaver bank account for those with children. However, it is only open to residents of certain states in the Eastern and Northeastern US (CT, DE, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, … [Read the rest]
Last updated: October 31, 2011
Zecco Refer A Friend Promotion: $100 Referral Bonus (2012)
October 29, 2011 By 5 Comments
Discount broker Zecco Trading has a refer-a-friend offer where a new account holder can get a $100 cash bonus if you are referred by a existing member and fund the account with $10,000 within 60 days of receiving the invitation. A minimum $10,000 … [Read the rest]
Last updated: August 9, 2018
Thermostat + iPod = The $249 Nest Energy-Saving Appliance?
October 27, 2011 By 19 Comments
What happens when a former Apple executive and other top geeks focus their energy on a... thermostat? The Nest Learning Thermostat. I just finished a neat Wired magazine article about this new gadget, which hopes to make saving energy both trendy … [Read the rest]
Last updated: October 28, 2011
The Hazards of Combining Overconfidence and Investing
October 27, 2011 By 5 Comments
Daniel Kahneman, behavioral economics guru and Nobel Prize winner, has a new book out called Thinking, Fast and Slow. This one is definitely on my to-read list. You may remember him from his TED Talk about Happiness = Earning $60,000 A … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 25, 2019
American Express Network: $40 Off $200 Purchase at Lowe’s
October 26, 2011 By 24 Comments
The following offer is targeted at American Express Business Platinum cardholders, but has been reported to work successfully with all American Express cards. The deal is if you register your card at AmexNetwork.com/LowesPlatinum and make a single … [Read the rest]
Last updated: January 28, 2013
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