Another startup website, WeddingWire, is offering a $5 gift card to Amazon.com for newlyweds and married folks who provide reviews of 5 wedding vendors. Thanks to reader Susie for the tip. Although this may not be the most efficient use of time, … [Read the rest]
WeddingWire: Review Wedding Vendors, Get $5 Gift Card
January 4, 2008 By 4 Comments
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Lending Club: $50 Bonus + 5% Of Loan Amount If You Lend $5,000+
January 2, 2008 By 19 Comments
Wow, here's an interesting promotion from person-to-person lender Lending Club. They are currently offering a 5% cash bonus if you lend $5,000 or more by February 3, 2008 for both new and existing lenders on top of their $25/$50 sign-up bonus. Here … [Read the rest]
Last updated: August 2, 2017
2008 Financial Jump-Start Checklist: 5 Actions That Can Take 5 Minutes Or Less!
January 2, 2008 By 7 Comments
Even if you don't do resolutions per se, I think most of us still have areas of improvement that we want to work on for 2008. The problem is that is it so easy to keep putting off taking action to reach our goals. Given that I think little steps … [Read the rest]
Last updated: January 2, 2008
Investment Portfolio: 2007 Year-End Holdings And Performance Update
January 2, 2008 By 23 Comments
Retirement Portfolio Fund $ % FSTMX - Total Stock Market (~Large) $24,006 23% DISFX - S&P 500 Index Fund (Large) $7,437 7% VIVAX - Vanguard Value Index (Lg Value) $13,782 13% DODGX - Dodge & Cox … [Read the rest]
Last updated: January 2, 2008
Cast Iron Skillet: The Ultimate Smart and Frugal Cookware?
December 30, 2007 By 62 Comments
When we got married, we received some very nice cookware as wedding presents. Calphalon, non-stick, anodized, big bucks. But after years of abuse due to my poor cooking skills, my $50 frying pans are anything but non-stick anymore. So, yesterday … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 29, 2014
Do I Need To Make Any Last Minute Year-End Tax Moves?
December 28, 2007 By 24 Comments
Yikes, I'm cutting things close this year. Time to see if there are any last-minute things I need to do with the last two business days before 2008. Selling Losing Stocks or Mutual Funds If you have some investments that are currently in the … [Read the rest]
Last updated: August 9, 2018
Have Your Baby Before New Year’s Day, Save Thousands
December 27, 2007 By 22 Comments
The baby wings of hospitals are getting really busy now, more than any other time of the year. And it's all Uncle Sam's fault, because having a baby any time before 11:59pm on December 31st can mean over a thousand dollars in child tax breaks. In … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 29, 2014
Merry Christmas Sweetie! I Got You… Nothing.
December 25, 2007 By 47 Comments
Well, it's official. My wife and I didn't get each other anything for Christmas. For one, we were too busy buying gifts for others and trying to get our handmade holiday cards out on time. (Okay, she was too busy with all that. I was just a … [Read the rest]
Last updated: August 19, 2015
I Don’t Understand Why Gift Cards Are So Bad
December 22, 2007 By 63 Comments
Shh... I've already opened up some of my Christmas gifts. Wait, what is this? A gift card? Nooo!!! Evil! It's trendy to bag on gift cards right now. Liz Pulliam Weston says gift cards are not gifts and complains that "holidays have rapidly … [Read the rest]
Last updated: February 25, 2015
What If You Had To Live Solely Off Of Social Security?
December 21, 2007 By 64 Comments
A lot of us younger folks are so disillusioned by our government that we don't expect Social Security to even be around when we turn 65 (or likely 75 by that time...). But the fact is that today millions of people rely on Social Security as their … [Read the rest]
Last updated: December 21, 2007
Reduce Your Trading Costs with Capital One 360 ShareBuilder
December 21, 2007 By 21 Comments
In my review of Sharebuilder a few days ago, I overlooked an important feature that commenter a schmuck pointed out. I had complained that $4 a trade is pretty high unless your monthly contributions were at least around $400. For example if you paid … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 8, 2017
U-Haul vs. Penske Moving Truck Rentals: Share Your Story
December 20, 2007 By 216 Comments
I'm helping a relative move this weekend, and I am trying to convince her not to go with the cheap choice (U-Haul), but pay $40 more for a Penske rental for her local move. This is mainly based on overwhelming anecdotal evidence (from me, my friends, … [Read the rest]
Last updated: April 29, 2014
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