The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is an antiquated, somewhat-arbitrary, poorly constructed, incomplete indicator that does a subpar job of tracking the actual performance of the U.S. stock market. There, I said it. Every time I see it … [Read the rest]
Free Weekend Day Car Rental From Hertz
June 25, 2011 By 3 Comments
Rental car agency Hertz is revamping their frequent renter program, and is offering 500 bonus points (enough for a free rental day on a weekend) plus 100 bonus points per day on rentals from 7/1 to 9/30/2011 when you register online. You must be … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 8, 2017
Prosper New Lender Promotion: iPod Nano, Bose, iPad 2
June 24, 2011 By 5 Comments
Peer-to-peer lending site Prosper recently received another round of VC money and it appears that they are offering a new iPad 2 promotion to attract enough lenders to match their borrower demand. If you open a new lender account by June 30, 2011 and … [Read the rest]
Last updated: January 20, 2016
Capital One’s Non-Response to ING Direct Purchase
June 23, 2011 By 17 Comments
Per many reports from Reuters and WSJ and more, Capital One is buying online bank ING Direct. After being bailed out by the Dutch government in 2008, parent company ING Groep NV was required to sell the US bank by 2013 as part of their restructuring … [Read the rest]
Last updated: February 23, 2013
Two Movie Tickets for $12: Fandango + BuyWithMe
June 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Daily deal site BuyWithMe is offering 2 movie tickets from Fandango for $12 this week. The city is Houston but you can use them nationwide. This isn't as good as previous deals, but if you're going to watch those summer blockbusters at … [Read the rest]
Last updated: February 23, 2012
Investors Again Had Poor Timing During Recent Market Crash and Recovery
June 22, 2011 By 9 Comments
Morningstar.com helpfully provides two types of performance data for mutual funds: total returns and investor returns. Total returns are what you usually see elsewhere, and assumes that one buys all at the beginning and holds the entire period … [Read the rest]
Last updated: June 22, 2011
Follow-up: Chase Sapphire Preferred 100,000 Points = $1,000 Bonus Possible?
June 21, 2011 By 71 Comments
This is a follow-up on the previously mentioned 50,000 bonus points offer (converts to $625 in travel) for the getting the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card. Thanks to readers Paolo and AT, they shared a way to get double those points, even if you've … [Read the rest]
Last updated: November 16, 2015
Are Cheap Calories The Reason We’re Unhealthy?
June 20, 2011 By 30 Comments
Unhealthy food is a lot cheaper than healthy food, on a price-per-calorie basis. This is illustrated in this chart about how many calories you can buy for a dollar from the Lapham's Quarterly magazine, which corresponds to my own research … [Read the rest]
Last updated: December 29, 2014
Frugal Gardening Tips for a Small Backyard
June 17, 2011 By 10 Comments
The following is a guest post from my wife, aka Mrs. MMB. I was whining like a spoiled child about how I needed to write up extra posts for when we're traveling this week, so she kindly offered up her own tips. Jonathan and I love eating … [Read the rest]
Last updated: June 12, 2011
Reader Poll: Do You Buy Entertainment Coupon Books?
June 16, 2011 By 19 Comments
You may have heard of a huge annual coupon book that is known simply as The Entertainment Book. Compiled specifically for your local area, it includes discounts for restaurants, movie tickets, movie attractions, and services like car repair or … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 10, 2013
Credit Sesame: Free Credit Score Based on Experian
June 15, 2011 By 7 Comments
Another new website, Credit Sesame, now offers you free credit scores and updates based on your Experian credit report. No credit card required, no trial required. This is not a real FICO score, but an estimate of the FICO formula that uses the same … [Read the rest]
Last updated: July 6, 2017
Book Review: Keep The Change – A Book About Tipping
June 14, 2011 By 16 Comments
If you want to start a lively conversation online, just bring up the topic of tipping. Keep The Change is basically a book that interviews the actual workers in the service industry to find how they view gratuities. The author is Steve … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 25, 2019
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